Warwickshire 396 for 8 (Sibley 102, Burgess 77, McAndrew 54*) path Northamptonshire 451 (Hannon-Dalby 4-84) by 55 runs
Nathan McAndrew struck his maiden Bears half-century, an undefeated 54 previous to stumps, whereas Northamptonshire seamer Jack White ended the day with figures of 4 for 62. However, it seems unlikely both of the edges – who’ve registered only one Championship win between them to this point this season – can discover a approach of accelerating that tally on day 4.
Although Ben Sanderson discovered some early motion when Warwickshire resumed at 71 for 1, the house aspect quickly turned to spin within the type of Simon Kerrigan. That transfer paid off instantly, with the left-armer’s third ball of the morning tempting Chris Benjamin to drive excessive into the fingers of mid-off.
Will Rhodes joined Sibley, who continued to advance at a snail’s tempo – the opener’s keep on the crease approaching 4 hours when he reached his half-century – however the pair step by step started to open up, with Rhodes coming down the monitor to thump Kerrigan over midwicket for the primary six of the match.
However, Warwickshire have been pegged again once more by Josh Cobb’s pre-lunch spell of three overs for 2 runs – plus the wicket of Rhodes for 42, neatly caught by the diving Rob Keogh at mid-on.
Northamptonshire persevered with an all-spin assault following the interval, however Sibley handled that effectively as he introduced up his seventeenth first-class hundred, from 260 balls. It was seam – and the brand new ball – that finally did the trick when White returned to have Sibley caught behind after which eliminated Jacob Bethell, with Emilio Gay initially parrying the ball at second slip earlier than recovering to dart ahead and scoop it up simply above the turf.
With Warwickshire retreating into their collective shell once more, Matt Lamb survived two shut calls to achieve 37, squirting White simply in need of mid-on earlier than edging Tom Taylor by the fingers of Ryan Rickelton at first slip.
Taylor obtained his man on the stroke of tea, although, taken behind off the skin edge to go away the Bears six down and nonetheless requiring 44 to keep away from the observe-on. But any considerations have been swiftly dispelled by Burgess, who thumped a trio of boundaries off Kerrigan and confidently swept him to the fence once more to cut back the deficit under 150 as he and McAndrew added 88 for the seventh wicket.
Burgess appeared comfortably on the right track for 100 however, having pulled White for 4, he tried to repeat the stroke subsequent ball and high-edged to cowl as an alternative.