County Championship round-up

Gloom and too few Englishmen

Cricinfo staff

April 29, 2008

	David Hemp on the attack at Edgbaston on a day where the batsmen found the going tough © Getty Images

Warwickshire 128 for 4 (Bell 42) v Leicestershire
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There was a little more play at Edgbaston where Warwickshire made 128 for 4 in 50 overs against Leicestershire. Conditions were far from friendly for the batsmen, and they found the going hard under leaden skies and between three interruptions for showers. Dillon du Preez, signed as a Kolpak yesterday, got his Leicestershire career off to a flier, removing Darren Maddy's off stump with his second ball as the batsman shouldered arms, and then having Ian Bell dropped at third slip off his seventh. Bell and Ian Westwood added 70 for the second wicket before Bell was trapped leg before half forward, and then Westwood became du Preez's second victim - he finished with tight figures of 13-5-21-2 - care of a good catch at third slip soon after he had been struck on the jaw by a lifter. Michael Powell quickly followed, caught behind off James Allenby's third ball, and Warwickshire were wobbling on 102 for 4. But Jonathan Trott and Tim Ambrose held firm until bad light ended play. Geoff Miller, England's head selector, watched the day but with no fewer than ten South Africans on show, he cannot have learned too much.

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Matches

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Warwickshire v Leicestershire at Birmingham

Players/Umpires

Ian Bell

Dillon du Preez

Steve Kirby

Jon Lewis

Series/Tournaments

County Championship Division Two

Teams

England

Glamorgan

Gloucestershire

Leicestershire

Warwickshire