Summary

  • Final round of the 2026 County Championship; nine games

  • Warwickshire beat Leicestershire by an innings and 79 runs to become county champions for the ninth time

  • Somerset's Tom Lammonby and Tom Abell hit double centuries against Surrey at Taunton

  • Defending champions Notts finish fourth after losing to Yorkshire by one wicket

  • Essex's Dean Elgar hits 100 against Glamorgan in final innings before retirement

  • Tom Price takes 5-33 as Sussex beat Hampshire by 197 runs

  • Kent promoted to Division One after rivals Northants lose to Middlesex at Lord's

  • Sam Northeast hits the winning runs as Kent later beat Gloucestershire

  • Ben Allison takes 11 wickets in the game as Worcestershire beat Derbyshire by 175 runs

  • Josh Bohannon scores century for Lancashire against Durham

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  1. 6 runs

    Somerset 667-8 v Surrey 422

    That is into the car park from Migael Pretorious.

    He steps down the wicket and hammers Reece Topley onto the concrete.

    We have two overs remaining in the day.

  2. 250 runs

    250 up for Essex

    Glamorgan 505 v Essex 129 & 259-3 – Essex trail by 117

    Well we said earlier Matt Critchley and Charlie Allison were only hitting fours, they're now hitting sixes.

    Ben Kellaway is sent for a maximum by both Essex batters in that over as Essex pass 250 and that is the 50 partnership too.

  3. 6 runs

    Somerset 661-8 v Surrey 422

    Four successive sixes from Tom Abell off Ralphie Albert.

    That was 26 runs from the over.

    Surrey can hear the ice baths calling.

    Somerset lead by 239 runs.

  4. 6 runs

    Somerset 655-8 v Surrey 422

    Tom Abell sends a low scudding shot over the rope for six off Ralphie Albert who will have better days in his career.

    Abell hits him straight for a second successive maximum.

    Oh hang on, six more...

    Up comes the Somerset 650.

  5. 50 runs

    50 for Migael Pretorious

    Somerset 637-8 v Surrey 422

    He does strike the ball very cleanly.

    Migael Pretorious goes to 50 from 52 balls with six fours and two sixes.

    Surrey are into a 161st over.

  6. 150 runs

    150 partnership

    Lancs 238-4 v Durham 493

    Callum Parkinson sends down a legside delivery which hits a bowler's footmark and leaps up into Josh Bohannon's helmet.

    Bohannon then picks up a single and keeps the strike for the next over.

    An inside edge off Shafiq Ghafari brings two more and that's 150 for the fifth-wicket partnership with Matty Hurst. It's come off a stately 328 balls.

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    We asked you to name the Championship player of the season. Here are a couple of popular suggestions

    Ethan Bamber must be a contender for player of the season. Northants Vasconcelos an outsider

    David, Derbyshire

    Player of the year is Craig Overton and I don't even think it's particularly close. Some players, especially Warwickshire players, have had great seasons but he has been superb with both bat and ball. He's also contributed in all formats too, including the best T20 innings of the summer.

    Scott, Torquay (currently Orlando)

    Ethan Bamber for player of the season - taking wickets is the hardest part of the game.

    Iain, Tonbridge

    Player of the season has to be Craig Overton. More than 50 wickets, 700+ runs and played every match apart from one when his partner gave birth the night before! Stellar Blast campaign too, including a miracle knock in QF at Headingley. Unlucky not to win the title (congratulations Warwickshire).

    Tom, North Somerset

  8. 100 runs

    100 partnership

    Somerset 635-8 v Surrey 422

    Tom Abell and Migael Pretorious bring up a century stand for the ninth wicket.

    The pitch is very good to bat on but has offered turn which will have Jack Leach and Archie Vaughan interested tomorrow.

    Surrey have got everyone posted on the boundary as the home side now lead by 213 runs.

  9. Glamorgan 505 v Essex 129 & 239-3 – Essex trail by 137

    Essex pair Matt Critchley and Charlie Allison are only dealing in fours at present with the dot balls being broken up with regular strokes to the boundary rope.

    They have added 35 from 40 balls since coming together when Dean Elgar said his goodbyes with an excellent century.

  10. 250 runs

    250 for Tom Abell

    Somerset 624-8 v Surrey 422

    This is like shooting fish in a barrel for Somerset.

    Tom Abell gets to 250 not out - 28 fours and three sixes.

    The home side lead by 202 runs.

  11. Somerset 610-8 v Surrey 422

    The third new ball is due for Surrey in three overs.

    They have bowled 157 overs.

    Ryan Patel becomes the seventh bowler to be used.

    We have seven overs remaining in the day.

  12. KENT BEAT GLOUCESTERSHIRE BY 8 WICKETS
    Breaking

    Kent 353 & 120-2 v Gloucestershire 229 & 241

    Sam Northeast finishes it in style, driving Ollie Price to the cover boundary as Kent complete their eighth win of the season - those eight wins coming in 11 games after a slow start to the campaign.

    Promotion was confirmed earlier in the day when rivals Northants lost to Middlesex at Lord's and Kent were left a target of 118 after Matt Milnes' 5-33 helped bowl Gloucestershire out for 241.

    Kamran Dhairwal showed plenty of promise in making 66 for the visitors, who finish bottom of Division Two after a 10th defeat.

    Zak Crawley made 44 off 41 balls to launch the chase and Northeast, who finished on 49 not out, and Daniel Bell-Drummond saw them home with an unbroken stand of 56.

    So pleased for Kent. As a seasoned Kent supporter, early in the season I did not see this happening - quite a turnaround. Fingers crossed for 2027!

    Graham, Suffolk

  13. 6 runs

    Kent 116-2 - target 118

    Sam Northeast slog-sweeps Ollie Price over mid-wicket for six and Kent are one blow away from marking their promotion with a victory.

    After the ball has been found, Northeast cuts the next one for four. So not quite there yet.

  14. 6 runs

    Somerset 610-8 v Surrey 422

    Tom Abell is seeing it like a beachball now.

    Ralphie Albert bowls and Abell comes down the track to hit him for a straight six.

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    OK, with so many games having finished today, we're going to ask this question now.

    Who do you think has been the County Championship's Player of the Season?

    Get in touch and tell us who you think deserves the accolade.

  16. 600 up for for Somerset

    Somerset 603-8 v Surrey 422

    There is still no sign of a declaration from Somerset.

    Tom Abell sends another ball to the boundary for four runs and up comes the 600.

    This ninth wicket is now worth 71 runs.

  17. 'It's not the end of the world'

    Sussex beat Hampshire by 197 runs

    Kevan James
    BBC Radio Solent commentator

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    It’s easy to get a little bit down when you see what’s happened with the red-ball game but it's not the end of the world.

    This club [Hampshire] is not defined by its first team playing in the first or second division, this club is bigger and better than that.

    The move to this ground has put Hampshire in a different league as to where it stands in the domestic game.

  18. 100 runs

    for Josh Bohannon

    Lancs 226-4 v Durham 493

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    He's had to wait to the final game of the season - but there is Josh Bohannon's first Championship century of 2026.

    He glances Kasey Aldridge fine for four to reach three figures off 217 balls and swishes his bat in the air to mark his delight.

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    Just watched end of Notts Yorks match, proving yet again you can't beat proper 4 day cricket. Bring on 2027! Winter well everybody

    Buzz, SW France

    Great win for Yorkshire. Ambition must be to win the Championship next season. If Root and Brook had contributed anything in the games they played, added to a bit more luck in a couple of tight games this year, we could have been looking at this year's winners.

    Brian, Walsall

  20. Foxes have had to overcome a lot of challenges - Thomas

    Warks beat Leics by an innings & 79 runs

    Leicestershire head coach Alfonso Thomas said his side had not challenged the opposition consistently enough this season but had shown they are capable of matching the biggest clubs in the division.

    "We are obviously disappointed that we didn't give a good account of ourselves again. At times this season we have shown it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog," he said.

    "The lads have had to overcome a lot of challenges. But you want to start a County Championship season well, as we did last season in Division Two, otherwise you are playing catch up and we had to play catch up in a very good division."

    The Foxes are relegated as it stands but could get a reprieve pending the outcome of their appeal against a points deduction for breaching pitch regulations in their win over Glamorgan in August.

    Thomas added: "At times we have given a very good account of ourselves and there are a lot of positives but there will be a time for reflection at some point and we will have a look and see whether we are in Division One or Two next year and see where we can take it from there."