County cricket live blogCounty Championship Yorkshire v Somerset, Sussex v Notts, and more: county cricket, day one – live 🏏 All the latest updates from around the grounds 🏏 Email Tanya with any thoughts or comment BTL LIVE Updated 18m ago Tanya Aldred Tue 15 Sep 2026 09.24 BSTFirst published on Tue 15 Sep 2026 09.21 BST Share Key events 19m ago Preamble 19m ago Fixtures 19m ago Division One table - two games to go 19m ago Division Two table - two games to go 19m ago Points system 19m ago No news on Leicestershire's pitch Headingley awaits as Somerset arrive in Yorkshire hoping to stretch their advantage at the top of Division One.
For those who like to add up as they go along: There are 16 points for a County Championship victory, a draw or tie brings eight points for each side.
Any points scored in the first innings are added to this.
First-innings points are awarded only in the first 110 overs and retained whatever the result of the match.
Batting Points 250 to 299 runs - 1 point 300 to 349 runs - 2 points 350 to 399 runs - 3 points 400 to 449 runs - 4 points 450 runs or over - 5 points Bowling Points 3 to 5 wickets taken - 1 point 6 to 8 wickets taken - 2 points 9 to 10 wickets taken - 3 points If a match is abandoned without a ball being bowled, each side scores eight points.
If the match is abandoned due to an unfit pitch, the home team don’t get any points and lose any bonus points.
The visiting team receive eight points plus any bonus points already achieved.
Also a reminder: Sussex were deducted 12 points because of their financial situation.
Kent deducted five points for slow over-rate.
Gloucestershire & Worcestershire deducted two points for slow over-rate.
1 Durham 230 CHAMPIONS AND PROMOTED 2 Northants 175 3 Kent 173 4 Middlesex 135 5 Derbyshire 135 6 Worcestershire 133 7 Lancashire 100 8 Gloucestershire 82 1 Somerset 189 2 Notts 185 3 Warwicks 184 4 Sussex 154 5 Yorkshire 142 6 Surrey 137 7 Glamorgan 127 8 Essex 124 9 Leicestershire 116 10 Hampshire 92 Division One Chelmsford: Essex v Warwickshire Grace Road: Leicestershire v Hampshire The Oval: Surrey v Glamorgan Hove: Sussex v Nottinghamshire Headingley: Yorkshire v Somerset Division Two Chester-le-Street: Durham v Worcestershire Bristol: Gloucestershire v Middlesex Canterbury: Kent v Lancashire Wantage Road: Northamptonshire v Derbyshire Good morning, and welcome to the penultimate match of the season.
I can’t believe I just typed that, but evidence is there, dewy grass, shelled conkers, the tired sun dropping by 7pm.
And we’ve got a drop-kick thriller on our hands – just five points between the top three – Notts going for two in a row, Warwickshire hoping to cause a rumpus and Somerset dreaming, still dreaming, of that first holy pennant.
In Division Two, Durham have been crowned, but just two points separates chasers Northants and Kent, while Hampshire’s relegation can be confirmed this week.
We’ll be keeping an eye on events at Headingley, Chelmsford, Hove, Canterbury, Wantage Road, Grace Road and all round the grounds.
Come on in, the water’s lovely.
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