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Once again, the County Championship brings us incredible drama on the final day of the season.

Middlesex will play in Division Two next season despite a tremendous effort to force a win over Notts at Trent Bridge which would have kept them up and sent Kent down.

Meanwhile, there were contrasting fortunes for the two divisional champions as Surrey lost to Hampshire and Durham beat Leicestershire by an innings before the trophies were handed out.

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Division One

Hampshire 219 & 172 v Surrey 207 & 132

Hampshire won by 52 runs

Kent 494 v Lancashire 327 & 390-8

Match drawn

Nottinghamshire 384 & 210-8 v Middlesex 366 & 224-6 dec

Nottinghamshire won by 2 wickets

Warwickshire 273 v Somerset 215 & 90-2

Match drawn - no play possible on final day

Division Two

Durham 457-8 dec v Leicestershire 143 & 173 (f/o)

Durham won by an innings and 141 runs

Glamorgan 301-5 dec & 135-6 v Derbyshire 450-8 dec & 234-2 dec

Match drawn

Sussex 202 & 505-7 dec v Gloucestershire 195 & 173

Sussex won by 339 runs

Yorkshire 262-6 dec & 363-4 v Worcestershire 389 & 232-2 dec

Yorkshire won by 6 wickets

• 1 Surrey P14 W 8 L2 D4 216pts
• 2 Essex P14 W7 L3 D4 196
• 3 Hampshire P14 W8 L4 D2 192
• 4 Warwickshire P14 W6 L4 D2 179
• 5 Lancashire P14 W3 L1 D10 161
• 6 Nottinghamshire P14 W4 L4 D6 151
• 7 Somerset P14 W3 L4 D7 148
• 8 Kent P14 W2 L7 D5 111
• 9 Middlesex P14 W3 L9 D2 104
• 10 Northamptonshire P14 W2 L8 D4 96

• 1 Durham P14 W7 L1 D6 233 pts
• 2 Worcestershire P14 W5 L3 D6 167
• 3 Sussex P14 W3 L1 D10 150
• 4 Leicestershire P14 W3 L4 D7 142
• 5 Glamorgan P14 W1 L1 D12 139
• 6 Derbyshire P14 W0 L4 D10 113
• 7 Yorkshire P14 W3 L2 D9 109
• 8 Gloucestershire P 14 W0 L6 D8 97

Dave Bracegirdle
BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

"Lovely moment for Jake Ball. It's Notts who get over the line. You've got to feel for Sam Robson - what a day he's had."

The script was indeed written for Jake Ball, who signs off his Nottinghamshire career by hitting the winning runs, paddling Sam Robson for four in a tense finish.

The celebrations at Trent Bridge will be dwarfed by those in Kent, whose place in Division One is now secured for next season.

Despite taking it right to the wire, Middlesex fall short in their bid to stay in the top flight.

Derbyshire end the season without a single victory to their credit as Glamorgan bat out for a draw at Sophia Gardens.

Chasing a target of 384 was never realistic, But the home side managed to keep the Derbyshire attack at bay over the course of 69 overs.

Luis Reece earlier hit his second century of the match - 119 not out - and passed 1,000 runs for the season in the process.

He also set a new club record of seven fifties in successive first-class innings.

Another single for Jake Ball off Jayant Yadav and the scores are now level.

Three overs left for Nottinghamshire to score one run, or for Middlesex to take two wickets.

Matthew Montgomery reverse sweeps Jayant Yadav again for a single and Nottinghamshire need two to win.

Kevin Hand
BBC Radio London commentator

"They've tried everything, Middlesex. What an effort on the final day."

Another tense over as Jake Ball gets bat on, er, ball a couple of times but can't pierce the infield - and then there are a couple more from Sam Robson that beat the outside edge.

In the end, though, it's a maiden and we have four overs left. Three to win.

Dave Bracegirdle
BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

"Sam Robson on a five-for potentially. Still five overs left. 30 legal deliveries."

Matthew Montgomery sweeps the first ball of Jayant Yadav's over for a single and leaves Jake Ball to block the rest.

Ball must surely have been tempted to take a swing and claim the glory, but he plays it sensibly and then steers the fifth delivery away for one - which keeps him on strike with three runs needed.

Sam Robson turns the ball twice past Jake Ball's outside edge, but the Nottinghamshire No 10 survives.

Five needed, two wickets remaining.

Dave Bracegirdle
BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

"Is the script written for Jake Ball in his last game for Nottinghamshire as he makes his way out to the middle?"

Kevin Hand
BBC Radio London commentator

"It should still be Nottinghamshire's game but Middlesex are going to fight right to the last."

There it is! Courtesy of three successive boundaries by Jonny Tattersall!

He paddles sweeps the last ball of the 67th over for four and a topsy turvy Yorkshire season blighted by points deductions ends on a high!

Brilliant batting from Shan Masood, James Wharton, George Hill and Jonny Tattersall to complete Yorkshire's fourth-highest successful run chase of all time.

Worcestershire will join the first division next summer, while Yorkshire finish on 109 points, lifting themselves above Gloucestershire in the table.

Their batting looks to be in good order with a splendid mix of youth, experience and quality.

Nearly there.

Tattersall lofts Baker over mid on for four.

Scores level.

Josh Baker will continue from the Howard Stand and Tattersall pushes the first ball into the off side for a single.

George Hill is forward, driving down the ground for one more.

A play and miss outside off third ball but Tattersall nails the next one, smashing it down the ground for six!

That takes Yorkshire past 350.

5 to win.