LONDON, Saturday: Division One leaders Surrey finished off Nottinghamshire just after lunch on the third day at The Oval to win by an innings and 125 runs to claim a seventh straight County Championship win.
Resuming on their overnight 83-2, things looked even bleaker for Notts when Morne Morkel removed Samit Patel and Billy Root in successive balls. And when opener Kraigg Brathwaite was sixth out for 60 it looked all over. Conor McKerr took 4-26 and Morkel 3-39 as Notts were all out for 149.
Surrey’s 23-point victory - their eighth in 10 Championship matches this season - strengthens their already dominant position at the top, now 55 points clear - prior to the finish of second-placed Somerset’s game with Yorkshire - with just four games left.
Reigning county champions Essex beat Hampshire by an innings and 52 runs to ease Division One relegation fears.
Australian Test paceman Peter Siddle took 5-48, while spinner Simon Harmer chipped in with 4-64. Hants, 17-2 overnight, made a bad start when Ian Holland played on before James Vince had his off stump extracted by Siddle, then Kyle Abbott was run out. From 63-5, they at least took the game well into the final session before being bowled out for 211.
Kent improved their hopes of promotion from Division Two as they beat Derbyshire by six wickets to climb above Sussex to second in the table. Derbyshire, 83-2 overnight, did not look like delaying Kent’s victory too long when they went to lunch on 167-6. But Harvey Hosein shared half-century stands with both Hardus Viljeon and Tony Palladino to reach a total of 270. That set Kent 109 to win in 28 overs and Zak Crawley’s 34 led them to 110-4 with more than eight overs to spare.
Somerset moved back to within 32 points of leaders Surrey as they beat Yorkshire to maintain their outside Championship Division One title hopes.
Jamie Overton and Lewis Gregory took four wickets each as Yorkshire, 8-2 overnight, were bowled out midway through the final session for 194. Kane Williamson (51) and Josh Shaw (41) rallied early in the day before late resistance from David Willey (34 n.o.). But Overton took the final two wickets to wrap up a 224-run victory.
Gloucestershire medium-pacer Ryan Higgins took four wickets for the second time in the match as they beat Leicestershire by 328 runs at Bristol. The visitors began the final day on 117-6 and were bowled out for 165 shortly before lunch.
Mark Cosgrove made 52, but was then caught behind down the leg-side off Higgins, who had match figures of 8-54. The game ended when Mohammad Abbas fell to 17-year-old Ben Charlesworth, his maiden first-class wicket.
English cricket scores:
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP (final day of four):
FIRST DIVISION
l At Chelmsford: Essex 435 (D Lawrence 124, V Chopra 61, R ten Doeschate 55, A Wheater 52; K Abbott 5-90) v Hampshire 172 and 211 (T Alsop 51; P Siddle 5-48, S Harmer 4-64)
Essex (24pts) beat Hampshire (2pts) by an innings and 52 runs
l At Headingley: Somerset 399 (Azhar Ali 89, J Hildreth 81, S Davies 80, Gregory 65; J Brooks 5-116) and 339-7 dec (T Abell 132 no, J Hildreth 72, L Gregory 57) v Yorkshire 320 (A Hodd 85, T Kohler-Cadmore 81; J Davey 5-65) and 194 (K Williamson 51; J Overton 4-25, L Gregory 4-33)
Somerset (23pts) beat Yorkshire (6pts) by 224 runs
SECOND DIVISION
l At Derby: Kent 561 (J Denly 106, Z Crawley 96, G Stewart 85, M Henry 81, H Kuhn 51; A Palladino 5-113) and 110-4 v Derbyshire 400 (W Madsen 93, B Godleman 71, A Hughes 66) and 270 (H Hosein 66 no; J Denly 4-36, A Riley 4-68)
Kent (23pts) beat Derbyshire (5pts) by 6 wkts
l At Bristol: Gloucestershire 202 (J Bracey 76; Mohammad Abbas 5-30) and 402-4 dec (C Dent 214 no, M Hammond 68, B Howell 56) v Leicestershire 111 (R Higgins 4-26) and 165 (M Cosgrove 52; R Higgins 4-28)
Gloucestershire (20pts) beat Leicestershire (3pts) by 328 runs.
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