Summary

  • Penultimate round of 2026 County Championship

  • Somerset & Notts both lose, Glamorgan beat Surrey in Div One

  • Warwickshire lead Somerset by 11 points & Notts by 15 points in title race

  • Leics win by five wickets to relegate Hampshire

  • Middlesex and Northants denied chance of win by rain

  • Durham draw with Worcestershire

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Ben Ashton, Ben Pheazey, Clive Eakin and Gary Smee

  1. Surrey 425-9 - target 612 to beat Glamorgan

    So, Surrey's number 10 and 11 - James Taylor and Dan Worrall - will have to block out for about two hours...

    Unless bad light comes to the rescue for the home side. It's a little bit gloomy now.

  2. Thrilling finish ahead at Northampton

    Northants 281-5 chasing 349 to win

    This is exciting stuff at Northampton. James Sales comes in and bashes one through mid-wicket off Brett Randell for four.

    68 needed by Northants, five wickets by Derbyshire, dry weather by us all.

  3. Northants 276-5 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    Andrew Radd
    BBC Radio Northampton

    The lights are on. The light is poor. The rain is approaching.

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Lawes lbw b Crane 45 (Surrey 425-9 - target 612 to beat Glamorgan)

    Glamorgan are closing in on victory!

    Pitches in line, hits in line and strikes the back leg. Mason Crane gets Tom Lawes lbw.

    Lawes goes for a decent 45 but it's not enough and now Glamorgan need just one more wicket to seal the double over Surrey.

  5. DURHAM DRAW WITH WORCESTERSHIRE
    Breaking

    Durham (465 & 235) drew with Worcestershire (448 & 32-1)

    The umpires inspected at 15:40 BST and decided no more play was possible. The game is drawn and Durham's unbeaten season continues.

  6. ouch!

    Northants 274-5 chasing 349 to beat Derbyshire

    For the second time today Derbyshire wicket keeper Brooke Guest takes a blow to the hand while standing up.

    Last time it was his left hand, this time it's his right after intercepting a pacy delivery from Mohammad Abbas.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Sai Kishore lbw b Gohar 8 (Gloucs 129-9 v Middlesex)

    Middlesex are one wicket away from victory.

    Zafar Gohar smacks Sai Kishore on the pad and he's sent on his way.

    Gloucestershire number 11 JT Langridge comes in...

  8. Surrey 425-8 - target 612 to beat Glamorgan

    The first ball of the last session is edged for four by James Taylor off Timm van der Gugten.

    Five dots to follow.

    Another 30 overs to play in this match.

  9. Final session begins at the Oval

    Surrey 421-8 - target 612 to beat Glamorgan

    We go again for the final session of this match at the Oval.

    An unlikely 191 runs for Surrey to get the win. A more realistic two wickets needed for Glamorgan to claim victory. If not, we will have a draw.

    Floodlights on. Let's go.

  10. Northants 268-5 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    Dave Fletcher
    BBC Radio Derby Sport

    No, it's fine.

  11. Northants 268-5 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    Andrew Radd
    BBC Radio Northampton

    It really is getting a bit dark out there now.

  12. Northants 268-5 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    Dave Fletcher
    BBC Radio Derby Sport

    Looks brighter out to the west, Radders.

  13. Northants 268-5 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    Andrew Radd
    BBC Radio Northampton

    We just said if Derbyshire can take a couple of wickets they're back in this - and they have.

  14. wicket

    WICKET

    Vasconcelos b Randell 132 (Northants 268-5 chasing 349 to beat Derby)

    Now then... that's a big wicket for Derbyshire who've gone Bang Bang since tea.

    Two players who have had very good games are involved as Brett Randell gets one through Ricardo Vasconcelos.

    The batter bashes the ground once straight after and once again on his walk off.

    It was a brilliant innings from him but his dismissal has put Derbyshire in the ascendancy.

  15. Northants 266-4 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    Andrew Radd
    BBC Radio Northampton

    Lovely bit of bowling, wasn't it?

    Absolute jaffa with the new ball.

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Harrison b. Abbas 50 (Northants 266-4 - target 349 to beat Derby)

    The ball after Calvin Harrison brings up his 50 Mohammad Abbas gets one past him,

    Derbyshire need six more of those to win.

  17. 50 runs

    50 for Harrison

    Northants 266-3 - target 349 to beat Derby

    Mohammad Abbas bowls with the new ball after tea and Calvin Harrison scores a boundary to bring up his 50.

    But then....

  18. Northants 262-3 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    Andrew Radd
    BBC Radio Northampton

    It is pretty murky out there now.

  19. Northants 261-3 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    Dave Fletcher
    BBC Radio Derby Sport

    Go for it.

  20. Northants 261-3 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    Andrew Radd
    BBC Radio Northampton

    88 to win. 31 overs remaining - if the weather holds.

    How do Northants play this?