Marcus Trescothick has confirmed he will play his 25th season for Somerset after signing a new one-year contract. Trescothick, 40, made his Somerset debut in 1993 and is closing in on 25,000 first-class runs. Earlier this season he equalled Harold Gimblett's record of 49 centuries for the county. This summer he has scored 978 at 54.33 in the County Championship.
Warwickshire beat Somerset by eight runs in the semi-final of the Royal London Cup at Edgbaston Warwickshire 284 for 4 (Bell 94*, Hain 86) - Somerset 276 for 9 (Trego 58, Davies 46, Patel 5-43)
Somerset beat Yorkshire by ten wickets at Headingley Somerset 390 (Gregory 73*, Trescothick 73, Allenby 50, Sidebottom 5-51) and 44 for 0 - Yorkshire 145 and 286 (Lehmann 116, Plunkett 73, Lyth 49, Leach 6-64)
If Middlesex defeat Lancashire today, the title is as good as theirs. If Lancashire do not succumb, however, then Middlesex, Somerset and Yorkshire will contest what could still be a wonderful climax to the Championship season next week Somerset, by virtue of a win achieved with a day and 8.3 overs to spare, have cut the margin to second-placed Yorkshire to a single point. Middlesex could lead by 20 points if they beat Lancashire. The advantage, variously, would reduce to nine points if they drew, and four if they lost. Come on the Red Rose!!!!
Steve Davies, the former England wicketkeeper, is expected to join Somerset after calling time on his Surrey career. Surrey announced on Wednesday that Davies will leave the club at the end of this season after he turned down a new two-year contract because he wants to revive his wicketkeeping career. Davies' path to a wicketkeeping role he surprisingly relinquished at the start of the 2014 season is currently blocked at Surrey by Ben Foakes, whose development as a keeper-batsman has made him a possible selection as a back-up wicketkeeper for England's Test tours of Bangladesh and India this winter.
Northants beat Gloucestershire by 114 runs at Wantage Road Northants 326 (Newton 130, Wakely 104, Payne 4-57) and 376 (Levi 95, Duckett 70) - Gloucestershire 261 (Payne 56, Keogh 4-67) and 327 (Hankins 116, Mustard 79, Sanderson 8-73)
Division 1 Table Middlesex - 213 Yorkshire - 204 Somerset - 203 Remaining Fixtures both starting on Tuesday 20 September: Middlesex v Yorkshire at Lords Somerset v Nottinghamshire at Taunton The equation for Somerset is simple - win the game against Nottinghamshire and see what happens at Lords
Somerset seam bowler Tim Groenewald, all-rounder Roelof van der Merwe and batsman Johann Myburgh have all signed extended contracts with the county
Somerset beat Nottinghamshire by 325 runs at Taunton Somerset 365 (Hildreth 135, Rogers 132, Ball 6-57) and 313 for 5 dec (Rogers 100*, Davies 59, Trego 55, Patel 3-95) - Nottinghamshire 138 (Bess 5-43, Leach 3-42) and 215 (Root 66*, Leach 4-69, Van der Merwe 3-59)
Middlesex beat Yorkshire by 61 runs at Lords Middlesex 270 (Gubbins 125, Brooks 6-65) and 359 for 6 dec (Malan 116, Gubbins 93, Eskinazi 78*) - Yorkshire 390 (Bresnan 142*, Rafiq 65, Hodd 64, Roland-Jones 4-73) and 178 (Bresnan 55, Roland-Jones 6-54) Middlesex win the County Championship
Durham beat Hampshire by six wickets in Southampton Durham 361 (Richardson 99*, Clark 58, Stokes 50, Wheal 4-39, Dawson 4-100) and 297 for 4 (Stoneman 137, Borthwick 88) - Hampshire 411 (Vince 92, Smith 90, Dawson 62, Adams 53) and 245 for 9 dec (McManus 67, Pringle 7-107) Hampshire Relegated
Final Table - County Championship Div 1 Middlesex - 230 Somerset - 226 Yorkshire - 211 Durham - 200 Surrey - 182 Warwickshire - 176 Lancashire - 165 Hampshire - 155 Nottinghamshire - 124
Final Table - County Championship Div 2 Essex - 235 Kent - 212 Worcestershire - 203 Sussex - 192 Northamptonshire - 184 Gloucestershire - 183 Leicestershire - 182 Glamorgan - 148 Derbyshire - 119
Winners and Losers 2016: County Championship Div 1 Winners - Middlesex County Championship Div 1 Relgated - Nttinghamshire & Hampshire County Championship Div 2 Winners & Promoted - Essex (only 1 team promoted) County Championship Div 2 Wooden Spoon - Derbyshire Royal London Cup Winners - Warwickshire Nat West T20 Winners - Northamptonshire Most County Championship Div 1 Runs - K Jennings (Durham) 1548 Most County Championship Div 2 Wickets - J Patel (Warwickshire) 69 Most County Championship Div 2 Runs - B Duckett (Northamptionshire) 1338 Most County Championship Div 2 Wickets - J Leach (Worcestershire) 65
