Surrey successfully defended their County Championship title, securing it for the third consecutive season. The decisive moment came after Somerset lost to Lancashire. Surrey's victory over Durham ensured their triumph,

Resuming on 204 for six, Somerset were dismissed for 224 to end their hopes of winning a maiden County Championship title.

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Rory Burns’ side take an unassailable lead into final round after Lancashire’s 168-run victory at Old Trafford

Surrey has become the first team to win three straight English County Championship cricket titles since the 1960s when closest challenger Somerset fell to defeat.

Surrey achieved a hat-trick of County Championship titles when Somerset, their nearest rivals, disintegrated at Old Trafford and lost to Lancashire. It is the first such hat-trick that any county has achieved since Yorkshire between 1966 and 1968.

Lancashire 140 (Jennings 56, Overton 4-32, Gregory 4-50) and 398 (Wells 130, Bohannon 60, Leach 3-57) beat Somerset 146 (Bailey 4-36, Balderson 4-50) and 224 (Vaughan 68, Wells 4-36) by 168 runs Surrey's third successive Vitality County Championship title was confirmed when Lancashire took just 32 minutes and 7.

Surrey’s title was then confirmed on Friday after nearest rivals Somerset fell to a 168-run defeat to Lancashire at Old Trafford. Victory means Surrey have now become the first