Westwood happy as Warwickshire hammer woeful Yorkshire at Edgbaston
Head coach Ian Westwood was a happy man after seeing Warwickshire hammer Yorkshire by 377 runs at Edgbaston in the Rothesay County Championship on Monday.
It was a remarkable turnaround for the Bears, who were bowled out for just 147 after being asked to bat on the first day.
Warwickshire fought back to bowl the visitors out for 152 before posting a mammoth 553 for six, declaring at tea on day three to set Yorkshire 548 for victory.
The White Rose were reduced to 98 for five at the end of day three, and Warwickshire wrapped things up by rolling them over for 171 to complete the win and maintain their early-season title challenge.
"It was an interesting game and I thought the lads managed it really well," said Westwood..
"We were put in under really challenging conditions but we knew that if we bowled well they would find it equally tough and we did that. Then to come back as strongly as we did and effectively bat them out of the game was really impressive.
"It was a standout match for Sam Hain. His half-century in the first innings was worth a lot more and then to bat through for 160 not out in the second was an incredible effort from him.
"We're not looking too far ahead but the group is growing in confidence and belief and that is coming from the performances and the positions we have found ourselves in at times."
As Yorkshire were bowled out for 171, Ethan Bamber took forur for 50 and Olly Hannon-Dalby three for 33.
Matthew Revis resisted for 41 but, well though the home seamers bowled, to be dismissed in 53.1 overs on a pitch on which Warwickshire eased to 553 for six the previous day was a poor effort.
Warwickshire banked their second highest ever Championship win by a margin of runs, just one shy of the 378-run victory over Northamptonshire at Edgbaston in 1927 when seamer Tom Durnell, playing only his second match, took seven for 29.
Having ended the first day well behind in the game, Ed Barnard's side steamrollered the White Rose for the next two and a half and will head into another home game, against Glamorgan, on Friday full of belief that a serious challenge for the title could lay ahead.