Final round of the 2026 County Championship; nine games
Warwickshire will be champions if they take 14 or more points against Leicestershire
A win or a draw with at least six batting/bowling bonus points would be enough
They have three already after bowling out Leicestershire for 125
Dan Lawrence hits unbeaten 105 for Surrey against second-placed Somerset
England's Emilio Gay makes 141 for Durham against Lancashire
Kent need a minimum of 15 pts to win promotion after Northants all out for 103 against Middlesex
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Middx 193-6 v Northants 103
Unorthodox, but effective.
Ryan Higgins comes down the track to face Ben Sanderson under the floodlights at Lord's - brave or crazy?
He flashes at one and gets a thick outside edge but it flies safe of gully region and eventually rolls for four backwards of square.
Middlesex's lead is up to 90.
Warks 100-4 v Leics 125
Ed Barnard sweeps Ajaz Patel for four and Warwickshire reach 100 in their first innings.
They trail Leicestershire by 25 runs.
Kent 42-1 v Glos 229
Poor ball from Matt Taylor. Short. Wide. Ben Compton cuts for four.
Weatherley c Clark b Karvelas 15 (Hampshire 49-4 v Sussex 244)
Hampshire lose their fourth wicket and Sussex might feel they're in the better position here, with about six overs of the day's play left to go.
Earlier, Sussex posted 244 - having been 124-7 at one stage.
Ari Karvelas, who starred in last week's win against Nottinghamshire, has his first wicket as Joe Weatherley edges to slip.
Glamorgan 318-3 Essex
Luke Hemmings
BBC Sport Wales
Colin Ingram managed to find three boundaries on his way to 24 not out, while Asa Tribe progressed to an unbeaten 135 as Glamorgan claimed their second bonus point concluding the opening day's play in cruise control.
Kiran Carlson earlier hit a wonderful 107 before falling to Matt Critchley.
Essex's bonus point will be a welcome boost for the visitors who appear to be safe as they await the outcome of Leicestershire's appeal.
Somerset v Surrey 327-4
Image source, Getty ImagesA tough day for Somerset who are not out of the title equation but it felt like their chances were diminishing with every over in that evening session as Dan Lawrence hit the ball to the four corners of Taunton.
He finished unbeaten on 105, with Ben Foakes his batting partner on 64. Earlier on, Dom Sibley struck 72.
Somerset have to keep the faith and come back with renewed energy in the morning but Surrey are batting ominously and look intent on putting a big total on the board.
Image source, ShutterstockAt around this time every season we give you the chance to vote for your County Championship team of the season.
The 2025 XI as chosen by you was Haseeb Hameed (Notts), Dom Sibley (Surrey), Tom Abell (Somerset), Marcus Harris (Lancashire), Saif Zaib (Northamptonshire), John Simpson (Sussex), Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Kyle Abbott (Hampshire), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire), Tom Taylor (Worcestershire), Jack Leach (Somerset).
But who will make this year's team?
We opened up the voting page yesterday and if you haven't chosen your XI yet, you can do so by clicking here.
The final XI will be announced on our website next week.
Kent 35-1 v Glos 229
Ben Compton pulls Che Simmons down to long leg but superb fielding by JT Langridge denies him a boundary. The left-hander has to settle for a couple and is 13 not out.
Somerset v Surrey 327-4
Mark Church
BBC Radio London commentator
Lawrence slog sweeps high into the Somerset stand for six. It’s been a really clever innings. It goes high over straight mid-wicket and he has his 100 before stumps.
Patterson-White c & b Coad 1 (Notts 229-7 v Yorkshire)
Two in quick succession! Huge blow for Nottinghamshire and their fading title hopes!
Ben Coad does wonderfully here though.
This is absolutely fired back to him by Liam Patterson-White.
Instinctively, and almost nonchalantly, Coad gets his hands out to his right for a brilliant caught and bowled.
Patterson-White can pile on the runs late in innings so he may feel that is an opportunity missed.
Somerset v Surrey 327-4
Dan Lawrence completes his sixth century of the season – no-one else even has five!
Notts' Joe Clarke is the top run-scorer in Division One but he only has four centuries this campaign.
Even more impressive is that Lawrence’s six centuries have come in only 16 innings – a fair number fewer than the others near the top of the list.
Lawrence smashed that away into the stands for a six to reach his century in style.
Hay c Bairstow b Hill 24 (Notts 228-6 v Yorkshire)
Big wicket for Yorkshire and George Hill finally gets his first wicket into his 16th over today!
It doesn't look like Mitch Hay needs to play at this one. He edges behind to Jonny Bairstow who makes a simple catch behind the stumps.
Liam Patterson-White is in at eight for Nottinghamshire under dimming light.
Somerset v Surrey 316-4
Ben Foakes tickles one down the leg side and that'll be four.
James Rew dived admirably but he wasn't close to reaching it.
Foakes on 64 and Dan Lawrence on 98 with one over to play today.
Jani c sub b A Patel 22 (Warks 86-4 v Leics 125)
Vansh Jani goes for the attacking option, trying to hit Ajaz Patel over the infield, but sends it straight up in the air and a comfortable catch is taken at mid-off.
A pivotal period of the game coming up, with 13.2 overs of the day to go.
Ed Barnard, the Warwickshire captain, is in next.
Worcs 214 v Derbys 71-7
Derbyshire are in freefall.
Matthew Waits bowls Brooke Guest for five and in the following over Tom Taylor has Amit Basra klbw for 8.
Captain Wayne Madsen is still there on 31 not out.
Kent 28-1 v Glos 229
Gloucestershire are convinced that Ben Compton has nicked a catch to the keeper off JT Langridge.
The bowler and slips go up in unison but Compton is unconcerned and goes for a wander towards square leg as the umpire declines the appeal.
Must have flicked the trousers.
Che Simmons is called up for his first bowl in a Gloucestershire shirt.
He starts with a wide one and Sam Northeast cuts smoothly for four.
Duke b Procter 28 (Middx 177-6 v Northants 103)
There's the breakthrough which Northamptonshire so desperately wanted.
It's a really good delivery from Luke Procter which beats Harry Duke all ends up.
The bails go flying. Really important Northamptonshire can end today with just a bit of momentum if they can.
A bit of shape away on this one. A beauty from the captain.
Middlx 103 v Northants 176-5
Northamptonshire need a breakthrough. They are yet to take a wicket in the final session at Lord's.
Harry Conway gets the first ball of his 13th over to angle in and it goes over the top and middle stump but flies down past the wicketkeeper for four byes.
Middlesex's first-innings leads rises to 73.
Somerset v Surrey 312-4
Lovely stroke, straight down the ground from Ben Foakes.
That was a textbook drive.
Three overs remaining at Taunton and the home side do look a little tired.
It's been a long day out there and the game has really got away from them in the evening session.
When Dom Sibley was out Surrey were only 174-4.
Agarwal c Bohannon b Noman 66 (Lancs v Durham 306-5)
Two wickets in successive overs for Noman Ali.
Mayank Agarwal tries to go over the top but is caught by Josh Bohannon stationed at cover.
He hit a six and six fours in his 162-ball innings.
