County Championship: Leaders Nottinghamshire draw with Warwickshire

Rothesay County Championship, Edgbaston (day four)

Nottinghamshire 325-8dec: Clarke 150, Martindale 55, Sheat 45*; Bamber 3-74

Warwickshire 185: Booth 46; Stone 5-49

Warwickshire (10 pts) draw with Notts (13 pts)

Match scorecard

Fast bowler Olly Stone took a superb five-wicket haul as Nottinghamshire's County Championship match with Warwickshire ended in a rain-affected draw at Edgbaston.

Stone's fire on his former home ground lit up a final day which brought only a tussle for bonus points after two of the first three days were washed out.

After Nottinghamshire declared on 325-8, Stone blasted out three wickets in a searing, seven-over opening spell.

Warwickshire were dismissed for 185, with Stone finishing on 5-49, in a draw which keeps both sides at the forefront of a fascinating title race.

Clarke turned the first ball of the fourth day for a single, to give Nottinghamshire a second batting point.

He soon reached a highly-skilled 150 on a pitch offering help to the seamers, one of his finest innings for Nottinghamshire, before edging Bamber to second slip. That triggered the declaration, Sheat unbeaten on a valuable 45, to deny the hosts a third bowling point.

Stone ensured that his side banked their first bowling point in just 13 overs. Swinging the ball at high speed, he pinned Rob Yates, who offered no shot, and Sam Hain lbw and forced Will Young to edge to wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne.

When Dillon Penington removed Dan Mousley, lbw, Warwickshire went into lunch on 64-4 and some Nottinghamshire thoughts strayed back to 17 August 2010 when they took all 20 Warwickshire wickets in a day at Trent Bridge.

The champions continued to press hard and were handed another wicket when non-striker Vansh Jani backed up too far and was run out by Clarke from mid-on.

Ben Martindale trapped Ed Barnard lbw with a shooter and Alex Davies edged Stone to Verreynne.

Michael Booth (46) and Jordan Thompson (26) counter-attached with some success but Stone completed his ninth first-class five-for when Thompson's off-stump ended up on the grass.

When Booth chipped a return catch to Liam Patterson-White, Nottinghamshire had their ninth wicket and a third bowling point before Bamber was brilliantly held by Lyndon James, running back at mid-on, to supply Sheat with his first Nottinghamshire wicket.

The next enthralling chapter of the title race begins on Wednesday when Warwickshire visit Hampshire and Nottinghamshire host Leicestershire.

Report by ECB Reporters' Network, supported by Rothesay.