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• Marcus Trescothick's parents look back on Somerset and England cricketer's career

  26-09-2019 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Marcus Trescothick's parents, Lin and Martyn, reflect on their son's incredible career for Somerset and England as he retires.
  
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• 'At 11 months old he had his first bat' - Trescothick's parents look back on his career

  26-09-2019 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Marcus Trescothick's parents, Lin and Martyn, reflect on their son's incredible career for Somerset and England as he retires.
  
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• Simon Harmer proves the man for all season in Essex’s title triumph | Tanya Aldred

  26-09-2019 21:58
  Spinner ends the campaign as the County Championship’s leading wicket-taker in a majestic year for EssexAs was entirely apt for this summer of summers, Essex clinched the County Championship not with a damp whimper but in a heart-stopping afternoon at Taunton, despite rain that shortened the first and second days, washed out the third and punctuated the fourth. The County Ground slowly filled out – whispers of the impossible reaching the locals – the sun finally showed its hand
  
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• Alastair Cook steadies Essex nerves in County Championship triumph

  26-09-2019 21:05
  • Somerset (203 & innings forfeit) drew with Essex (141 & 45-1)
  • Former England captain helps Essex avoid calamity at TauntonThis has been the season of miracles and there was just a hint of another at Taunton on Thursday. At the start another 90 minutes were lost after another squally shower and thereafter the match was drifting to the anticipated draw, which was enough for Essex.Alastair Cook and Tom Westley guided Essex to the serenity of 102 for one; it was time, even for
  
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• Essex win County Championship: Alastair Cook to play 'at least' one more year

  26-09-2019 20:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Alastair Cook says he will play for one more season "at least" after helping Essex to a second County Championship in three years.
  
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• Tom Abell: Somerset captain 'desperate' to claim first County Championship title

  26-09-2019 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Somerset captain Tom Abell is confident his side will get their hands on a first County Championship title soon.
  
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• Marcus Trescothick takes to the field for Somerset for the final time

  26-09-2019 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Marcus Trescothick is given a standing ovation as he takes to the field for the final time bringing to an end his 26-year career.
  
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• County cricket: Essex crowned champions after draw at Somerset – as it happened

  26-09-2019 18:49
  Essex kept their nerve to hold out for a draw against Somerset after a first-innings collapse to win a second County Championship in three seasons 5.49pm BST Well, it’s not easy to sum up this season in a few words. It’s been a blast, from T20 to World Cups to Ashes to a championship that went to the wire, between its two best teams who even amid ridiculous autumn weather managed to rustle us up a finish today with some twists and turns, particularly turns on a textbook Ciderabad pit
  
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• Essex win County Championship: Draw at Somerset confirms 2019 title

  26-09-2019 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Essex are crowned county champions, while Somerset miss out again, as their title decider ends in a dramatic draw at Taunton.
  
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• County Championship: Middlesex and Derbyshire draw weather-hit final day

  26-09-2019 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Ethan Bamber takes a maiden five-wicket haul and Leus du Plooy scores a century as Middlesex and Derbyshire draw at Lord's.
  
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• County Championship: Hassan Azad makes unbeaten 83 as Leicestershire and Lancashire draw

  26-09-2019 17:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Leicestershire opener Hassan Azad compiles his eighth half-century of the season as the Foxes draw with Lancashire.
  
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• County Championship: Watch Gloucestershire and Northants players celebrate promotion to Division One

  26-09-2019 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Gloucestershire and Northants players celebrate promotion to Division One of the County Championship after Glamorgan's draw with Durham sees both sides go up.
  
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• County Championship: Surrey and Nottinghamshire draw

  26-09-2019 14:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Surrey and Nottinghamshire draw their final Division One match of the season as no play is possible on the final day.
  
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• County Championship: Warwickshire and Yorkshire end season with rain-hit draw

  26-09-2019 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Warwickshire and Yorkshire finish their Division One campaigns with a rain-hit draw at Edgbaston.
  
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• County Championship: Sussex and Worcestershire draw after abandonment

  26-09-2019 13:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Sussex and Worcestershire draw after the final day of their Division Two game is abandoned without a ball being bowled.
  
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• County Championship: Gloucestershire & Northants promoted to Division One as Glamorgan draw

  26-09-2019 13:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Gloucestershire and Northants are promoted to Division One after both their game and Glamorgan's match at Durham are abandoned.
  
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• County cricket: Somerset v Essex title decider, day four – live!

  26-09-2019 13:05
  Over-by-over updates from Taunton as title goes to the wireWhen championship went down to final over of the seasonDrop Tanya an email | Tweet @tjaldred 12.05pm BST And the players come off. 12.04pm BST 13th over: Essex 25-0 (Browne 16, Cook 5) And as Jack Leach takes the ball from the pavilion end, the floodlights come on. Alastair Cook goes back on his stumps and oooooh! a huge appeal for lbw to one that spun sharply, but the umpire is not impressed. And I’m afraid the anoraks are coming
  
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• Ben Stokes: England all-rounder one of four nominated for Players' Player of the Year

  26-09-2019 12:51 via bbc.co.uk
  England all-rounder Ben Stokes is one of four players nominated for the Players' Player of the Year by the Professional Cricketers' Association.
  
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• County Championship: Kent v Hampshire abandoned because of rain

  26-09-2019 12:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Kent and Hampshire draw their final match of the County Championship season as play is abandoned on the last day.
  
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