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 50 overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears and its T20 team 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.
Peter John Hartley is an English first-class cricketer and umpire.
Dennis Leslie Amiss MBE is a former English cricketer and cricket administrator. He played for both Warwickshire and England. A right-handed batsman, Amiss was a stroke maker particularly through extra cover and midwicket – his two favourite areas to score runs. He was an accomplished batsman in all forms of the game. He averaged 42.86 in first-class, 35.06 in List-A, 46.30 in Tests and 47.72 in One Day Internationals. In first-class cricket he scored 102 centuries, and his England record amassed over 50 Tests ranks him with the best England has produced.
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, also known as the County Ground or Edgbaston Stadium, is a cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England. It is home to Warwickshire County Cricket Club, and is also used for Test matches, One-Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals. Edgbaston has also hosted the T20 Finals Day more than any other cricket ground.
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.
Alexander Philip Wortley Allen is a former first-class cricketer. A wicketkeeper and right-handed batsman, he was born in Solihull, Warwickshire and played one first-class match for Warwickshire County Cricket Club in 2002. He scored an unbeaten 18 and took a catch against West Indies A and also played two List A one-day matches, for Warwickshire Cricket Board in 2002 and Devon in 2005. He played in the Minor Counties Championship for Devon from 2005 to 2007. His grandfather, Esmond Lewis, was also a first-class cricketer, playing 47 matches for Warwickshire after the Second World War.
Darren Anthony Altree is an English first-class cricketer who played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club and Warwickshire Cricket Board, mainly as a left-arm fast bowler. Darren now works as the groundskeeper at Thurlaston Meadows Care Home in Thurlaston, Rugby, U.K.
Laurie John Evans is an English cricketer, contracted to Sussex County Cricket Club. He was born in Lambeth in London and educated at The John Fisher School and Whitgift School, before attending Durham University, where he played first-class cricket for Durham MCC University. He graduated from Surrey County Cricket Club Academy in 2007. He played three first-class games for Durham UCCE in 2007, and one first-class game for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against the touring West Indies later that summer. He was released from Surrey in 2010 having played just three county championship matches for them, and he then signed for Warwickshire later that year.
St George's Road is a cricket ground located off St George's Road in Millom, Cumberland. The ground is bordered to the south–east by the Cumbrian Coast Line and to the north and west by housing. It is the home venue of Millom Cricket Club.
Startford-upon-Avon Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. The ground is next to the River Avon and also located next to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, on Swans Nest Lane.
Bulls Head Ground is a cricket ground in Coventry, West Midlands. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1848, when Coventry played an All-England Eleven. It hosted its first first-class match in 1903, which was between Warwickshire and the Gentlemen of Philadelphia. From 1909 to 1919, the ground played host to 12 first-class matches. First-class cricket returned to the Bulls Head in 1990, and from 1990 to 1992 it hosted a further 3 first-class matches, the last of which was between Warwickshire and Middlesex.
Jeffrey Ian Clifford is a former English cricketer. Clifford was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. He was born at Birmingham, Warwickshire.
Richard Dandy is a former English cricketer. Dandy was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Birmingham, Warwickshire.
Adam Charles Smyth is an English cricketer. Smyth is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Coventry, Warwickshire.
Daniel Anthony Thomas Dalton is a former cricketer and a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who was a Member of the European Parliament.
Aamir Farooque Urdu: عامر فاروق is a former Pakistani born English cricketer. Farooque was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Karachi, Sindh Province.
Jan Nicolaas Dreyer is a former South African cricketer. Dreyer was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Amanzimtoti, Natal Province.
John Mason is an English cricketer. Mason is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm Seam bowling.John Mason, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2017.</ref>
The 2016 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that formed part of the 2016 domestic cricket season in England and Wales. Matches were contested over 50 overs per side and have List A status. All eighteen First-class counties competed in the tournament. Defending champions Gloucestershire went out in the group stage, as Warwickshire Bears beat Surrey in the final.
