Surrey have become the first team in more than 50 years to win three successive County Championships, after Somerset’s hopes of taking the title race to the final week of the season collapsed at Old Trafford.
The defending champions wrapped up a comprehensive 10-wicket victory over Durham at The Oval inside three days this week, with Dan Worrall and Sam Curran taking four wickets apiece in the visitors’ second innings, after Ryan Patel’s century had put the home side in control.