Preview: Durham v Warwickshire, LV= Insurance County Championship

Warwickshire will visit Durham in the LV= Insurance County Championship striving to build on the "really good vibe" around the Club after two brilliant performances.

The Bears sit 12 points clear at the top of Group 1 after superb last-day run chases secured victories over Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge and Essex at Edgbaston.

The win in Nottingham was hugely impressive, yet was bettered by the victory over champions Essex which arrived at the end of a pulsating contest in which Will Rhodes's side stood toe-to-toe with the best team in county cricket.

So many players contributed for the Bears. Craig Miles, Olly Hannon-Dalby and Olly Stone shared 18 wickets. Some excellent catches were taken, notably by Rhodes and Sam Hain. Danny Briggs, Matt Lamb, Tim Bresnan and Miles scored vital runs in the first innings. And then came the final-day chase, immaculately led by Rob Yates with classy support from Hanuma Vihari and Hain.

It was a great team performance which left the Bears players and supporters buzzing - and that's a feeling the skipper wants to cultivate.

"In the changing room after the game at Trent Bridge, Tim Bresnan said to us all; 'how good does this feel? You have to remember these feelings'," said Rhodes.

"It was the same after the Essex last game Sunday - there was a really good vibe in there.

"We have played some very good cricket in the last two games, but now we face a very tough game at Durham. They are a good team who have recruited really well in the last couple of years. We will see what the pitch is like and might have to rethink our strategy to see how we are going to try to win up there.

"We will travel north with a lot of confidence after the last two games. Now the challenge for us is to keep hitting those standards. We have just got to be hard to beat. To make it three wins out of three would be pretty special so the lads have been back in training working really hard to be as prepared as we can be for Durham."

England fast bowler Stone will be rested at the Riverside but Dan Mousley, Liam Norwell and Henry Brookes come into the squad.

Early season indications are that the bowlers will have their work cut out at Chester-le-Street. The newly relaid square has so far offered up slow pitches enjoyed by the batsmen, most recently Durham's South African recruit David Bedingham who batted just short of ten hours and scored 310 for once out against Derbyshire there last week.

Squad

Rhodes (c), Bresnan, Briggs, H Brookes, Burgess (wk), Hannon-Dalby, Hain, Lamb, Miles, Mousley, Nowell, Vihari, Yates.

How to follow

Warwickshire Members and supporters will be able to watch the action via the Durham live stream, which will include replays and commentary from BBC WM and BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.

All action will be live streamed through the Match Centre on edgbaston.com and through the Edgbaston app (available on iOS and Android).

Supporters can also keep up to date with the scores and in-play clips through the Match Centre on edgbaston.com. Please note, there will be no updates on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram from 15:00 BST on Friday 30 April to 23:59 BST on Monday 3 May.

Please note that Warwickshire’s visit to Emirates Riverside for the LV= Insurance County Championship match with Durham (29 April - 1 May) will be played behind closed doors due to the latest Government guidelines.