Report: Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire (h), Rothesay County Championship Day One

History repeated itself at Edgbaston today as no play was possible on the opening day of the Rothesay County Championship match between Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire at Edgbaston.

2026-08-27T15:40+01:00

Just as when Nottinghamshire paid their inaugural Championship visit to Birmingham in August 1922, the players never made it on to the grass on the opening day. The 2026 clash between the teams placed third and top respectively in Division One is a mouth-watering prospect but persistent heavy rain in Birmingham meant the covers never came off the field. With further rain likely to affect the remaining three days, a draw appears very likely - a very frustrating scenario, though it would help ensure the remarkably tight title-race remains just as compact next week with four rounds of matches remaining. All involved will be hoping the weather relents, as it did to some degree in 1922 when Sam Staples took five for 68 as Warwickshire were bowled out for 203 before Wilf Payton’s century lifted the visitors’ reply to 251. Rain then returned but not before former Cambridge University hockey blue Charles Fiddian-Green had unfurled an elegant unbeaten half-century to propel Warwickshire’s second innings to 97 without loss.