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Ed Barnard took the Warwickshire captaincy just two weeks before the season began and ended it lifting the County Championship. Jamie Hall looks at the leader behind the Bears' remarkable title triumph.
Somerset have been left to rue what might have been after finishing runners-up in the County Championship for the sixth time since 2010, with senior figures pointing to a critical lack of ruthlessness in the middle of the campaign.
Ethan Bamber finished as the leading wicket-taker in the County Championship as Warwickshire claimed the title. But does his remarkable form merit serious England consideration?
Warwickshire claimed their ninth County Championship title on home soil at Edgbaston, defeating Leicestershire by an innings and 79 runs to cap a remarkable late-season run of form.
Sam Hain's superb 142 and a commanding first-innings total of 372 leaves Warwickshire needing just a draw to clinch a ninth County Championship crown against a struggling Leicestershire side.
Leicestershire's Division One survival hopes were effectively extinguished at Edgbaston on day one, as Warwickshire's relentless attack dismissed the Foxes for 125. The result is subject to an ongoing appeal against a 27-point deduction.
Warwickshire first team coach Ian Westwood is keeping his squad grounded ahead of the County Championship's final round, with the Bears holding an 11-point lead over Somerset and eyeing a first title since 2021.
Warwickshire demolished a depleted Essex side inside two days at Chelmsford, with Manav Suthar's second five-for of the season driving them to the top of the County Championship Division One table.
Warwickshire brushed aside relegation-threatened Hampshire inside three days at the Utilita Bowl, with Manav Suthar's seven-wicket haul doing the damage in a clinical innings victory.
Rob Yates ended his frustrating run of near-misses with a composed 109 as Warwickshire posted 398 all out before reducing a struggling Hampshire to 74-6, leading by 324 runs at the close of day two.
Olly Stone produced a devastating five-wicket display on his former home ground as Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire shared the spoils in a rain-interrupted County Championship draw at Edgbaston.
Joe Clarke's classy unbeaten 146 at Edgbaston has made him the first batter to reach 1,000 County Championship runs this season, as Nottinghamshire posted 299-7 against Warwickshire on a rain-interrupted day two.