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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  1. Northants 242-3 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    Dave Fletcher
    BBC Radio Derby Sport

    If Derbyshire get out of this with a draw... it would only be their third draw of the season.

  2. Surrey 390-7 - target 612 to beat Glamorgan

    Tom Lawes tickles one down to the fine leg boundary for four off Zain ul Hassan.

    Lawes then has another four, flicking through square leg across the square and it races to the rope.

    Another over ticked off for Surrey. Glamorgan still in need of three wickets for the win.

  3. rain stops play

    Early teas at Gloucs & Durham

    Division Two update

    It's still raining at Chester-le-Street and in the West Country, so they've taken early teas.

    There will be an inspection at 15:00 BST at Durham.

    Gloucestershire are 111-6 against Middlesex, chasing a nominal 392 for victory, and Worcestershire are 32-1 at champions Durham having been set a target of 253.

  4. Northants 236-3 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    Dave Fletcher
    BBC Radio Derby Sport

    113 required by Northants to go back second.

  5. Surrey 382-7 - target 612 to beat Glamorgan

    Big appeal from Mir Hamza and the Glamorgan field as his big dipping inswinger catches Auqib Nabi on the pads.

    The umpire isn't interested though.

    Just one from the over.

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    If we could have a downpour in Northampton right now that would be lovely.

    Simon, London

  7. Northants 234-7 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    An impressive diving stop from Shoaib Bashir saves three runs off Calvin Harrison.

    This run chase is hotting up. Lets hope the weather doesn't intervene.

    Derbyshire seem keen to up their over rate, They were minus six at one stage. It's now minus two.

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    Hampshire have had a shocking season it's such a shame. I hope we bounce back but something needs to change. We've been slipping for some time now

    Tom, Hampshire

    Hampshire deserve to be relegated, it's been coming for a number of seasons. We just haven't been good enough, unfortunately.

    Clive, Chichester

    Fair to say despite the extremely sad end to John Turner's career Hampshire's bowling attack could be lethal in Div 2. Just the small job of trying to replace Dawson and Vince in the batting to sort.

    Robert, Peterlee

  9. Surrey 381-7 - target 612 to beat Glamorgan

    Harsh on Glamorgan wicketkeeper Chris Cooke as Ray Toole sends one a long way down the leg-side and there's not a chance anyone is getting near that... but it's still signalled as four byes.

    You get the feeling the Welsh side are going to really have to grind to take these last three wickets that would give them victory.

  10. Northants 230-3 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    Dave Fletcher
    BBC Radio Derby Sport

    The forecasters could be wrong. It's happened before.

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    Just a reminder to the chap in Andover calling for heads to roll at Hampshire, and calling the club a shambles, that Hampshire finished second to Surrey in 2024 and reached both Vitality Blast and Metro Cup finals twice . Not my definition of a shambles

    Stephen - Gosport

    My worry is that if nothing major happens in the batting department this squad might not be good enough for the 2nd Division. Kyle Abbott must be bitterly disappointed that his herculean contributions have all been in vain.

    Graham - Yorkshire

    Crushed by our relegation. Fully deserved. But the only way is up!

    Nicholas - Buriton, Hampshire

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    Northants 228-3 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    Calvin Harrison picks up a short delivery from Nick Potts and launches it over the stand and onto the road behind it.

  13. Northants 222-3 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    Andrew Radd
    BBC Radio Northampton

    The rain - if the radar is to be believed - not too far away.

  14. Northants 221-3 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    Dave Fletcher
    BBC Radio Derby Sport

    They're getting fewer and fewer runs to play with.

  15. Surrey 374-7 - target 612 to beat Glamorgan

    Auqib Nabi fancies playing a few shots for Surrey. He gets off the mark with a boundary before punching a lovely straight drive down the ground for four off Ray Toole.

    Nine from the over in total.

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    Just got in to check up on the County cricket results. As a Warwickshire supporter there is no way I could have predicted this week's results, unbelievable. Still a lot of work to do next week, but after what happened to Leicestershire, I'm glad they are likely to win today.

    Prit, Harpenden

    Taking everything into account, Sussex has a fair shout of being team of the season, and I'm a Bears supporter!

    Jay, Birmingham

    What are the permutations if points are level at the top by the end of the final round? Is it games won? Head to head? Or a typical cricket quirky DLS type method of calculation

    Russ, Glossop

    Good question, Russ. If points are level, it comes down to tie-breakers which are applied in this order: most wins, fewest losses, head-to-head record, most wickets taken, most runs scored.

  17. Northants 220-3 - target 349 to beat Derbyshire

    Ricardo Vasconcelos clips one from Nick Potts round his pads to the long leg boundary.

    Calvin Harrison whips another boundary later in the over.

    Northants appear to be stepping up the scoring rate, perhaps having been warned that the imminent weather may take time out of their run chase.

  18. Leicestershire 335-5 (target 334 to beat Hampshire)

    Kevan James
    BBC Radio Solent commentator

    There's nothing like the feeling where it's actually confirmed you're going down.

    This will be a really horrible moment for the Hampshire players.

  19. Leicestershire 335-5 (target 334 to beat Hampshire)

    Adam Whitty
    BBC Radio Leicester commentator

    That is a great win for Leics. It's one of the biggest ever chases in their history.

    A magnificent 150-plus partnership from Nick Kelly and Ben Cox.

    They probably won't survive. That is the fact of the matter - after that deduction.

    But they have won their last game here at Grace Road and they have done it with real professionalism and real quality.

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    Foakes b van der Gugten 39 (Surrey 365-7 - target 612 to beat Glamorgan)

    Timm van der Gugten has ripped Ben Foakes' middle stump out the ground.

    It goes straight through the gate to break a seventh-wicket partnership worth 49 runs for Surrey.

    Glamorgan need just three more wickets to complete a fantastic double over Surrey.