County Championship final round

Essex are worthy champions, and it’ll be a delight to have Worcestershire and Nottinghamshire back in Division One. Middlesex and Warwickshire drop down a division and have much to ponder.


Day 1

Division One:

Middlesex 18-3 v Somerset 236
Essex 227 v Yorkshire
Lancashire 17-0 v Surrey 201-8d
No play yet between Warwickshire and Hampshire


Division Two:

Sussex 230-5 v Nottinghamshire
Worcestershire 90-3 v Durham
Glamorgan 18-1 v Kent 302
Derbyshire 104-2 v Gloucestershire
No play yet between Northants and Leicestershire

Day 2

Division One:

Essex 227 & 134-2 v Yorkshire 111
Somerset 236 & 159-3 v Middlesex 142
Warwickshire 188 & 0-0 v Hampshire 116
Surrey 201-8d & 79-0 v Lancashire 268


Division Two:

Durham 142-5 v Worcestershire 335
Northants 199-8 v Leicestershire 128
Nottinghamshire 108-5 v Sussex 565
Kent 302 & 98-6 v Glamorgan 229
Gloucestershire 47-1 v Derbyshire 460

Day 3

Division One: 

Essex beat Yorkshire by 376 runs
Middlesex 142 & 40-3 v Somerset 236 & 250-9d
Lancashire 268 & 132-3 v Surrey 201-8d & 242
Hampshire 116 & 20-1 v Warwickshire 188 & 186



Division Two:

Northants 202 & 17-0 v Leicestershire 128 & 270
Nottinghamshire 477 v Sussex 565
Worcestershire 335 & 157-3 v Durham 208
Glamorgan beat Kent by 5 wickets
Gloucestershire 224-2 v Derbyshire 460

Day 4

Division One:

Warwickshire drew with Hampshire
Somerset beat Middlesex by 231 runs
Lancashire beat Surrey by 7 wickets
Essex beat Yorkshire by 376 runs

Division Two:

Worcestershire beat Durham by 137 runs
Sussex drew with Notts
Northamptonshire beat Leicestershire by 6 wickets
Derbyshire beat Gloucestershire by 157 runs
Glamorgan beat Kent by 5 wickets