A Yorkshire side boasting 788 international caps between them succumbed to a Warwickshire team with scant top-level experience at Headingley.
Harry Brook (24 Tests, 26 ODIs, 44 T20Is) and Joe Root (152 Tests, 177 ODIs, 32 T20Is) returned to a Yorkshire XI that already contained Jonny Bairstow (100 Tests, 107 ODIs, 80 T20Is), as well as Adam Lyth (seven Tests), Dom Bess (14 Tests) and New Zealand’s Ben Sears (one Test, four ODIs, 20 T20Is). Warwickshire, meanwhile, had just Dan Mousley (three ODIs, four T20Is), who made his England white-ball debut last year, and Beau Webster (three Tests), who made his Australia Test debut in the New Year’s Test against India, to count on for international experience.
Despite this, it was the Bears who won out. Yorkshire’s struggles began on the opening day. Ethan Bamber claimed 5-47, with several of the hosts’ batters making starts but Jonny Bairstow’s 47 the top score. Warwickshire’s innings told a similar tale, with the exception of Webster’s 86-ball 85, the all-rounder showing the hard-hitting prowess that has helped him have an instant impact at Test level.
Root played an innings of substance in reply, hitting 90, but with little support - Lyth made 40, Brook 20, Ben Coad 28*, but no one else made it to double figures - Yorkshire could set only 185, which Warwickshire chased down with five wickets in hand. Bamber claimed four more wickets to keep Yorkshire in check, while Sears - 6-98 in the game - was the pick of Yorkshire’s bowlers.
The result leaves Yorkshire in the wrong half of the County Championship Division One table, a competition-record victory over Worcestershire set between two defeats and a draw. Warwickshire currently sit second, with two wins and two draws from four games so far.
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