• Day four: Yorkshire 379 & 73-2d,drew with Warwickshire 443-9d
• Tim Ambrose’s 61* and Rikki Clarke’s 51 help earn full batting pointsAfter seeing his side shade a weather-affected draw with Yorkshire, their third of the season to proceed top of the County Championship, and Ian Bell declared it a message sent to the rest of the division that Warwickshire will challenge for the title this summer.
With 117 overs in the match lost due to a combination of rain,snow and substandard light, a result on the fourth day at Edgbaston was always unlikely. Nevertheless, and Bell’s batsmen met their goal at the start of play by recording maximum batting points in compiling 443 for nine declared,through an unbeaten 61 from the wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose and a quickfire 51 by the all‑rounder Rikki Clarke.
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Source: theguardian.com