Surrey has become the first team to win three straight English County Championship cricket titles since the 1960s when closest challenger Somerset fell to defeat.

Join Tanya Aldred for live updates from around the grounds on day four of the action, with the destination of the title set to be decided. Not that it will make Somerset feel any better

Kevin Howells gets reaction from across the country as Surrey win their third Division One County Championship in a row.

SURREY has won a third straight County Championship title after Somerset's defeat by Lancashire. Somerset had to win at Old Trafford to keep their hopes of a

Join Tanya Aldred for live updates from around the grounds on day three of the penultimate round of action. Close of play scores 18:27 Division One Hampshire 462 and 204 v Worcestershire 273 and 117-5 Worcestershire need 277 with five wickets standing Kent 225 and 230 (f/o) v Nottinghamshire 433 and 28-0 Nottinghamshire won by 10 wickets Lancashire 140 and 398 v Somerset 146 and 204-6 Somerset need 189 to win with four wickets standing Surrey 415 and 25-0 v Durham 262 and 177 Surrey won by 10 wickets Division Two Derbyshire 173 and 119 v Middlesex 358 Middlesex won by an innings and 66 runs Glamorgan 239 and 141-7 v Yorkshire 361 and 273 Glamorgan need another 255 with three wickets standing Gloucestershire 109 and 195 v Sussex 311 Sussex won by an innings and seven runs Northamptonshire 383 and 137-1 v Leicestershire 203 and 316 Northamptonshire won by nine wickets   17:19 With eleven overs left at OT,

Relive day four of the penultimate round of the County Championship as it happened as Somerset's defeat by Lancashire means Surrey are 2024 champions.

Surrey’s ten-wicket victory over Durham places them on the verge of clinching a third consecutive County Championship title.

Resuming on 204 for six, Somerset were dismissed for 224 to end their hopes of winning a maiden County Championship title.