Warks Are County Champions

The Warwickshire director of cricket Ashley Giles says his players' determination to win was key in them winning the County Championship title against Worcestershire.

The Bears' victory by an innings and 202 runs made up for the heartbreak of losing out to Lancashire on the final day last season.

It was the county's first title win since 2004.

Warwickshire claimed the eight wickets required to wrap up the one-sided win shortly after lunch.

Only Moeen Ali's 72 provided any resistance to Warwickshire, but when he ran out of partners his spirited defence was brought to an end.

They've worked very hard since November last year, when we were looking for the 1% that would just take us that one step further. It's a nice feeling not to take it down to the wire at the last game like we did last season

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Our sports correspondent, Steve Clamp, was at New Road earlier today to see Warwickshire win the County Championship for the first time in eight years.

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Congratulations to Warwickshire on winning the championship. Well deserved

From @ChrisTremlett33 on Twitter: (12:40 pm, Thu 06 Sep 2012)

Congratulations to Ashley Giles and all at Edgbaston. Enjoy the party.

From @legsidelizzy on Twitter: (12:40 pm, Thu 06 Sep 2012)

Say what you like about county cricket, but still takes a huge effort to win the Championship. Well done Warwickshire. #countycricket

From @andymcg_cricket on Twitter: (12:41 pm, Thu 06 Sep 2012)

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Warwickshire have won the County Championship after beating Worcestershire by 202 runs inside 3 days.

Chris Wright took the last wicket of Alan Richardson for 4 runs as he finished with match figures of 9-89.

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