Title confirmed by Somerset’s Friday loss to LancashireFirst side since Yorkshire in 1966-8 to win three in a row
Surrey have won the County Championship title for a third straight year, the first side to do so since Yorkshire between 1966 and 1968.
Their 10-wicket win over Durham, completed on Thursday at the Oval, left Somerset needing to defeat Lancashire at Old Trafford to extend the title race to the final round of fixtures. earning their eighth victory of the season.
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