Well that was an eventful end to this round of County Championship fixtures.

Surrey's dash at a target just over 200 in 19 overs fell short in the end, but it was superbly entertaining!

We also had Essex and Yorkshire chasing late wickets for victory and just failing, meaning all nine games in this round of fixtures ended as draws.

Essex's win at Nottinghamshire last week is the only victory in the first 18 matches of the season across both divisions.

Join us again for more coverage of the next round of games, which get under way at 11:00 BST on Friday.

Hope you can be with us for that - for now, it's goodbye.

It's terrific to just get some cricket to start with and almost four full days here.

We've seen terrific tons from Shan Masood, Adam Lyth, Ollie Price and James Bracey.

[We also had] Joe Root playing his first Championship match at Bristol in his career and Harry Brook delighted us with some typical pugnacious shots.

While you can't help but feel that this might have been a different story with a different ball, there has still been a great deal of pleasure.

What a game we have had and in the end, Surrey could not quite do it.

Dan Lawrence finished 53 not out off 34 balls in that run chase, while Kasey Aldridge's 3-14 off three overs was the key to halting Surrey's momentum.

Match drawn.

Somerset now clearly on top, Surrey gave it a good go, but surely they now cannot do this...

Anchor to be dropped? Or hands to be shaken?

Gus Atkinson eventually gets his turn, but surely too little too late at number seven now with 91 needed off 37.

Essex have dominated most of this game but credit to Kent for holding out at the last here at Chelmsford.

Dom Sibley came out to bat ahead of Jordan Clark and Gus Atkinson.

I would have kept attacking with Surrey's hitters and kept the openers to bat out for a draw if needed as a back up a few overs down the line, personally.

What a final day batting display that was from Gloucestershire.

Ollie Price (147) and James Bracey (102) shared 199 for the fifth wicket and Graeme van Buuren and Ben Charlesworth saw out the rest of the day.

Yorkshire only took two wickets on day four. They'll be frustrated.

Over of the match, probably the significant, match defining set of the four days from Kasey Aldridge, two wickets and just one single from it.

Essex fall just short of a second consecutive Division One victory, with Kent's eighth-wicket pair holding out to the close of an eventful final day.

Rain delayed the start on day four at Chelmsford and Essex declared on their overnight total, leaving Kent a nominal 375 to win.

Jamie Porter ripped through the top order but teenage first-class debutant Jaydn Denly kept his cool to steer the visitors to a creditable draw.

What is Rory Burns' plan here?

Kasey Aldridge has just taken his seventh wicket of the match and the former T20 player, red-ball captain Burns swings and misses first ball.

Wide outside off would surely cramp Burns' main scoring area.

Yes, exactly that, well executed by Aldridge next ball too.

Three dots to Burns, who came in ahead of some other power hitters in the Surrey line-up.

This might be the last over in Bristol.

Adam Lyth to bowl it...

Essex are appealing for everything and have five men round the bat for the closing overs.

There are plenty of smiles all round as Matt Critchley charges down the pitch after one of his deliveries passes millimetres away from the bails.

Simon Harmer is turning some deliveries square out of the footmarks but Kent's eighth-wicket pair are staying put.

About five minutes of the game to go.

Five minutes to go as Adam Lyth speeds through an over.

Graeme van Buuren and Ben Charlesworth have batted 27 overs in this final session. Superb effort.

Penultimate ball of Lewis Gregory's over, Dan Lawrence pulls for four for his half-century off just 29 balls.

Last ball is not given as a wide, to Surrey's dismay, but this is red-ball cricket do not forget!

Dan Lawrence, taking his stance outside off stump, swings and misses.

A different kind of player, Jamie Overton is not running as fast as Jamie Smith or Ollie Pope before him, twos are now singles.

Line and length, you miss and I hit. And that is the principles of cricket from down the ages.

Kasey Aldridge keeps his cool and dismisses the dangerous Ollie Pope.

Surrey are going to go for this all the way I think.

What a finish, it's getting late but it doesn't matter, this is County Championship cricket at its best.