Championship Rewind: Warwickshire v Worcestershire, 2012

One of the things often said about teams that lift the County Championship is that, during the course of a gruelling four-day campaign, they often "find a way to win."

Sometimes things go against them in games and they are on the back foot. But they hang in there, stay alive in the match and then hit back hard, finish strong and win it.

Warwickshire's title triumph of 2012 was earned by just such a mentality and the "find a way to win" resolve was never more vividly illustrated than when old rivals Worcestershire visited Edgbaston in August.

When the Bears hit 34 for five in reply to the visitors' 246, the title quest appeared to be about to encounter a jolt. Not so. Jim Troughton's side eased to victory by seven wickets.

The Bears went into action well-placed in the Division One table but needing to get back to winning ways after a weather-affected five-game sequence which brought four draws, as well as a titanic one-wicket defeat to Somerset at Taunton.

A Worcestershire team containing three championship debutants - Brett D'Oliveira, Joe Leach and Chris Russell - chose to bat and Phil Hughes played superbly to carry his bat for 135 out of 246. They looked set for a bigger total at 239 for five, but Jeetan Patel got among the lower order and the last five wickets fell for seven runs.

The Bears' reply then started awkwardly when openers Chopra and Ian Westwood fell for ducks. Only Rikki Clarke, with a classy 61, passed 20 out of a total of 132.

A first innings deficit of 114 looked decisive on a wicket doing a bit, but the Bears' bowling attack of 2012 was a pretty daunting proposition on such a track and powered their side back into the game. When the Pears went in again, Keith Barker and Chris Wright nipped out an opener each, Barker trapping Hughes lbw for nought, to have the visitors four for two.

Barker also removed Moeen Ali while Boyd Rankin ended Vikram Solanki's dangerous counter attack before Patel again bamboozled the lower order, adding four more wickets to his four in the first innings.

As the match galloped forward, the last six wickets fell in 11 overs to shift the momentum firmly the way of the Bears who now needed 260 in two days and 21 overs.

In those 21 overs on the second evening, Chopra and Westwood took the Bears to 79 without loss. Next day, the Bears cruised to victory as Chopra scored 58, Westwood 83 and Will Porterfield 37 before Jim Troughton (34 not out) and Darren Maddy (45 not out) took their side home with an unbroken stand of 70 in 18 overs.