Summary

  • Final day of County Championship season

  • Notts seal first title since 2010 after Hameed century

  • Durham relegated alongside Worcs after stunning collapse on day four

  • Hampshire lose to Surrey but stay up by one point

  • Division One: Hampshire v Surrey; Essex v Somerset; Notts v Warks; Worcs v Sussex; Yorkshire v Durham

  • Division Two: Glamorgan v Lancs; Kent v Derbyshire; Middlesex v Glos; Northants v Leics

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Live Reporting

Deepak Mahay, Steve Mather, Gideon Brooks & Ben Pheazey

  1. Essex 51-2 (target 95 to beat Somerset)

    Hello! Short from Craig Overton. Charlie Allison is back and across to scythe that ball through cover for four.

    What a stylish way to reach the innings 50 - in just nine overs.

  2. 50 runs

    50 for Saif Zaib

    Northants 156-5 (target 501 to beat Leics)

    Incredibly, this is his 13th score of 50 or more this season and one hopes he is not superstitious.

    73 balls with six fours - and he completes the milestone with a single scooped into the leg side off Ian Holland.

  3. Essex 44-2 (target 95 to beat Somerset)

    Paul Walter is hit on the pad by Lewis Gregory in his crease but it is just a bit too high for the LBW.

    Walter drives past Archie Vaughan and Kasey Alridge crashes into the advertising boards to save the boundary.

    Three runs there.

  4. 'Walter is the ideal batsman for this scenario'

    Essex 39-2 (target 95 to beat Somerset)

    Anthony Gibson
    BBC Radio Somerset

    Essex need another 56 with eight wickets in hand. Sounds straightforward but another wicket now and you never know.

    Paul Walter is the ideal batsman for this scenario.

  5. Northants 150-5 (target 501 to beat Leics)

    Saif Zaib is back and across to Liam Trevaskis to slap the spinner through wide mid off for four.

    He takes Northants to 150 in the 53rd over with a glance to leg off Leicestershire captain Ian Holland.

  6. Yorks 475 v Durham 346 & 0-0

    Jack White kicks things off bowling to Alex Lees.

    Neither of these sides need to do anything other than draw now Hants have lost to Surrey at Southampton.

    But... but.. you never know.

    Yorks have said they will go for the win and they do have a lead of 129 runs.

  7. 'Westley didn't really need to play at that'

    Essex 39-2 (target 95 to beat Somerset)

    Anthony Gibson
    BBC Radio Somerset

    It was a good catch by James Rew and Tom Westley pushing outside the off-stump once too often, he didn't really need to play at that.

    Second Essex wicket to go down just when these two looked to be going along fairly comfortably.

  8. Essex 39-2 (target 95 to beat Somerset)

    Runs! Paul Walter goes back to Craig Overton and punches through long off for four. Lovely shot "on the up" by Walter.

    An LBW shout is turned down as Walter scrambles a leg bye.

    Charlie Allison is off the mark (third ball) with a firm clip to leg on the front foot for four. Leg stump half volley.

  9. wicket

    SURREY WIN BY 20 RUNS

    Fuller c Foakes b Chahar 37 (Hants 160 all out)

    It's over. An edge as James Fuller goes for a cut, edges it and Rahul Chahar mops up to finish with 8-51.

    Fuller can't quite believe it having to within 20 runs of a tie which would have saved the season and their top flight status.

    Relegation is not confirmed until the result of the Yorks-Durham game is in. If Yorks win at Headingley Hants could yet be saved.

    But the feeling of despair hangs heavy at Southampton.

  10. Essex 30-2 (target 95 to beat Somerset)

    Charlie Allison is afforded a bit of width to see out the Lewis Gregory over.

    Three slips in now. Over.

    Time for Craig Overton to bowl to Paul Walter. Game on.

  11. wicket

    WICKET

    Westley c Rew b Gregory 13 - Essex 30-2 (target 95 to beat Somerset)

    Paul Walter pushes Lewis Gregory with a crooked bat and the ball is stopped by Lewis Goldsworthy at point.

    Runs this time! Clipped firmly through the on side for four with the bat rising like a periscope.

    A single to point.

    Out! Tom Westley is back to Gregory, squared up and fencing to keeper James Rew!

    Is this happening? Here comes Charlie Allison...

  12. Hants 160-9 (22 runs required)

    Umpires seem concerned about the light so Rory Burns cannot go to seam with Matthew Fisher and sticks with Dan Lawrence.

    James Fuller moves to 37 with a single off the second ball. Brad Wheal blocks four balls competently enough.

    This is gripping stuff given what is at stake.

  13. Northants 140-5 (target 501 to beat Leics)

    Saif Zaib is back and across to Liam Trevaskis to cut but the ball is stopped at point.

    Just a couple from that over.

  14. wicket

    YORKS 475 ALL OUT

    Thompson c Lees b Raine 50

    Yorks' innings comes to an end with Jordan Thompson lofting a drive to long off where Alex Lees takes the catch.

  15. Essex 25-1 - (target 95 to beat Somerset)

    A fuller delivery from Craig Overton is turned leg side by Tom Westley but there's no run.

    Just the three off that over. Essex need 70.

  16. Hants 159-9 (22 required)

    Rahul Chahar is back on James Fuller reaches for a drive outside off and misses. Ben Foakes whips off the bails for good measure.

    A googly next up which he knocks into the leg side.

    Fuller refuses the single next ball, hits the fourth to extra cover, pulls the fifth to the boundary rider leg side but refuses the single again.

    He drives into the off side and Fuller takes the single... and the strike.

  17. Essex 25-1 - (target 95 to beat Somerset)

    Craig Overton continues and Paul Walter strokes into the off side for three - and it is clear Essex are going hard to put pressure back on to Somerset after that early wicket.

    A waft and a miss as the next ball goes through to keeper James Rew.

  18. Essex 22-1 - (target 95 to beat Somerset)

    Tom Westley comes back for a second run and the return throw from Jack Leach nearly hits the stumps.

    The fifth ball is punched into the off side for three and Essex have momentum after the early loss of Dean Elgar.

    A no ball plus a run follows and Westley swings the last ball away for four.

    15 runs off the over.

  19. Hants 158-9 (23 required)

    Dan Lawrence has the ball and James Fuller takes a single off the first ball into the leg side.

    Brad Wheal has to dot out five balls or hit a boundary. He tries the latter with a couple of hits which pick out the fielder on the cover boundary.

    A block on the final delivery.

  20. Zaib hits 1400 for the season

    Northants 136-5 (target 501 to beat Leics)

    Saif Zaib needs three more runs for a season haul of 1400.

    Spinner Liam Treavaskis is over the wicket, short and punched off the back foot to the West Stand for four.

    He's done it. Now to bat on...