Summary

  • Final round of County Championship season

  • Notts seal first title since 2010 after Hameed century

  • Three counties looking to avoid relegation alongside Worcs

  • Durham occupy spot in drop zone but Yorkshire and Hampshire not safe

  • 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

Ben Pheazey, Gideon Brooks, Deepak Mahay & Steve Mather

  1. Essex 438 v Somerset 433 & 77-4

    Josh Thomas strokes noah Thain to mid on where the ball is stopped by Essex captain Tom Wesley.

    A leg bye third ball.

    Lewis Goldsworthy pushes into cover but is well stopped by Charlie Allison.

  2. Essex 438 v Somerset 433 & 76-4

    Three slips in for Jamie Porter, bowling from the Graham Gooch End.

    Josh Thomas gets a bit of width and cuts away for one.

    Lewis Goldsworthy plays late and defends safely into the off side.

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Sundar c Burns b Chahar 11 (Hants 117-7, target 181)

    Washington Sundar kicks off the evening session with a big four down on one knee on the second ball from Rahul Chahar.

    On the second he's gone.

    The India international has had a second expansive drive at a tempter outside of off and he's nicked to Rory Burns at slip.

    You cannot understate what a big blow that is to Hampshire.

    James Fuller and Scott Currie both average 23 in first class cricket and if ever they were needed to punch above their weight it is now.

  4. Essex 438 v Somerset 433 & 75-4

    Lewis Goldsworthy is forward to Noah Thain, playing defensively into the on side.

    Maiden over.

    Jamie Porter will bowl at the other end.

  5. Play resumes at Northampton

    Northants 67-2 - target 501

    Rob Keogh faces Logan van Beek on 33 not out.

    James Sales has 17.

  6. Essex 438 v Somerset 433 & 75-4

    Charlie Bennett has already removed James Rew and Tom Lammonby in fairly short order and he has Lewis Goldsworthy rushing through his defensive shots here.

    The floodlights are on as thick clouds gather overhead.

    Noah Thain is in the attack now and beats the outside edge of Goldsworthy's bat.

  7. Tea at Canterbury

    Kent 271 & 61-3 v Derbyshire 698-6 dec

    Ben Compton and Joey Evison have provided some much-needed stability for Kent after they fell to 20-3.

    Derbyshire's Luis Reece has taken all three wickets to fall and has 48 for the season - no-one in Division Two has more.

  8. Tea at Lord's

    Middlesex 634-9 dec v Glos 286 & 34-1

    Glos have lost opener Ben Charlesworth after being asked to follow on by Middlesex at Lord's.

    In the first innings earlier this afternoon James Bracey made 60 and Middlesex's main wicket takers were Zafar Gohar with 5-53 and Noah Cornwell with 4-58.

  9. Tea at Northampton

    Northants 67-2 - target 501

    A degree of calm has been restored for Northants as Rob Keogh (33) and James Sales (17) add an unbeaten 48 for the third wicket.

    Four sessions to negotiate from here.

  10. 'Essex will have their tails up'

    Essex 438 v Somerset 433 & 63-4

    Victoria Polley
    BBC Essex Sports Editor

    Those stumps at the Sir Alastair Cook End are really taking a hammering from the Essex bowlers.

    Essex will definitely be feeling that they've had the better things just as Somerset will for the first session and a bit today.

    Essex will have their tails up.

  11. Tea at Southampton

    Hants 113-6 (target: 181)

    Plenty to think about and discuss for Hants as they try and plot a path out of the mire they find themselves in.

    Still 68 needed with four wickets in hand but more pressingly they need to think of a strategy to negate these two spinners.

    Dan Lawrence (2-41) and Rahul Chahar (4-27) have reduced Hants from a on track 61-0 to a distinctly 'off-road' 113-6.

    Still in James Fuller they have an aggressive batsman who can score well and in partner Washington Sundar they have an adept player of spin.

    It is going to be gripping when they come back. And maybe not in a good way for the Hants faithful and outgoing coach Adi Birrell.

  12. NOTTS BEAT WARWICKSHIRE BY 10 WICKETS

    Notts 20-0 - target 18 to beat Warwicks

    Dave Bracegirdle
    BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

    "There is the moment!

    Haseeb hits the winning runs to seal this match!"

  13. 'Somerset are in a spot of both here'

    Essex 438 v Somerset 433 & 60-4

    Anthony Gibson
    BBC Radio Somerset

    Tom Kohler-Cadmore was late on the shot. He's gone third ball without scoring.

    Somerset are in a spot of both here.

  14. Tea at Sophia Gardens

    Glamorgan 265 & 226-8 v Lancashire 374 - Glamorgan lead by 117 runs

    A 36-run partnership between Chris Cooke (41*) and Mason Crane (23*) sees Glamorgan through to tea with a lead of 117.

  15. NOTTS BEAT WARWICKSHIRE BY 10 WICKETS
    Breaking

    Notts 20-0 - target 18

    Nathan Gilchrist to Haseeb Hameed....

    Full with a bit of width and driven through cover point for four!

    Notts have won seven in the season!

    Haseeb Hameed raises his bat to all sides of the ground.

    He finishes on a five not out he will treasure.

    Ben Slater is 15 not out and on exactly 1000 for the season.

    Warwickshire were blown away by Dillon Pennington and Brett Hutton today, who shared six wickets between them - but a mid-table finish is still assured for the Bears.

    Notts bow out in style for 2025 as the Division One champions, completeing seven wins in 14 games - one season on from just hanging on to Division One status in 2024.

    They are emphatically Division One now and worthy champions.

    The Championship trophy is being brought on to the field.

  16. Slater hits 1000 for the season

    Notts 16-0 - target 18

    Ben Slater on 999 for the season.

    He drives Nathan Gilchrist into the off side for one and the announcer confirms his milestone as Slater raises his bat...

  17. Notts 15-0 - target 18

    Haseeb Hameed jabs down on a very full ball and eases the second into the off side for no run.

    Back to Ben Slater.

  18. wicket

    WICKET

    Kohler-Cadmore b Bracewell 0 (Essex 438 v Somerset 433 & 60-4)

    Bowled him!

    Doug Bracewell beats a defensive push from the crease and knocks back the off stump.

    Tom Kohler-Cadmore comes and goes with just four deliveries faced.

    Lewis Goldsworthy was a batting hero in the first innings and his team need him now.

  19. Bad light stops play

    Yorks 465-9 v Durham 346

    They are off again... to check on the Ryder Cup scores.

    The light does not seem noticeably worse than it was a minute or two ago but it is enough to cause a delay.

    A welcome development in the Durham dressing room.

  20. Notts 15-0 - target 18

    Michael Booth bowls to Ben Slater, who works the ball to deep backward square and doesn't run.

    A flashing drive and a miss! Slater is two short of 1000 for the season.

    The fourth ball is cut to deep point for one. three to win.