Keith Barker

Whatever the last day has in store, Warwickshire will have to conclude that this has been a let-down of a season, irrespective of the trophy they brought home from Lord's last weekend

There is the faintest risk of relegation in the air for Durham and Warwickshire, with the whiff about to become stronger for whichever county finishes on the wrong end of the result here

It feels like the business end of the season and from the point of view of Yorkshire supporters, accustomed as they have become to leading from the front, sixth place in the Division One table, 25 points behind the leaders, cannot look especially promisin

Samit Patel produced one of the innings of the season, but Keith Barker's four wickets sealed a thrilling victory for Warwickshire

Chris Woakes and Keith Barker made centuries as Warwickshire recovered from 17 for 4 to post 372 for 9 after choosing to bat

Keith Barker had a five-wicket haul before lunch but Warwickshire could not take full advantage as Ryan McLaren led a Hampshire recovery

James Whitaker will have gleaned little that he did not already know from his visit to New Road. Ian Bell made a century, the 50th of his career in first-class cricket, and Worcestershire collapsed miserably to an innings defeat, which is sadly not a rar

Worcestershire have given themselves an opportunity to halt their poor run against Warwickshire after an opening day of entertaining cricket in which 14 wickets fell and 344 runs were scored,

Keith Barker and Rikki Clarke combined to mop up Durham and complete a comfortable eight-wicket win

Title contenders in any team sport are often characterised as much by an aversion to defeat as a thirst for victory

Keith Barker is generally happy to see his name on Warwickshire's team-sheet for games against Durham

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

Warwickshire are in total control at the halfway stage of their LV=County Championship tussle with neighbours Worcestershire as wickets continue to tumble at Edgbaston.

Warwickshire's Keith Barker on his football career, his badminton skills, and the advice he'd give his 12-year-old self

Keith Barker maintained his stranglehold on Durham as Warwickshire got over their Royal London one-day cup final hangover by dismissing their Lord's conquerors for 201 in the Championship at Edgbaston

Warwickshire moved into second place in the LV= County Championship table and into pole position to secure runners-up spot with a crushing innings-and-16-runs victory over Northamptonshire at Edgbaston

Warwickshire returned to home comforts by pocketing maximum bowling points after dismissing already relegated Northamptonshire for 273 on the first day at Edgbaston

With talk rampant about whether Warwickshire can emulate the class of 1994 and win the treble, the first day at Lord's perfectly encapsulated the qualities that have got the club this far

Sam Hain broke Ian Bell's record and became the youngest man to score a first-class century for Warwickshire as they took a grip on their game against Northamptonshire.