County Championship: Gloucestershire relegated despite three-wicket win over Warwickshire

LV = County Championship Division One, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (day three) Warwickshire: 274: Sibley 120, Briggs 65; Zafar 5-64 & 128: Davies 60; Price 8-27 Gloucestershire: 255: Taylor 71, Zafar 55; Yadav 5-30 & 149-7: Tooth 64; Yadav 4-47 Gloucestershire (21 pts) beat Warwickshire (5 pts) by three wickets* Match scorecard
After beating the Bears in Bristol for 128, the hosts only needed 148 to win. p>
Gloucestershire, whose relegation was confirmed earlier in the day when Kent beat the Hampshire, fell to 30-4.
A 97-point stand for the fifth wicket between Chris Dent (64) and captain Graeme van Buuren ( 49) then handed control back to Gloucestershire.
Three wickets fell in 11 runs, but point guard Tom Price, who had earlier taken four wickets to finish with a stunning 8-27 career record, helped his side go home on 149-7.
Price and Zafar Gohar took 23 extra balls to make the extra 11 points needed for his county to claim their first Championship Division One win since 2005.

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County Championship: Gloucestershire relegated despite three-wicket win over Warwickshire

LV = County Championship Division One, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (day three) Warwickshire: 274: Sibley 120*, Briggs 65; Zafar 5-64 & 128: Davies 60; Price 8-27 Gloucestershire: 255: Taylor 71, Zafar 55; Yadav 5-30 & 149-7: Tooth 64; Yadav 4-47 Gloucestershire (21 pts) beat Warwickshire (5 pts) by three wickets Match scorecard

After beating the Bears in Bristol for 128, the hosts only needed 148 to win. p>

Gloucestershire, whose relegation was confirmed earlier in the day when Kent beat the Hampshire, fell to 30-4.

A 97-point stand for the fifth wicket between Chris Dent (64) and captain Graeme van Buuren ( 49) then handed control back to Gloucestershire.

Three wickets fell in 11 runs, but point guard Tom Price, who had earlier taken four wickets to finish with a stunning 8-27 career record, helped his side go home on 149-7.

Price and Zafar Gohar took 23 extra balls to make the extra 11 points needed for his county to claim their first Championship Division One win since 2005.