It was dubbed the Great Escape, Warwickshire dodging relegation from Division One of the County Championship by a whisker on the final day of the season through Liam Norwell’s jaw-dropping nine-wicket blitz against Hampshire at Edgbaston.
Norwell – nicknamed “Pasty” due to his Cornish roots – and club stalwart Oliver Hannon-Dalby sent down all but seven of the 43.5 overs in a herculean display of seam bowling. The former attacked, the latter shut down the other end and a meagre target of 139 runs was somehow defended.
