Squad To Face Lancashire Announced
Warwickshire have named an unchanged 13-man squad for their LV= County Championship clash with Lancashire at Old Trafford.
The Bears will be keen to bounce back after narrowly losing their opening fixture of the season to Yorkshire at Edgbaston on Monday.
Speaking in the aftermath of the match, Warwickshire Director of Cricket Ashley Giles said: "We mucked up. It was our game to lose but that session after lunch cost us. We have to be more ruthless in future.
"Yes, they counter-attacked well, but we let them. We took our eye off the ball. We went chasing the game and bowled a lot of half-volleys. It wasn't just that last session. We could have batted better and we could have taken some more catches but, from the position we were in, we should have won. It's a disappointing loss."
However, the team can take heart from some encouraging individual performances in the match, including that of leg-spinner Imran Tahir, who claimed match-figures of 5-148 on debut, Ian Bell, Jonathan Trott and Jim Troughton, all of whom scored second-innings half-centuries, and the traditionally excellent Old Trafford pitch should provide them with the perfect opportunity to build on these contributions.
They will face off against a Lancashire side that will in all likelihood contain England swing bowler James Anderson, but talismanic allrounder Andrew Flintoff is still recuperating from knee surgery and is unavailable for selection.
Warwickshire squad to face Lancashire in the LV= County Championship Division One fixture on 15-18 April 2010 at Old Trafford:
Ian Westwood (Captain)
Varun Chopra
Ian Bell
Jonathan Trott
Jim Troughton
Tim Ambrose (wk)
Rikki Clarke
Chris Woakes
Neil Carter
Ant Botha
Naqaash Tahir
Imran Tahir
Andrew Miller
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