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We've had quite a lot of rain this week, but late drama at Chelmsford and Lord's meant it was another good one in the County Championship.

With one round to go, it looks like the title is Surrey's to lose, while Worcestershire are poised to claim the second promotion spot.

The real tension next week will be at Canterbury and Nottingham as Kent take on Lancashire and Middlesex face Notts - with one of them set for the drop.

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Surrey will head into the final round of the County Championship with a 20-point lead at the top after a draw which relegates Northants.

Division One

Essex 447-9 dec & 153-8 dec v Hampshire 334 & 267-7

Hampshire won by 7 wickets

Lancashire 272-7 v Nottinghamshire

Match drawn

Middlesex 121 & 251 v Warwickshire 315 & 58-2

Warwickshire won by 8 wickets

Somerset 404-4 dec v Kent 235 & 44-2

Match drawn

Surrey 185 & 142-0 (f/o) v Northamptonshire 357

Match drawn

Division Two

Derbyshire 229-6 dec v Sussex 100 & 84-3

Match drawn

Leicestershire 233 v Yorkshire 155 & 225-4

Match drawn

Worcestershire 313 v Durham 371-4

Match drawn

Surrey have 213 points from 13 games after batting out a draw against Northamptonshire, having been made to follow on.

They are clear favourites to seal back to back titles next week after Essex's dramatic home defeat by Hampshire left them 20 points adrift.

At the bottom, Kent will begin their final game one point ahead of Middlesex in the battle to avoid joining Northants in Division Tow next summer.

Ben Brown thumps Simon Harmer over mid-wicket, they come back for two and that's the game.

A fabulous run-chase by Hampshire who get home with five balls to spare after being 32-4 earlier in their innings.

Liam Dawson (119) and James Vince (89) turned the game on its head with a stand of 184 before being dismissed with the finishing line in sight.

It's Hampshire seventh win of the season and means Essex will start their final game 20 points behind leaders Surrey.

Felix Organ drives, but can't pierce the field.

We are going into the last over.....

Rob Yates scrambles a leg bye of Jayant Yadav to bring the ask down to three runs.

Ed Barnard punches straight to cover off the back foot but then runs three after lofting over mid-off.

That is that. With nine balls to spare. Barnard finishes on 21* with Yates on 11.

Middlesex take three points from the game and go to Notts in their final game in the relegation zone, a single point behind Kent.

Tim Murtagh finsihes with eight for the match on his last Lord's appearance and leads the players off to warm applause.

Ed Barnard clips past mid-on to the deep and eventually comes back to run four and bring up the 50. He has 18 fro 15. Rob Yates has 11.

Jayant Yadav almost pulls off a diving catch at third after Barnard gets a leading edge, though they scramble two runs.

Four needed to win off 12 balls.

Matt Critchley to bowl the penultimate over.

Eight runs to win for Hampshire.

No, it's only four as Keith Barker reverse sweeps for another boundary.

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Middlesex v Warwickshire 48-2 (target 58)

Short ball is pulled away for a single to deep square by Rob Yates to start the latest Tom Helm over before Ed Barnard produces a colossal six, pulled away into the seats over deep square on the other side.

10 needed off 16 balls.

Three dot balls, then Ben Brown hoists Simon Harmer into the gap at deep mid-wicket and it's four - 10 off 14 needed.

Jayant Yadev replaces Tim Murtagh... indeed.

Ed Barnard dabs into the leg-side for a dot ball and then misses a cut shot.

Barnard gets the third ball away for a couple and works another pair from the next delivery before one comes off his pads into the leg side for a leg bye.

The final ball turns a mile and strikes Rob Yates but he is able to scramble another leg bye and beats the throw to the bowler's end.

17 needed off 18 balls.

There is the Keith Barker reverse sweep again - this time he makes contact and its four from the final ball of Matt Critchley's over.

Just 14 needed now off 18 balls.

Keith Barker makes no contact with a reverse sweep but gets off the mark with an easy single to long on - 19 needed off 20.

Ed Barnard chops into the off side to begin with a single off Tom Helm.

Rob Yates rotates the strike with another before Barnard ducks under a Helm bouncer.

Barnard misses a hook attempt from the fourth delivery but runs a leg bye from the next before Yates smashes Helm back down the ground for a timely four.

23 needed from 24 balls.

Liam Dawson keeps the strike with a single off Simon Harmer.

Four overs left - 20 runs required.

Surrey must be rooting for Hampshire right now.

Ed Barnard is the new man and drops a single into the leg side off the final ball of Tim Murtagh's over to keep the strike.

30 needed from 30 balls.