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Westwood retires with immediate effect

Jun 26, 2017: Ian Westwood, the Warwickshire opening batsman and former captain, has announced his retirement with immediate effect following a 15-year playing career

Warwickshire v Surrey, Specsavers Championship Div One, Edgbaston, 1st day

Westwood the saviour amid early-season crisis

Apr 21, 2017: Ian Westwood is, in many ways, an unlikely saviour. But here, and not for the first time, he was exactly the man Warwickshire required in a crisis

Warwickshire v Middlesex, Specsavers Championship Div One, Edgbaston, 2nd day

Middx seize initiative after Westwood run-out

Sep 1, 2016: Ian Westwood's controversial run-out changed the course of the day, perhaps the match and may yet be seen as a critical moment in the destiny of this season's Championship

Durham v Warks, Specsavers Championship Div One, Chester-le-Street, 2nd day

Westwood's revival answers Warwickshire's time of need

Aug 24, 2016: Ian Westwood had the right to imagine that all eyes at Chester-le-Street were upon him. They weren't but perhaps in a perfect world they would have been. After all, he had answered Warwickshire's call in times of need

Warwickshire v Durham, LV= Championship, Division One, Edgbaston

Barker late blast makes it Bears' day

May 17, 2015: Jonathan Trott began life in international retirement with an assured 42 but his innings was a mere footnote to a rollicking opening day's play

Yorkshire v Warks, LV= Championship, Division 1, Headingley, 2nd day

Bresnan five-for reward for changed action

Apr 27, 2015: Tim Bresnan took a five-wicket haul but Ian Westwood's 196 helped Warwickshire to a strong position against the champions

Yorkshire v Warks, LV= Championship, Division 1, Headingley, 1st day

Westwood digs in but Yorkshire don't wilt

Apr 26, 2015: Ian Westwood's willingness to graft for runs made this just about Warwickshire's day, although there were satisfied expressions on the faces of the Yorkshire bowlers after restricting their opponents to 270 runs from 97 overs

Somerset v Warwickshire, Taunton, 1st day

Westwood makes Somerset pay

Aug 15, 2014: Ian Westwood's hundred held Warwickshire together in Taunton in a match both they and Somerset must surely win to retain Championship ambitions

Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire, Edgbaston, 1st day

Nottinghamshire's title challenge fading

Aug 28, 2012: Increasingly, it is difficult to dismiss the suspicion that Nottinghamshire's title challenge is on its last legs and that Warwickshire have one hand on the trophy

Warwickshire v Middlesex, Edgbaston, 2nd day

Warks falter after Westwood knock

Aug 22, 2012: Warwickshire's response provided the measure of Middlesex's first innings, which may not have been below par to the extent it was suspected after the Division One leaders made hard work of getting their noses in front

Warwickshire v Worcestershire, Edgbaston, 3rd day

Warwickshire tighten grip at top

Aug 10, 2012: Warwickshire opened up a 21-point gap at the top of Division One after completing a seven-wicket win over relegation-threatened Worcestershire

Middlesex v Warwickshire, Uxbridge, 2nd day

Westwood leads Bears fightback

Aug 2, 2012: Middlesex were left to rue two dropped catches at Uxbridge where title challengers Warwickshire continue to grind their way back into the match.

Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire, Edgbaston, 1st day

Westwood hundred sets Warwickshire platform

Sep 7, 2011: Warwickshire were indebted to a gritty unbeaten 144 from their former captain Ian Westwood for sustaining their County Championship title challenge

Warwickshire v Somerset, Edgbaston, 2nd day

Westwood ton puts Warwickshire on top

Jun 21, 2011: The figures might be unremarkable, but Boyd Rankin produced an unusually fine spell of fast bowling on the first day of Warwickshire Championship match with Somerset

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Troughton named Warwickshire captain

Nov 22, 2010: Jim Troughton has been appointed as Warwickshire's new captain following the resignation of Ian Westwood last week

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Westwood resigns as Warwickshire captain

Nov 17, 2010: Ian Westwood has stepped down as Warwickshire captain after two years in charge to concentrate on his batting following a poor 2010 season

Warwickshire v Essex, Edgbaston, 4th day

Warwickshire earn survival lifeline

Aug 28, 2010: It may not have looked a particularly demanding target on paper but, with a wretched batting record and their top division status at stake, Warwickshire produced one of their best performances

Essex v Warwickshire, Southend-on-Sea, 3rd day

Westwood fifty guides Warwickshire to victory

Aug 6, 2010: Ian Westwood scored the only half-century of the match to guide bottom side Warwickshire to a seven-wicket victory over fellow County Championship strugglers Essex at Southend

Yorkshire v Warwickshire, Headingley, 2nd day

Adil Rashid spins Yorkshire ahead

Jul 6, 2010: Four wickets for Adil Rashid, bowling with a self-assurance that can only encourage both Yorkshire and England, helped the Championship leaders reach a position from which they might take a clear lead at the top of the First Division

Kent v Warwickshire, Canterbury, 3rd day

Dogged Warwickshire dig in

May 6, 2010: Wickets and boundaries were hard to come by on day three of a fluctuating County Championship Division One encounter in Canterbury