BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rob Yates	c Abell b Davey	3	14	14	0	0	21.42
Dom Sibley	c †Davies b Brooks	56	165	222	7	0	33.93
Will Rhodes (c)	c †Davies b Lammonby	60	133	169	10	0	45.11
Sam Hain	b Brooks	83	161	218	13	0	51.55
Matthew Lamb	lbw b Brooks	44	92	137	6	0	47.82
Michael Burgess †	c †Davies b Overton	20	26	27	3	0	76.92
Chris Woakes	c Lammonby b Overton	10	16	18	2	0	62.50
Tim Bresnan	c & b Overton	1	12	19	0	0	8.33
Danny Briggs	not out	53	31	55	5	3	170.96
Liam Norwell	c Azhar Ali b Overton	5	6	11	0	0	83.33
Craig Miles	c & b Overton	7	25	29	0	0	28.00
Extras	(b 13, lb 4, nb 8)	25
TOTAL	112.5 Ov (RR: 3.25)	367
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Rob Yates, 3.2 ov), 2-124 (Will Rhodes, 44.6 ov), 3-139 (Dom Sibley, 54.6 ov), 4-261 (Matthew Lamb, 88.5 ov), 5-287 (Michael Burgess, 96.3 ov), 6-293 (Sam Hain, 99.5 ov), 7-297 (Chris Woakes, 100.5 ov), 8-304 (Tim Bresnan, 104.2 ov), 9-322 (Liam Norwell, 106.1 ov), 10-367 (Craig Miles, 112.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Craig Overton	30.5	8	88	5	2.85	142	9	1	0	2
96.3 to MGK Burgess, . 287/5 100.5 to CR Woakes, . 297/7 104.2 to TT Bresnan, . 304/8 106.1 to LC Norwell, . 322/9 112.5 to CN Miles, . 367/10
Josh Davey	19	9	54	1	2.84	94	7	1	0	0
3.2 to RM Yates, . 3/1
Jack Brooks	25	8	83	3	3.32	116	14	1	0	1
54.6 to DP Sibley, . 139/3 88.5 to MJ Lamb, . 261/4 99.5 to SR Hain, . 293/6
Jack Leach	19	4	55	0	2.89	83	6	0	0	0
Tom Abell	10	2	50	0	5.00	38	8	0	0	0
Tom Lammonby	9	2	20	1	2.22	44	2	0	0	1
44.6 to WMH Rhodes, . 124/2

Somerset 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Green	b Woakes	14	21	28	1	1	66.66

Tom Lammonby	c & b Briggs	59	88	118	10	0	67.04

Azhar Ali	c Rhodes b Bresnan	60	124	174	10	1	48.38

Tom Abell (c)	c †Burgess b Norwell	14	33	39	3	0	42.42

Lewis Goldsworthy	c Woakes b Briggs	13	68	76	2	0	19.11

Steven Davies †	c †Burgess b Bresnan	52	90	102	8	0	57.77

Lewis Gregory	lbw b Woakes	68	139	181	11	1	48.92

Craig Overton	lbw b Bresnan	2	28	43	0	0	7.14

Jack Leach	c Rhodes b Briggs	49	140	176	5	1	35.00
Josh Davey	c Bresnan b Woakes	16	83	118	1	0	19.27
Jack Brooks	not out	8	9	10	2	0	88.88
Extras	(b 6, lb 20, nb 8)	34
TOTAL	136.3 Ov (RR: 2.84)	389
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Ben Green, 6.6 ov), 2-104 (Tom Lammonby, 29.5 ov), 3-132 (Tom Abell, 39.5 ov), 4-167 (Azhar Ali, 51.1 ov), 5-187 (Lewis Goldsworthy, 60.1 ov), 6-247 (Steven Davies, 79.5 ov), 7-271 (Craig Overton, 89.6 ov), 8-325 (Lewis Gregory, 106.2 ov), 9-381 (Jack Leach, 133.3 ov), 10-389 (Josh Davey, 136.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chris Woakes	30.3	6	100	3	3.27	148	14	2	0	3
6.6 to BGF Green, Woakes makes the breakthrough with an absolute snorter. Wide on the crease, angling into the right-handed Green and then nipping away sharply, past his outside edge and crashing into the top of off stump. 36/1 106.2 to L Gregory, smashed on the pad, gone! Wow, what a moment in the title race. Woakes is full and straight and pins Gregory in front. No hesitation from the umpire. Warwickshire need one more wicket in the next 22 balls to keep their title hopes in their own hands. 325/8 136.3 to JH Davey, . 389/10
Liam Norwell	26	12	63	1	2.42	133	10	1	0	0
39.5 to TB Abell, nicked off! Abell hangs his bat at a nibbler in the corridor of uncertainty and gets a thin edge through to Burgess. Warwickshire have their third wicket shortly before tea. 132/3
Tim Bresnan	20	8	35	3	1.75	103	5	0	0	0
51.1 to Azhar Ali, breakthrough! Bresnan finds a hint of nip away off the seam and a bit of extra bounce to induce a false shot from Azhar, whose outside edge flies straight to skipper Rhodes at first slip. Warwickshire have four. Somerset still 200 behind. 167/4 79.5 to SM Davies, nicked off! Perfectly timed breakthrough for Warwickshire on the third morning, just before the second new ball is due. Bresnan angles a length ball across Davies from over the wicket and induces a false shot, the ball taking his outside edge on its way through to Burgess. 247/6 89.6 to C Overton, Bresnan again! The first over of his new-ball spell brings Overton's downfall. Full, angling in, smashing into the front pad. 271/7
Craig Miles	24	4	61	0	2.54	112	9	0	0	0
Danny Briggs	27	6	77	3	2.85	128	11	1	0	0
29.5 to TA Lammonby, superb catch off his own bowling! Lammonby has been taking the attack to Briggs and dances down again, meeting this on the half-volley, but he doesn't get much elevation and goes straighter than he'd hoped. Briggs stick out a hand low to his right and the ball sticks in it! Briggs is having a real day out. 104/2 60.1 to LP Goldsworthy, awful batting! Goldsworthy has battled hard for his runs but Briggs throws one wide outside off stump as he skips down the pitch looking to loft one down the ground. He chips it straight down Woakes' throat at mid-on and trudges off in disappointment. 187/5 133.3 to MJ Leach, . 381/9
Will Rhodes	6	2	21	0	3.50	29	4	0	0	0
Matthew Lamb	3	1	6	0	2.00	16	0	0	0	1

Warwickshire 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rob Yates	not out	132	168	216	15	1	78.57
Dom Sibley	c Green b Davey	50	69	116	4	2	72.46
Will Rhodes (c)	run out (Overton)	62	44	62	4	3	140.90

Sam Hain	lbw b Brooks	3	7	6	0	0	42.85

Matthew Lamb	not out	27	20	30	0	2	135.00
Extras	(lb 10, nb 4, w 6)	20
TOTAL	51 Ov (RR: 5.76)	294/3d
Did not bat: Michael Burgess †, Chris Woakes, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Craig Miles, Liam Norwell
Fall of wickets: 1-119 (Dom Sibley, 28.2 ov), 2-226 (Will Rhodes, 42.3 ov), 3-231 (Sam Hain, 43.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Craig Overton	14	1	66	0	4.71	51	7	2	0	0
Josh Davey	9	1	55	1	6.11	29	5	2	2	0
28.2 to DP Sibley, . 119/1
Jack Leach	5	0	34	0	6.80	17	4	1	2	0
Jack Brooks	13	0	60	1	4.61	39	3	0	0	2
43.6 to SR Hain, tighter line, nip off the seam, back into the back-foot block, and Hain is gone! Somerset pick up their second to dent Warwickshire's progress... what do they need to reach? 280 lead and a lunch-time declaration?. 231/3
Tom Lammonby	5	0	27	0	5.40	11	0	1	0	0
Tom Abell	5	0	42	0	8.40	11	4	2	0	0

Somerset 2nd Innings (T: 273 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Green	c †Burgess b Bresnan	18	48	60	3	0	37.50

Tom Lammonby	c Bresnan b Briggs	11	29	41	2	0	37.93

Azhar Ali	c Hain b Woakes	3	16	23	0	0	18.75

Tom Abell (c)	c Yates b Miles	0	21	30	0	0	0.00

Lewis Goldsworthy	c Yates b Miles	31	44	52	5	0	70.45

Steven Davies †	b Norwell	13	31	52	2	0	41.93

Lewis Gregory	c †Burgess b Miles	31	56	97	6	0	55.35

Craig Overton	b Woakes	4	12	13	1	0	33.33

Jack Leach	b Woakes	9	11	17	1	0	81.81

Josh Davey	not out	15	37	50	3	0	40.54
Jack Brooks	c Rhodes b Norwell	4	8	8	1	0	50.00

Extras	(lb 13, nb 2)	15
TOTAL	52 Ov (RR: 2.96)	154
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Tom Lammonby, 10.4 ov), 2-35 (Ben Green, 15.2 ov), 3-35 (Azhar Ali, 16.1 ov), 4-56 (Tom Abell, 22.3 ov), 5-73 (Lewis Goldsworthy, 28.4 ov), 6-85 (Steven Davies, 33.3 ov), 7-90 (Craig Overton, 36.3 ov), 8-106 (Jack Leach, 40.1 ov), 9-149 (Lewis Gregory, 50.3 ov), 10-154 (Jack Brooks, 51.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chris Woakes	16	8	39	3	2.43	82	6	0	0	1
16.1 to Azhar Ali, back of a length, a flaccid jab from Azhar, open-faced steer to second slip, and now Warwickshire are on the march!. 35/3 36.3 to C Overton, cleaned up! Woakes sends Overton's stumps flying. Perfect ball, just a fraction full of a length, angling in and nibbling away off the seam. Overton lined up a defensive shot with a straight bat but it flew past his outside edge and crashed into the top of middle-and-off. Warwickshire are three away!. 90/7 40.1 to MJ Leach, bowled him! Exceptional line and length from Woakes! Full, straight, threatening, tight to the stumps, pitching middle and leg, hitting middle and off... Leach was nowhere near it!. 106/8
Liam Norwell	13	5	40	2	3.07	62	7	0	0	0
33.3 to SM Davies, cleaned up by an inch-perfect yorker! Full and straight, angling in from round the wicket. Davies can't jam the bat down on it, and Norwell has the breakthrough. Middle and leg stumps are splayed and Warwickshire have another crucial scalp. 85/6 51.6 to JA Brooks, flinched to the gully and Warwickshire are champions! Pushed onto the back foot, fenced with an open face, a flying edge to the skipper Rhodes, and the celebrations begin! Huge glee from the fielders, before Bresnan breaks off to shake hands with the Somerset batters, and the rest of the team follow. Victory by 127 runs, and thoroughly deserved!. 154/10
Tim Bresnan	13	5	36	1	2.76	66	7	0	0	0
15.2 to BGF Green, flicked down the leg side, and strangled! Of all the ways to force the breakthrough, but Warwickshire won't care at all! A thin tickle, a massive stroke of luck. And now we have a tussle. 35/2
Danny Briggs	1	1	0	1	0.00	6	0	0	0	0
10.4 to TA Lammonby, brilliant catch at slip by Bresnan! Wide outside off from Briggs but he finds sharp turn from a length and even a hint of extra bounce. Lammonby was cramped after rocking back, shaping to cut, and his thick outside edge travels fast to Bresnan, the solitary slip. He clings onto a sharp reaction catch, and Warwickshire have their breakthrough. 31/1
Craig Miles	9	1	26	3	2.88	43	4	0	0	0
22.3 to TB Abell, caught at gully! That's a poor shot from Abell, playing away from the body, failing to get on top of the stroke as Miles dug it in back of a length. Warwickshire are closing in now!. 56/4 28.4 to LP Goldsworthy, No mistake this time! Dangled outside off, luring a fat prod, outside the eyeline, and edged to third slip where Rob Yates clings on above his head. That was travelling!. 73/5 50.3 to L Gregory, short, wide, a wide swipe, a thin nick! A massive take from Burgess! Leaping high to intercept, and now it's Match Point, Warwickshire! Gregory was lured once too often, and the Bears are rampant!. 149/9

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Tue, 21 Sep - day 1 - Warwickshire 1st innings 283/4 (Sam Hain 83*, Michael Burgess 16*, 96 ov)

Wed, 22 Sep - day 2 - Somerset 1st innings 239/5 (Steven Davies 48*, Lewis Gregory 15*, 77 ov)

Thu, 23 Sep - day 3 - Warwickshire 2nd innings 179/1 (Rob Yates 72*, Will Rhodes 42*, 36 ov)

Fri, 24 Sep - day 4 - Somerset 2nd innings 154 (52 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 4

Somerset 2nd innings
Batting and Bowling points: Warwickshire 6, Somerset 6

MATCH DETAILS

Edgbaston, Birmingham
Toss	Somerset, elected to field first
Series	County Championship
Season	2021
Series result	Warwickshire won the 2021 County Championship
Match days	21,22,23,24 September 2021 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Russell Warren Steve O'Shaughnessy
Match Referee	Dean Cosker
Points	Warwickshire 22, Somerset 6

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Somerset Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
BGF Green	caught	18	48
TA Lammonby	caught	11	29
Azhar Ali	caught	3	16
TB Abell	caught	0	21
LP Goldsworthy	caught	31	44
SM Davies	bowled	13	31
L Gregory	caught	31	56
C Overton	bowled	4	12
MJ Leach	bowled	9	11
JH Davey	not out	15	37
JA Brooks	caught	4	8
Extras	(lb 13, nb 2)
Total	154(10 wkts; 52 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
CR Woakes	16	8	39	3	2.43 (1 nb)
LC Norwell	13	5	40	2	3.07
TT Bresnan	13	5	36	1	2.76
DR Briggs	1	1	0	1	0
CN Miles	9	1	26	3	2.88

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	31	Ben Green	Tom Lammonby
2nd	4	Azhar Ali	Ben Green
3rd	0	Azhar Ali	Tom Abell
4th	21	Tom Abell	Lewis Goldsworthy
5th	17	Steven Davies	Lewis Goldsworthy
6th	12	Steven Davies	Lewis Gregory
7th	5	Lewis Gregory	Craig Overton
8th	16	Lewis Gregory	Jack Leach
9th	43	Lewis Gregory	Josh Davey
10th	5	Jack Brooks	Josh Davey

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County Championship

Division 1

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
WARKS	4	2	1	1	77
LANCS	4	2	1	1	73.5
NOTTS	4	3	1	0	73
HANTS	4	2	1	1	61.5
YORKS	4	1	2	1	44.5
SOM	4	0	4	0	32.5

Division 2

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
ESSEX	4	3	0	1	96
GLOUC	4	3	1	0	76
DURH	3	1	1	1	44
NHNTS	4	1	2	1	54
SURR	3	0	1	2	40
GLAM	4	0	3	1	34.5

Division 3

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
KENT	4	4	0	0	94
MIDDX	4	3	1	0	80
WORCS	4	2	2	0	67.5
LEICS	4	1	2	1	54.5
DERBS	4	1	2	1	51.5
SUSS	4	0	4	0	30

Group 1

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
NOTTS	10	4	2	4	151
WARKS	10	4	1	5	145
DURH	10	3	2	5	132
ESSEX	10	3	2	5	129
WORCS	10	1	3	6	109
DERBS	10	0	5	5	72

Group 2

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
SOM	10	4	1	5	148
HANTS	10	4	2	4	145
GLOUC	10	5	3	2	131
SURR	10	2	2	6	123
LEICS	10	2	4	4	111
MIDDX	10	2	7	1	84

Group 3

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
LANCS	10	4	1	5	150
YORKS	10	5	1	4	149
GLAM	10	2	2	6	127
NHNTS	10	3	3	4	123
KENT	10	0	3	7	97
SUSS	10	1	5	4	94

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