Warwickshire win County Championship

Warwickshire thrashed visitors Leicestershire by an innings and 79 runs at Edgbaston to seal a ninth County Championship title and their first since 2021 on Saturday.They entered the third day needing seven wickets to clinch the title, while the visitors needed 182 more runs to send them back in to bat. Chris Woakes got the hosts off to the ideal start by bowling Sol Budinger for 47 and the former England all-rounder soon struck again when his delivery to Jonathan Tattersall was caught by Rob Yates at slip. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Twitter cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies. To view this content you can use the button below to allow Twitter cookies for this session only. Leicestershire on brink of relegation after 27-point deductionTables from County Championship Divisions One and TwoLatest Sky Sports deals or stream with no contract on NOWLeicestershire began to crumble as Ethan Bamber claimed the scalps of Ben Cox and Ben Green in quick succession and skipper Ian Holland was trapped lbw by Ed Barnard as the hosts closed in on the title.Ajaz Patel was bowled by Manav Suthar, but Leicestershire dug in with a productive final-wicket partnership between Tom Scriven and Josh Hull. However, shortly after lunch Bamber found the breakthrough to bowl Scriven for 49 and finish with a five-wicket haul, sealing the title for Warwickshire.