The first documented match by Warwickshire took place in 1843. In 1882 the present Warwickshire County Cricket Club was formed under the guidance of Birmingham teacher William Ansell. After much discussion it was decided the new HQ should be in Birmingham.
 | | The fans at Edgbaston |
Edgbaston was opened in 1886 with a showpiece match against an MCC side. The ground hosted its first Test match in 1902 when England played Australia. Warwickshire took the county championship for the first time in 1911. Warwickshire had to wait until 1951 to win their second championship. Seamer Charlie Groves said goodbye to the club by making his benefit season the first in which he bagged 100 runs. His final tally was 103 wickets taken, for an average of 18.78. In 1995 Dermot Reeve ensured he would go down in history as one of the greatest Warwickshire skippers of all time as the team took their fifth and sixth titles in two years. The team won the championship for a second successive season and captured the Natwest trophy with a win over Northants. The treble was missed by a whisker in the final of the AXA League Trophy final. South African Allan Donald cemented his position in the all-time great fast bowlers list by devastating batsmen from all counties. He finished the season with 89 wickets from 500 overs of cricket, with an average of 16.07.
 | | Nick Knight lifts the trophy in 2004 |
In 1997 Warwickshire won the English National One-Day League (then the AXA Sunday League). In the same year, Edgbaston hosted the first ever floodlit evening game in England. In 1999 The team found itself in Division Two of the county championship as the competition split into two leagues for the first time. By 2001, the club managed promotion to Division One, under the captaincy of Michael Powell. Warwickshire finished third in their first season in division one of the Norwich Union One Day League and reached the semi-final of the C & G Trophy to Somerset. | 
