LV= INSURANCE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1 DAY 4: Match Scores, Reports and Scorecards

Warwickshire County Cricket Club have signed India Test batsman Hanuma Vihari for the early rounds of the LV= Insurance County Championship.

Warwickshire’s off-spinning all-rounder Alex Thomson is to join Durham on a two-month loan deal.

Edgbaston Stadium’s Exhibition Hall is set to be transformed into an NHS COVID-19 vaccination centre from Monday 15 March.

Birmingham Bears are saying thank you to some of the heroes of the COVID pandemic by giving away 1,000 tickets to NHS staff for the Vitality Blast fixture against Yorkshire Vikings on Wednesday 30 June.

With the start of the 2021 LV= Insurance County Championship just under five weeks away, Warwickshire County Cricket Club has agreed new contracts with four members of its senior men’s squad.

Fans can enjoy from a T20 double header on Saturday 26 June, with Birmingham Bears and Central Sparks both taking to the field at Edgbaston for the Club’s annual Community Day.

Stuart Cain, Chief Executive at Warwickshire County Cricket Club, said:

Warwickshire County Cricket Club has confirmed its overseas player recruitment for the 2021 season by securing South African Test batsman Pieter Malan for the LV= Insurance County Championship campaign.

Warwickshire County Cricket Club’s record-breaking men’s team batsman Sam Hain has committed to the Bears for a further two years by signing a contract extension that keeps him at Edgbaston until at least the end of the 2023 season.

Warwickshire County Cricket Club men’s team fast bowler Olly Hannon-Dalby has signed a two-year extension to his current contract, which ensures that he will remain a Bear until at least the end of the 2023 season and take his time at Edgbaston to 10 years.

Warwickshire County Cricket Club has agreed terms with Jake Lintott to join the Bears men’s team on a three-year contract.

Warwickshire County Cricket Club has released its Annual Report from the COVID-affected 2019/20 financial year, which has confirmed an expected decrease in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) and operating profit.

Edgbaston Stadium is bringing more international cricket to the West Midlands this summer with the iconic Birmingham venue being awarded a men’s Test match between England and New Zealand, which begins on Thursday 10 June.

Works have begun to transform land at Birmingham’s world-renowned Edgbaston Stadium to create a new entrance plaza, car parking facilities and ‘The Edgbaston Residences’ complex, which will comprise 375 high quality residential apartments and new retail and leisure opportunities.

Warwickshire County Cricket Club has secured a three-year professional contract with Academy top order batsman and left-arm orthodox bowler Jacob Bethell.

Edgbaston Stadium has confirmed its fastest sell-out of tickets for a bilateral men’s One-Day International (ODI) for at least 10 years with all tickets for next summer’s Royal London International fixture between men’s world Champions England and Pakistan now sold out.

Cricketers from the Warwickshire men’s team squad recently helped distribute more than 16,500 new and nearly new toys to community groups that are supporting some of Birmingham’s most vulnerable children as part of the #Toy4Birmingham appeal.

Warwickshire County Cricket Club has secured a one-year contract extension with big-hitting batsman Ed Pollock to cover all forms of the game in the 2021 season.

Edgbaston has seen a record number of entries to its ballot for tickets for the Royal London International (ODI) between men’s world champions England and Pakistan, due to take place on Tuesday 13 July 2021.