Summary

  • Surrey will take 20-point lead into final games after Hampshire beat Essex

  • Northants relegated despite draw with Surrey at The Oval

  • Kent draw with Somerset after following on 169 behind

  • Lancashire & Notts draw game with only 84 overs bowled because of rain

  • Middlesex's Sam Robson scores 107 but they lose to Warwickshire

  • Durham's Scott Borthwick hits century in draw with Worcestershire

  • Derbyshire draw with Sussex and have yet to win a 2023 Championship game

  • Leicestershire promotion hopes fade following draw with Yorkshire

Live Reporting

Alex Hoad, Alex Winter and Paul Grunill

  1. How things stand

    After third day's play

    Division One

    Essex 447-9 dec v Hampshire 322-8

    Hampshire trail by 125 with 2 wickets standing

    Lancashire 225-6 v Nottinghamshire

    Middlesex 121 & 96-1 v Warwickshire 315

    Middlesex trail by 98 with 9 wickets standing

    Somerset 404-4 v Kent

    Surrey 158-6 v Northamptonshire 357

    Surrey trail by 199 with 4 wickets standing

    Division Two

    Derbyshire 94-1 v Sussex 100

    Derbyshire trail by 6 with 9 wickets standing

    Leicestershire 233 v Yorkshire 155 & 113-1

    Yorkshire lead by 35 with 10 wickets standing

    Worcestershire 313 v Durham 10-0

    Durham trail by 303 with 10 wickets standing

  2. Good morning

    The Surrey huddleGetty Images

    'Rain, rain, go away - come again another day.'

    We've had plenty of the wet stuff over the past three days, disrupting the penultimate round of the County Championship.

    Despite that, Durham have made certain of winning the Division Two title, and we have the potential for one or two interesting finishes in the eight games that are ongoing.

    Welcome to our coverage of the final day's play - which starts at 10.30.