Bears-Pears ends in draw against Edgbaston

< /figure>Vitality County Championship Division One, Edgbaston (day four) Worcestershire 360: Kashif Ali 110 & 295-3: Kashif Ali 133, Libby 101*Warwickshire 333: Barnard 89, Rhodes 64, Mousley 62; Smith 3-49, Finch 3-56Warwickshire (13 pts) draw with Worcestershire (14 pts)Match scorecard

After a morning of cleaning and drying, the game of last day did not take place. in progress until 1:25 p.m. BST when the Pears rallied to 237-2 overnight.

But only 19 overs were possible, during which vice-captain Jake Libby reached the 17th first-class century of his career, but his first at Edgbaston.

After the defeat in the last session the day before, it took too long for Brett D'Oliveira's team to capitalize on the decent position they had established built, largely thanks to the South Asian Cricket Academy, based in Birmingham. produced both of Kashif Ali's centuries in the match.

Worcestershire, who were again awarded two matches successive away games to start the season due to ongoing flooding problems at home, now travel to Trent Bridge on Friday to face a Nottinghamshire side containing four former Pears players.

Warwickshire will be at home to Durham again at Edgbaston. But they will once again be missing star at-bat Sam Hain (personal reasons) and injured fast bowler Liam Norwell.