Injury Update: Warwickshire v Sussex, Rothesay County Championship

Warwickshire go into the first game of the season without experienced seamers Chris Rushworth and Olly Hannon-Dalby.

briggford

2025-04-03T15:00:00.000Z

Warwickshire go into the first game of the season without experienced seamers Chris Rushworth and Olly Hannon-Dalby.

Rushworth has a calf pull and only recently returned to light training having been sidelined for much of the pre-season tour to Abu Dhabi.

The 38-year-old – who took 13 wickets in six red ball appearances last season – is expected to be out of action for several weeks.

And Olly Hannon-Dalby will also sit out the Rothesay County Championship Division One opener having suffered a quad muscle tear in training earlier this week.

However, fellow seamers Ethan Bamber (below), who joined from Middlesex last summer, and Sri Lanka quick Vishwa Fernando are both in line to make their Bears debuts.

First Team Coach Ian Westwood, said: “We’ve known for a while that Rushy would miss the start due to a calf problem. He’s seen a specialist and we’ll work him gradually back to bowling; we don’t want to rush it and risk him breaking down again.

“But Olly’s is a new injury which is a blow so close to the start of the new season. A scan has revealed a small tear and he’ll likely be out for April.

“Vishwa has settled well into the squad and Ethan has looked sharp in pre-season and taken wickets. They’ll be complemented by Ed Barnard, while Michael Booth and Che Simmons are also in contention.”

Westwood has a clean bill of health on the batting front with Sam Hain, Dan Mousley and Hamza Shaikh all expected to feature in the top order after recently signing contract extensions at the Club.