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Article: Cricket 99 Piper pivotal for new captain Smith; Warwicks' weakened batting has early test.(News)

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April 14, 1999
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Keith Piper to bat at five, and a dodgy weather forecast could mark the start of the Warwickshire campaign in the newly-named PPP County Championship against Northamptonshire at Edgbaston today.

It is a toss-up which problem is the greater for Neil Smith in his debut match as club captain.

Even if today's weather is kinder than yesterday when rain, hail and bad light would have allowed little play, nothing will change regarding the named XI, which includes only four specialist batsmen.

They are Mark ...

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