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Club: |
Warwickshire County Cricket Club |
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22,000 |
History of Warwickshire County Cricket Club Before Warwickshire County Cricket Club became
the recognised named club as we know today, they were previously
known as Wellesboure Cricket Club and in 1826 changed to Warwickshire.
The first recorded match for the Warwickshire side was in 1843
against Leicester. It was not until 1882 that the Warwickshire
County Cricket Club was Formed through the supervision of a Birmingham
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The first county championship win for the club was In 1911, the club had an outstanding season by scoring 1,383 runs and taking 116 wickets. Warwickshire’s success was not regained until 1951 when they won their second championship and another in 1972. The club in 1994 had a very successful year and achieved trophies in the county championships, the one day league championships and the Benson and Hedges cup all three titles made club history. Warwickshire continued to win trophies in 1995 and 1997, the last major competition won for the club was in 2002 winning the Benson and Hedges cup.
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County Champions |
1911, 1951, 1972, 1994, 1995, 2004 |
One Day League Champions |
1980, 1994, 1997 |
Gillette Cup/NatWest Trophy/C&G Trophy |
1989, 1993, 1995 |
Benson & Hedges Cup |
1994, 2002 |
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Brian Lara is acknowledged as one of the world’s greatest bats man. He currently holds the highest individual score in first class cricket and Test cricket. He also holds the record of the greatest total number of runs scored in a test career, which was currently broken in November 2005. Lara left behind great history for Warwickshire County Cricket Club as he made a world record scoring of 501 in 1994 for the club. In 1988 Lara played his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago and made great impact to the club, within two years he became the youngest ever captain and lead the team to a one day Geddes Grant Shield win. The same year Lara made debut for West Indies, he is still a very important player for the international side and a great world-class cricketer.
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Allan Donald was said to have been one of South Africa’s best ever crickers, especially know for his finest bowling. In 1992 he played in his first test match against the West Indies. In 1987 Donald came to Warwickshire and made a first-class county record of 536 wickets and 245 over wickets. Donald retired county cricket in 2000 and his Test career spanned over 10years due to injuries. He still however managed to achieve South Africa’s record wicket-taker with 330 test wickets at an average of 22.25, and claimed 272 one-day international wickets at an average of 21.78. |
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Nick Knight begun his career overseas in 1991, it wasn’t until 1995 that he moved to Warwickshire Cricket Club. The English cricketer made 17 test match appearances and 100 one day internationals before his retirement of international cricket after the 2003 World Cup. With the contribution and the status of a ‘world class fielder’ he had the honour to become captain of Warwickshire county cricket club in 2004 and is continuing to lead the county team to success. |
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Dennis Amiss was a player for the Warwickshire county cricket club between 1960-1987. Within this period Amiss become Warwickshire’s best home grown batsman, with the most runs of 35146 and most centuries for the county. He had an average of 42.86 in first-class, 46.30 in tests and 47.72 in one day internationals. Amiss’s Test career was a span of 11years and in that time he managed to become the record scorer of England’s first ever one-day international by scoring 1379 runs in 1974. |
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