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Surrey’s third successive County Championship title is confirmed as Somerset fall to a 168-run defeat away to Lancashire.

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,

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

Surrey's third successive Vitality County Championship title was confirmed when Lancashire took just 32 minutes and 7.1 overs on the fourth morning to complete a 168-run victory over Somerset at Emirates Old Trafford.

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.

Lancashire secured a 168-run victory over Somerset, confirming Surrey's third successive Vitality County Championship title

Lancashire 140 (Jennings 56, Overton 4-32, Gregory 4-50) and 398 (Wells 130, Bohannon 60, Leach 3-57) beat Somerset 146 (Bailey 4-36, Balderson 4-50) and 224 (Vaughan 68, Wells 4-36) by 168 runs Surrey's third successive Vitality County Championship title was confirmed when Lancashire took just 32 minutes and 7.