Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Warwickshire. Its T20 team is called the Birmingham Bears. Founded in 1882,the club held minor status until it was elevated to first-class in 1894 pending its entry into the County Championship in 1895. Since then,Warwickshire have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. Warwickshire's kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor is Gullivers Sports Travel. The club's home is Edgbaston Cricket Ground in south Birmingham,which regularly hosts Test and One-Day International matches.
George Frederick Wheldon was an English sportsman. He was sometimes known as Fred or Freddie Wheldon. In football,he was an inside-forward for England and several Football League clubs,in particular for Small Heath and Aston Villa. In cricket,he was a right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper,who played county cricket for Worcestershire in their early seasons in the first-class game.
Darren Lee Maddy is an English former professional cricketer who played for Leicestershire and Warwickshire County Cricket Clubs and for the England cricket team. Maddy made three Test match,eight One Day International (ODI) and four Twenty20 International (T20I) appearances for England and played domestic county cricket for 20 years.
Michael John Lumb is a former South African-born English cricketer,who played for Yorkshire,Hampshire,and Nottinghamshire at county level and England in Twenty20 International cricket and One Day International cricket. Born and raised in South Africa,Lumb is a left-handed opening batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He became only the second cricketer after Dennis Amiss to score a century on ODI debut for England and ninth player overall to do so.
Calum Scott MacLeod is a Scottish professional cricketer. He has represented the Scotland national team since 2008,including at the 2015 World Cup and the 2016 World Twenty20. He has played county cricket in England for Warwickshire and Durham. In January 2019,MacLeod was named the ICC Associate Player of the Year at the 2018 ICC Awards.
Cricket is one of the most popular sports in England,and has been played since the 16th century. Marylebone Cricket Club,based at Lord's,developed the modern rules of play and conduct. The sport is administered by the England and Wales Cricket Board and represented at an international level by the England men's team and England women's team. At a domestic level,teams are organised by county,competing in tournaments such as the County Championship,Royal London One-Day Cup,T20 Blast and the Women's Twenty20 Cup. Recent developments include the introduction of a regional structure for women's cricket and the establishment of The Hundred for both men's and women's cricket. Recreational matches are organised on a regional basis,with the top level being the ECB Premier Leagues.
Andrew William Gale is an English cricket coach and former first-class cricketer,who was first XI coach of Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 2016 to 2021. He also co-owns Pro Coach Cricket Academy,with his business partner Chris Brice,providing cricket coaching by professional cricketers.
Richard Allan Kettleborough is an English international cricket umpire,and former first-class cricketer who appeared in 33 first-class matches for Yorkshire and Middlesex. He was a left-handed top order batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. He attended Worksop College and was a member of the College cricket XI for a number of years.
Ross Andrew Whiteley is an English cricketer who currently plays for Hampshire.
Clive William Leach CBE is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Bombay,Bombay State,India.
Michael Youll is a former English cricketer,a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm unorthodox spin. He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne,Northumberland.
Timothy Charles Walton is a former English cricketer. Walton is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at York,Yorkshire.
The Royal London One-Day Cup is a fifty-over limited overs cricket competition for the England and Wales first-class counties. It began in 2014 as a replacement for the ECB 40 tournament,which ran from 2010 to 2013. In contrast to its 40-over predecessor,the number of overs per innings was set at 50 to bring the competition in line with One-Day Internationals.
Thomas Benjamin Abell is an English first-class cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club.
James Charles Wainman is an English cricketer. He was born at Harrogate in Yorkshire and was educated at Leeds Grammar School.
Edward John Pollock is an English cricketer. He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Warwickshire in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 23 July 2017. He made his List A debut for Warwickshire in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup on 17 May 2018. In July 2021,in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup,Pollock scored his first century in List A cricket. In April 2022,in the opening round of matches in the 2022 County Championship,Pollock scored his maiden century in first-class cricket,with 112 runs against Leicestershire.
James Edwin Graham Logan is an English professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. Logan played for Yorkshire between 2018 and 2020 before being released by the club at the end of the 2020 season.
Christopher Gavin Benjamin is a South African cricketer who plays for Warwickshire. He made his first-class debut on 26 March 2019,for Durham MCCU against Durham,as part of the Marylebone Cricket Club University fixtures. In July 2021,he was awarded a rookie contract with Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He made his Twenty20 debut on 18 July 2021,for Birmingham Bears in the 2021 T20 Blast. He made his List A debut on 22 July 2021,for Warwickshire in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup.
The 2021 County Championship was the 121st cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. For the first phase of the tournament,the teams were split into three groups of six,with each side playing ten matches. The top two teams from each group progressed into Division One for the second phase of the competition,with the other teams progressing to Divisions Two and Three. The team that finished top of Division One became the county champions;and the top two teams from Division One contested a five-day match at Lord's for the Bob Willis Trophy. On 17 December 2020,the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed all the fixtures for the tournament. After completion of the group stage on 14 July 2021,the ECB confirmed the fixtures for the division stage on 22 July 2021.
Joshua Michael de Caires is an English cricketer,and the son of former England cricketer Michael Atherton. He made his first-class debut on 5 July 2021,for Middlesex in the 2021 County Championship. His debut came after he had earlier that season scored an unbeaten century at Headingley against a Yorkshire attack that included David Willey in a non-first class fixture.
