Summary

  • Final day of the 2024 County Championship season

  • Sussex Division Two champions after drawing with Middlesex

  • Yorkshire's James Wharton makes 285 in 726-7 dec in draw against Northants

  • Div One: Worcs v Lancs, Notts v Warwickshire, Essex v Surrey & Durham v Kent end in draws

  • Leics v Derbyshire also ends in draw

Live Reporting

Ben Pheazey, Ben Kosky & Chris Harby

  1. Afternoon session begins at Trent Bridge

    Notts 487 v Warwickshire 248-4

    We resume with more spin after lunch as Farhan Ahmed bowls to Sam Hain.

    The Bears are just two away from a first batting point.

  2. Play back under way at New Road

    Worcs 180 & 78-6 v Lancs 177

    Anderson Phillip (2-21) gets the afternoon session under way at New Road, bowling to Adam Hose (23)

    New batter Matthew Waite is at the non-striker's end after Ethan Brookes fell to the final ball before lunch.

  3. 'Lancashire fighting to preserve dignity'

    Worcestershire 180 & 78-6 v Lancashire 177 - lunch, day four

    Ged Scott
    BBC Sport at Worcester

    It's the final lunch on the final day of the longest-running County Championship - and the sixth Worcestershire wicket of the morning has everyone shuffling off at pace for their burger and chips.

    Worcestershire are already safe - and homing in on their highest Championship finish since two-division cricket was invented in the year 2000.

    Lancashire are already relegated - but fighting hard to at least preserve their dignity.

    So, on this history-making first-ever Sunday finish to a Championship season, there is still a game on here.

  4. Lunch scores

    Day four

    Div One

    • Durham 360 v Kent 192-4
    • Notts 487 v Warwickshire 248-4
    • Worcestershire 180 & 78-6 v Lancashire 177
    • Essex 508-8 dec v Surrey 138-4

    Div Two

    • Leicestershire 280 v Derbyshire 79-1
    • Sussex 239-4 v Middlesex 271
    • Yorkshire 559-3 v Northants 147

  5. Lunch at Chester-le-Street

    Durham 360 v Kent 192-4

    It looks as though Kent are on their way to ending a fairly disastrous season with an honourable draw - they need just another 19 runs to banish the possibility of having to follow on.

    Jack Leaning and Joe Denly, unbeaten on 70 and 51 respectively, have shared a stand of 96 so far since nightwatchman Jas Singh was out in the second over of the day.

  6. Lunch at Trent Bridge

    Notts 487 v Warwickshire 248-4

    Sam Hain kisses helmetRex Features

    Farhan Ahmed's 21st over costs just a single to Sam Hain and that's lunch.

    A good morning for Warwickshire who look to have removed the prospect of defeat.

    Early wickets would have given the home side faint hope of forcing a result, but Ed Barnard (77) and Hain (104) survived a few early scares and have batted well to add 105 runs in the session.

    Their partnership is up to 143 and handshakes all around an hour after tea look more than likely.

  7. Lunch at Hove as Sussex close in on Division Two trophy

    Sussex 239-4 v Middlesex 271

    John Simpson defends Luke Hollman down the ground and Sussex go to lunch 11 runs short of the Division Two Championship title.

    Tom Haines was the mainstay of the Sussex batting, scoring 105 - which is his third century of the season.

    James Coles is eight not out and Simpson has two.

  8. Lunch at Chelmsford

    Essex 508-8 dec v Surrey 138-4

    Dom Sibley is going along nicely, using his feet to the spinners and dispatching them over the rope on the leg side on more than one occasion to reach 84 at lunch.

    Former Essex player Dan Lawrence is 18 not out at the other end as Surrey look to bat their way to safety after losing three wickets earlier this morning.

  9. Lunch at Headingley

    Yorks 559-3 v Northants 147

    Perhaps surprisingly there is no declaration from Yorkshire, who now lead by a gargantuan 412 with James Wharton on 268 not out and Jonny Bairstow unbeaten on 65.

  10. wicket

    WICKET and LUNCH - Brookes lbw b Williams 10

    Worcs 180 & 78-6 v Lancs 177

    Ethan Brookes' 45-ball vigil is over.

    Will Williams beats the defensive push and traps Brookes on his front pad.

    The umpire raises his finger and that will be lunch.

    Lancashire may have been relegated but they have a chance of going out with a bang, picking up six wickets.

    Tom Bailey and Anderson Phillip have two apiece and the Pears lead is 81.

  11. Yorks 551-3 v Northants 147

    Yorkshire pass 550 in 107.1 overs as Jonny Bairstow is back and across to Fateh Singh, drilling the spinner with a flat-batted slap down the ground for four runs.

    No declaration from the hosts yet.

  12. 50 runs

    50 for Joe Denly

    Durham 360 v Kent 189-4

    Joe Denly (Kent)Getty Images

    Having been stuck in the 40s for a while, Joe Denly takes advantage of a wide delivery from James Minto to steer him from an off-side single and bring up his 50 from 82 balls.

    It's a fourth half-century of the campaign for the former England player.

  13. Worcs 180 & 76-5 v Lancs 177

    Ethan Brookes is in full-on wall mode, reaching three off 35 balls as the Pears look to see off the spectre of defeat.

    But out of nowhere he throws his hands at a George Balderson delivery. Fortunately for him the ball bounces just in front of Anderson Phillip at backward point.

    Balderson then traps Brookes in front, but the umpire rejects the noisy appeal before the batter then cracks him away through the covers.

    Good work on the boundary from Tom Hartley saves a run as Brookes picks up three more.

  14. wicket

    WICKET Haines b Hollman 105

    Sussex 233-4 v Middlesex 271

    He will be a bit disappointed not to be at the crease for the precious 250th run but this has still been a fine innings.

    Tom Haines is a bit foxed by the bounce here as he tries to work leg spinner Luke Hollman away from the crease and loses his off stump.

    Sussex captain John Simpson will bat next.

  15. 50 runs

    50 for Jonny Bairstow

    Yorks 542-3 v Northants 147

    The umpires have taken the dreaded light meter reading and we're playing on for now.

    Left-arm spinner Saif Zaib is coming on to bowl to Jonny Bairstow - who is on 46.

    His third ball is only a tad short and smashed by Bairstow over mid wicket going back and across for six!

    That's a barnstorming 50 off 58 balls with one six and eight fours.

  16. 100 runs

    100 for Sam Hain

    Notts 487 v Warwickshire 236-4

    There it is!

    Like a few other Bears batters, it's not been the best of campaigns for Sam Hain.

    But he will take a positive memory on his holidays and into winter nets as he turns Freddie McCann into the legside. He has to sprint for the single which brings his second Championship century of the season.

    It's the 19th ton of Hain's red-ball career and comes off 202 balls, with11 fours.

  17. 100 runs

    100 for Tom Haines

    Sussex 229-3 v Middlesex 271

    Tom Haines celebrates centuryRex Features

    Spinner Luke Hollman bowls to Tom Haines on 99...

    A leg side ball disappears for four byes. Knee high full toss!

    The next ball is cut through backward point for four!

    That's his third century of the season and the 12th of his career.

    161 balls with 13 fours.

    Sussex need 21 more runs to clinch the Division Two title.

  18. Hain's heart in his mouth

    Notts 487 v Warwickshire 226-4

    Sam Hain has just one century this season and on 95 he almost sees his hopes of a second disappear as he pushes forward and gets an outside edge to Farhan Ahmed.

    It drops just short of the solitary slip, Joe Clarke.

  19. dropped catch

    Dropped catch at Chester-le-Street

    Durham 360 v Kent 175-4

    Dear me. It may not matter too much at the end of the day, but that's a poor drop by Callum Parkinson on the boundary.

    Joe Denly, five short of his half-century, goes for the hook against James Minto and Parkinson gets right underneath the ball at long leg - then somehow spills it.

    Denly, along with Jack Leaning, is batting Kent towards safety in this game. Another 36 will usher the visitors beyond the follow-on target.

  20. 250 runs

    250 for James Wharton

    Yorks 519-3 v Northants 147

    James Wharton celebratesRex Features

    James Wharton faces Fateh Singh on 249...

    Back and across to cut to deep point for one and that's 250 off 289 balls with 30 fours and eight sixes.

    He's only the third Yorkshire player to score 250 against Northants.