Preview: Yorkshire v Warwickshire, Royal London Cup

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Warwickshire will chase a third successive Royal London Cup victory when they face Yorkshire at Clifton Park, York tomorrow.

The Bears' sit fourth in the group after their 50-over campaign was galvanised by successive wins last week.

Their very young side recorded a commanding eight-wicket win away to Derbyshire then followed that up with a memorable seven-run triumph at home to Leicestershire.

Those games contained maiden List A centuries for Ed Pollock and Matt Lamb respectively and the preceding match, at home to Nottinghamshire, brought a first List A ton for Rob Yates - a sequence that illustrates the maturing of the home-grown talent at Edgbaston right now.

With a dozen senior players, mostly bowlers, unavailable, that home-grown talent is powering the Bears' RLC campaign - and it was evident from the way the crowd rooted the Bears home against the Foxes last Thursday how much the fans love seeing those youngsters excel.

"It was a day to remember for the young guys and the backing from the crowd was very much part of that," said first team coach Mark Robinson. "We have had great support from the members and supporters all season and that really is appreciated.

"It was a great win and the two wins last week have really put us back in the mix. We look back at the Glamorgan game now and think we should have won that one and, if we had, we would be in a really strong position, but we are in the mix.

"We have some of the stiffer tests to come, starting with Yorkshire tomorrow, but we are in contention and that was our pledge to the supporters at the start of the comp. Whatever side we pick, we aim to be competitive."

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Next up is a Yorkshire side which, like the Bears, is leaning heavily on youth with many senior players unavailable. The White Rose could do with a win tomorrow, having won only one of four games so far. After starting with a five-wicket defeat to Surrey, they beat Leicestershire at Leicester, took a point from a rain-ruined fixture with Northamptonshire then lost by five wickets to Somerset in a match reduced to T20 format by rain.

Tomorrow's game will be at Clifton Park, a lovely outground where the Bears were the visitors for York's inaugural first-class match in 2019.

That was an excellent, well-attended contest, featuring 30 leg byes, nine wickets for Olly Hannon-Dalby and a crucial opening stand of 132 between Will Rhodes and Dom Sibley, which the Bears won by three wickets. A similar result would do nicely tomorrow.

"It will be a different experience for some of the young guys," said Robinson. "Outground games are often well-supported with a different atmosphere and the crowd close to you. It is another game for us all to look forward to and another really good test for the players."

The Bears have named a 13-man squad including Dan Mousley for the first time since he broke a finger six weeks ago. A decision on whether he will play will be taken in the morning.

Squad

Will Rhodes (c), Jacob Bethell, Ethan Brookes, Jordan Bulpitt, Michael Burgess (wk), Karl Carver, George Garrett, Manraj Johal, Matt Lamb, Dan Mousley, Ed Pollock, Kiel van Vollenhoven, Rob Yates.

How to follow

Members and supporters can watch the live stream from Yorkshire via the Match Centre on edgbaston.com and through the Edgbaston app (available for free on iOS and Android).