Warwickshire clinch title after Chris Woakes leads charge to sink Somerset

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Warks 367 & 294-3dec beat Somerset 389 & 154 by 118 runsHead coach Mark Robinson: ‘These are the days you live for’Chants of “You Bears” rang around Edgbaston as Warwickshire produced a stirring final-day performance to be crowned County Champions for the eighth time, beating a weary Somerset side and breaking the hearts of Lancashire in the process.This was an immense and clinical display from a bowling attack spearheaded by their local hero, Chris Woakes, but with no weak links to speak of. Somerset, their season having long since fallen apart, simply had no answers to the questions posed, with the visitors bowled out for 154 in 52 overs after being set 273 to win in 79. Continue reading...

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