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• Somerset and Essex frustrated by rain again in title decider – as it happened

  24-09-2019 18:08
  Roelof van der Merwe’s audacious, big-hitting 60 took Somerset to a useful total of 203 before Essex finished another rain-affected day on 25 for none 5.28pm BST Contrasting innings from the captain, Tom Abell, and the irrepressible Roelof van der Merwe – plus a weather forecast that hints at a slight improvement – means Somerset players and fans have not yet given up all hope of a historic County Championship -triumph. Thanks to Abell and Van der Merwe Somerset mustered 203 ru
  
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• The Spin | What should sport's position be in the British honours system?

  24-09-2019 12:44
  In the entire history of cricket, only one British player has been knighted or made a dame before they retired from playingIn 2009, aged 33 and four years before he retired from active competition, the cyclist Chris Hoy was knighted. “To become a knight from riding your bike, it’s mad,” he said. Five years earlier the rower Matthew Pinsent, already an MBE, OBE and CBE and still only 34, had been similarly honoured. “I was shocked,” he said. “I wasn’t con
  
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• County cricket: Somerset v Essex title decider, day two – live!

  24-09-2019 11:09
  Play resumes after rain-hit first day at TauntonCatch up with Vic Marks’s day one reportEmail Tanya, tweet or comment below the line 10.09am BST Elsewhere the news is ... damp. There will be no play before lunch at The Oval or Edgbaston, and things are also delayed at the crucial Division Two promotion bash at Bristol, with Gloucestershire perched uncomfortably in the dressing-room at 80 for 6.10.04am BST Good morning from heavy-sponged Manchester - and a soggy looking Taunton, where the s
  
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• County Championship: 2019 team of the season as chosen by BBC Sport users

  24-09-2019 09:21 via bbc.co.uk
  With the county season just about finished for 2019, who did BBC Sport users choose as their best Championship XI?
  
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