SurreysecuredtheirDivisionOnestatuswithasix-wicketvictoryoverSomersetatTheOval,leavingthevisitorsinseriousrelegationtrouble.Somersetmovedfrom113-4to306alloutint
EssexhavewontheCountyChampionshipforthefirsttimesince1992afterclosestchallengersLancashirelosttoSomersetbysevenwicketsatTaunton.Onlyanunlikelyvictorywouldhavebe