Preview: Bears v Leicestershire Foxes, Vitality Blast

Bears continue their Vitality Blast campaign at home against Leicestershire Foxes, on Thursday 2 June, looking to make it four straight wins.

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2022-06-01T15:50:00.000Z

Where and when

Edgbaston Stadium, Thursday 2 June, 2.30pm.

Tickets are still available to buy online or on the day via the Ticket Office, with 12 to 15-year-olds £5 and under 12s go FREE.

Bears first team coach Mark Robinson said...

"We'll certainly take three wins out of three to start with. It was brilliant to win on Sunday chasing, having won the other two batting first. In tournaments like this different people have good spells at different times, the key thing is that enough people do enough and you get over the line in games."

Recent form

Bears: WLWWWFoxes: WWLLW

Head-to-head

Played 17, Bears 11, Foxes 6

Blast from the past

Edgbaston, 2019, Fidel Edwards made his Bears bow and took three wickets in his first over to leave the Foxes floundering on two for three and set the Bears on the way to a seven-wicket win.

Who's hot?

Chris Benjamin and Adam Hose. Their partnerships in the last two games have added 183 from 84 balls.

Look out for

Colin Ackermann - the Foxes' main man with the bat and also pretty nifty with his off-spin as the Bears discovered in 2019 when he took seven for 18 in a T20.

On the brink

Alex Davies needs 57 runs for 2,000 in T20.

Bears Squad

Carlos Brathwaite (C)Chris BenjaminJacob BethellDanny BriggsEthan BrookesHenry BrookesAlex Davies (WK)Sam HainAdam HoseJake LintottCraig MilesChe SimmonsPaul StirlingRob Yates

How to follow

Fans can follow the match live in our new-look Match Centre at edgbaston.com, which will include a free to watch Live Stream from Bears Den TV, hosted BBC TMS’s Aatif Nawaz.

Supporters can get involved by sending their match day comments and thoughts to matchday@edgbaston.com, and we’ll publish the best ones on our live text commentary in the Match Centre.

Supporters can also watch the Live Stream and get instant push notifications of all wickets, innings and match results via the Edgbaston app, which is free to download on iOS and Android.

Match updates will also be available across the Club’s social media accounts, simply search for @WarwickshireCCC.

Next up

Worcestershire Rapids at New Road, Friday 3 June, 2.30pm.