Surrey win hat-trick of County Championships

Alec Stewart, in his final season as director of cricket at the Oval, has replicated Yorkshire’s achievement from 1966-68

Surrey have won the County Championship for a third successive year.
They edged closer to taking the Division One title on Thursday after claiming a 10-wicket win over Durham, earning their eighth victory of the season.
Surrey’s coronation was then confirmed on Friday after nearest rivals Somerset fell to a 168-run defeat by Lancashire at Old Trafford.
Victory means Surrey have now become the first county to win three straight championships since Yorkshire between 1966-1968.
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They have one match remaining in this year’s campaign, an away trip to Essex, which begins next Thursday.
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