Warwickshire’s England connection

Edgbaston Stadium plays host to the Final Chapter of the English Test summer next month, with England taking on Pakistan from Wednesday 9 September in the third Test of the series.

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Over the years there have been a whole host of Warwickshire players that have represented England in Test cricket, with Jacob Bethell the most recent name added to an illustrious list.

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Before Test cricket returns to the home of the Bears, we’re taking a look at some of the standout names that have risen from Warwickshire stardom to England fame.

Ian Bell

The only Bear to represent England over 100 times in Test cricket, Ian Bell made his debut back in 2004 against the West Indies. Known for having one of the finest cover drives in the game, arguably Bell’s standout moment in Test whites came in 2013 where he scored centuries in each of England’s three Ashes wins and was named the Player of the Series. He would play 118 times in five-day cricket for his country, scoring over 7,700 runs and averaging over 42. He is currently the ninth highest run-scorer in Test cricket for England.

MJK Smith

Warwickshire and England great, MJK Smith, led England on 25 occasions out of his 50 Tests between 1958 and 1972. He scored 2,278 runs at 31.63, with three hundreds and 11 fifties, and was awarded an OBE for his services to cricket in 1976. When he ended his career in professional cricket, he had scored 39,832 First-Class runs in 637 matches, the 18th-highest total of all time.

Jonathan Trott

One of Warwickshire’s finest top order batters, Jonathan Trott was a run-scoring machine for several years in Test cricket for England. A constant in series-winning teams, he played a key role in England’s 2-1 series victory in the 2009 Ashes down under. He made 52 appearances in the five-day format for his country, scoring 3,835 runs at an average just over 44.

Bob Willis

Cricketing great, Bob Willis, represented England 90 times in Test Matches, producing a host of stand-out moments for his country in that time. He made his debut back in 1971, doing so at the MCC against Australia in the Ashes. He would take three wickets in the first innings, setting the tone for a long and illustrious career at the top of the game. The right-arm quick would end his England career in 1984 with 325 wickets to his name.

Dennis Amiss

The new stand at Edgbaston is to be named the Dennis Amiss Stand after all that he achieved for the Club. While wearing the Warwickshire shirt, he struck an incredible 102 hundreds, while also making 50 appearances for England following his debut in 1966. He made 11 Test hundreds with eight of those exceeding 150 which incredibly made up a higher proportion than that of Don Bradman. He would sign out from Test cricket in 1977 having scored 3,612 runs at an average of 46.30.

Ashley Giles

Left arm off-spinner Ashley Giles was a key component of the famous Ashes winning team of 2005, dubbed one of the greatest series in the history of the game. Giles, who spent the entirety of his 14-year playing career with Warwickshire, taking 539 First-Class wickets in the process, made 54 appearances for England’s test side between 1998 and 2006. In that time he took 143 wickets while also contributing over 1,400 runs down the order.

Chris Woakes

It was just last year that Chris Woakes retired from international cricket, doing so with over 2,000 runs and almost 200 wickets to his name. The bowling all-rounder made 62 appearances in Test cricket for his country, scoring a century and seven 50s with the bat, while taking five five-wicket hauls. He was named as one of Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year in 2017 after taking 41 Test wickets with the highlight being the 11 he took against Pakistan in Lord's in July 2016. Woakes still continues to be a vital member of the Bears’ pace attack, and played a starring role in their thrilling one-wicket County Championship victory just last week against Sussex.