Warwickshire v Essex: Day 4 report
20.04.26, 16:36 Updated 20.04.26, 16:36
Brian Halford
Warwickshire, 190 and 220, beat Essex, 205 and 164, by 41 runs.
Keith Barker marked his return to Warwickshire with a match-winning wicket-haul as Essex were defeated by 41 runs in a gripping Rothesay County Championship Division One match at Edgbaston.
Chasing 206 to win, Essex were bowled out for 164 after a top order implosion left them 21 for four. Luc Benkenstein made a career-best 39 (93 balls) and debutant Zaman Akhter (35, 68) and Simon Harmer (32, 57) added 51 for the ninth wicket to set up a tense finish.
But Warwickshire held their nerve as Keith Barker, playing his first championship game for Warwickshire for eight years, took four for 29 and Ethan Bamber added two wickets to his three in the first innings to take his tally to 14 in the first three games of the season. An excellent match for the spectators, played on a good cricket wicket, brought Warwickshire their first win of the season while Essex will face Surrey at The Oval next week needing to hit back after successive defeats.
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