Preview: Derbyshire v Warwickshire, LV= Insurance County Championship

Warwickshire will face Derbyshire in the LV= Insurance County Championship at Derby aiming to keep the momentum high after their brilliant win over Nottinghamshire last weekend.

A stunning 170-win over Notts at Edgbaston, sealed late on the last day of a brilliant game of championship cricket, pitched the Bears right back into the heart of the chase for a top two finish in Group 1.

They have three group games left, away to Derbyshire next then, amid the Vitality Blast campaign, at home to Durham and away to Worcestershire. Victory at Derby would leave them very strongly placed and they will go in with confidence sky high after the Notts game, says spinner Danny Briggs, who contributed vital runs and wickets to that victory.

"Will Rhodes spoke to us after the Notts game and said we've won three out of six with some really good cricket so it's in our hands," he said. "Another win at Derby would put us right up there and we are playing with a lot of confidence so will take that into the game.

"The Notts game was a brilliant game on a good pitch and a good contest between bat and ball for four days which is what you want. Then for us to come out on top at the end was just great."

The Bears finally came out on top in the last session of the match to the delight of the crowd whose noisy encouragement and support really helped build the atmosphere - and expedite the win.

The spectators especially loved the closing overs as Briggs weaved his match-winning web with second innings figures of 24.3-14-36-4.

"I loved it," said the spinner. "It was pleasing for me to have an opportunity for a long bowl on the final day and really embrace it and push the game home with the support of the other bowlers. We bowled and caught really well and I think the calmness we showed the whole way through was probably what enabled us to win.

"Having the fans back in the ground was amazing. There was a great atmosphere. It was my first experience of having the crowd behind me at Edgbaston and I loved it. They really got behind us when we needed it and it was great to see the excitement in the stands."

Squad

Rhodes (c), Bresnan, Briggs, Burgess (wk), Hannon-Dalby, Hain, Lamb, Malan, Miles, Mousley, Norwell, Sidebottom, Yates.

How to follow

Warwickshire Members and supporters will be able to follow all the action from the Cloud FM County Ground via the Match Centre on edgbaston.com and through the Edgbaston app (available on iOS and Android).