Just one day left for most teams, and for some the season is already over as three games were won and lost today. Here is what happened.
County Championship
Day 3
Somerset v Worcestershire - Somerset win by an innings and 148 runs
Wor - 212 & 152
Som - 512-9d
Somerset completed a comfortable victory that condemns Worcestershire to the bottom spot and confirms themselves as number 2.
Compton batted on this morning and finished the innings unbeaten on 155, which means he will be this years' highest run scorer, in the Championship, with 1191 runs to his name. Somerset declared with a lead of exactly 300.
A few players made starts for Worcestershire but failed to go on as wickets ticked over. Kervezee scored 76 but was the last man out as the tail collapsed (the last 6 batsmen made 10 between them). Rehman collected 5 for 36 as he took 14 wickets in the match, a new career best.
Points: Somerset 23, Worcestershire 2
Durham v Sussex - Durham win by 5 wickets
Sus - 211 & 180
Dur - 227 & 167-5
Sussex will finish no higher than fourth after losing to Durham in three days.
30 from Brown helped the visitors up to 180 but the target was only 167, which never seemed like enough. Rushworth finished with 5 for 38.
Hatchet did pick up three wickets and Panesar 2 but 58 from Richardson and 45 by Stokes helped Durham up to their target before the close of play.
Points: Durham 20, Sussex 4
Glamorgan v Kent - Glamorgan win by 7 wickets
Gla - 390 & 61-3
Ken - 170 & 280
Kent lost wickets in clusters but 50 from Nash and a strong 81 by Jones took their combined scores past that of Glamorgan's. Eventually however they were bowled out leaving the hosts just 61 to win.
Bad light caused a halt in play after Kent had picked up three wickets and Glamorgan stumbled. However when the players came back out the hosts cruised to an easy win that pulls Kent out of the promotion race and hands the two top spots to Derbyshire and Yorkshire.
Points: Glamorgan 23, Kent 3
Essex v Yorkshire
Yor - 312 & 252-8d
Ess - 177 & 28-2
Yorkshire slipped to 111-6 but recovered with a partnership worth 110 by McGrath (68) and Rafiq (75*). Eventually they declared setting Essex a tough 388 to win. The hosts then lost 2 wickets before the close to all but hand the game to Yorkshire with a day still to go.
The title is not yet decided however after Derbyshire had a good day, and by my calculations the two sides could finished tied for first place, should they both win.
Derbyshire v Hampshire
Ham - 272 & 142-6
Der - 275
Derbyshire batted well in the morning as they went past Hampshire's score (just). Whitely finished not out on 57*, helping the hosts to a second, and possibly crucial, batting point.
It was what happened next however that swung the game and brought Derbyshire right back into the title chase. Carberry and Adams were both removed with the score on 16 and regular wickets continued to fall throughout the evening. Shafayat was the only man to offer stern resistance with a slow, but unbeaten, fifty.
Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire
Not - 155 & 444-8
War - 204
Spectacular batting by Nottinghamshire saw them put on 395 runs in the day for just 8 wickets. Warwickshire, whose minds are on the CB40 final on Saturday won't win but the hosts will try to bowl them out tomorrow to claim third place in the first division.
Edwards scored 53 (his highest knock of the season) before Mullaney lashed out, hitting 94 in 119 balls with four 6s. Then, in the eveing session, Franks hit 76* to take Nottinghamshire past 400 and the lead up to 395.
Lancashire v Surrey
Lancashire won the toss and decided to field
Sur - 324-5
Play finally began at Old Trafford today, but it was the Londoners who dominated proceedings. Burns scored 73 at the top of the order before a small fight back left Surrey on 178-5. Du Bruyn though hit a magnificent 105* and with Jewell (57*) added an unbeaten 146 for the 6th wicket.
Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
Glo - 234 & 254-9
Lei - 220-5
Leicestershire added a further 75 for the last 5 wickets this morning as they took a lead of 61. Gloucestershire then survived the day, just, to end the day 193 ahead.
Housego hit 62 in the afternoon, while White picked up 4 for 40, including two in two balls as Leicestershire look to avoid the wooden spoon, and hand it instead to their opponents, Gloucestershire.
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