County Championship: Rob Yates misses out on ton however Bears draw with Pears to guide Division One place

Rob Yates just missed out on a second century of the summer against Worcestershire

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Rob Yates just missed out on a second century of the summer against Worcestershire
LV= County Championship Group One, New Road, Worcester (day four):
Warwickshire 395: Malan 141, Sibley 80; Sodhi 6-89 and 215-2 dec: Yates 88, Malan 77*, Sibley 41
Worcestershire 447-9 dec: Mitchell 113, Barnard 112*, Haynes 65
Worcestershire (12 pts) drew with Warwickshire (14 pts)
Scorecard

Warwickshire batted out the day with Worcestershire to earn the draw which secured their expected top-two finish in Group One and a place in Division One following the season split.

The Pears added 32 to their overnight score before declaring on 447-9.

That allowed Ed Barnard to completed his second ton of the season before finishing unbeaten on 112.

The Bears then batted until the loss of Rob Yates (88) on 215-2, after which they declared, with Pieter Malan on 77.

Following his first-innings 141, the South African finished with a run aggregate of 218 in the match. Of his total of 339 runs in six Championship matches this…

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