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Under the coaching of Bob Woolmer and captaincy of Dermot Reeve the team was extremely successful in the 1990s, with their allowed foreign player being one of Brian Lara , Shaun Pollock or Allan Donald . In 1994 they secured a historic treble, winning the County Championship , Axa Equity & Law League (now National Cricket League ) and Benson & Hedges Cup . In that season Lara set the world record for a First-class Cricket score of 501 whilst playing for Warwickshire against Durham County Cricket Club ; the team total of 810-4 declared in that match is also a club record. In 1995 they won the county championship again, and also won the C&G Trophy . This was to be the last trophy of Dermot Reeve's captaincy with him stepping down during the 1996 season, Bob Woolmer also having moved on to coach South Africa. 1997 saw them lifting the AXA league trophy once again, but this proved to be a false dawn. Performances for the next few years were poor, including relegation to the second division of the County Championship and National Cricket leagues. However they have since been promoted in both competitions (though relegated again in the National Cricket League ), won the Benson & Hedges Cup in 2002 and strong performances with the bat saw the county reclaim the County Championship in 2004. Warwickshire were once again promoted in the national cricket league, and will play in the top division of both competitions in 2006. There are proposals to relocate to a new ground, the City Of Birmingham Stadium, a 50,000+ all-seater stadium, part of which would be removed to give space from the cricket pitch. The ground would be shared with Birmingham City FC . Until the year 2005, the club captain was Nick Knight , the coach was John Inverarity , and the Chief Executive was Dennis Amiss , though all three were stepped down at the end of the season. Heath Streak has been appointed as captain for the 2006 and 2007 seasons, Mark Greatbatch has signed a 3 year coaching contract and Colin Povey has been named as their new Chief Executive. Continuing the recent Warwickshire tradition of employing foreign bowlers Daniel Vettori has been signed for the 2006 season. FAMOUS WARWICKSHIRE PLAYERS
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