Monty Panesar

[Mick Norris]

BBC says "minimum 28 overs". Cricinfo tweets say "80 mins + 16 overs, making 32 overs"

Of far, far greater interest is the suggestion that Somerset have a huge incentive to b*gger up Lancs because of Lancs capitulation to Notts last year

I gather Brian Close lost the England captaincy for Somerset bowling too slowly against Warks?

Dont want to be Picky but wasnt he playing for Yorkshire at the time - he only moved to somerset later in his career

Serves me right for half listening to TMS while I was working, I assumed they were making a point about Somerset

[Mick Norris]

Hants 110 ahead with 5 wickets left

Lancs have reached 100 without loss

Beginning to look likely

[Mick Norris]

Here we go, both Lancs openers out

Horton completes the season with another half century and a top score of 99

Edit - going into the final hour, Lancs need 74 from 16 overs

[Alex Holowczak]

Hampshire v Warwickshire is all but drawn. Lancashire are coasting to victory...

[Paul Cooksey]

Hampshire v Warwickshire is all but drawn. Lancashire are coasting to victory...

Not sure coasting is the right word for a team scoring at 9 an over. Sprinting, maybe!

[Mick Norris]

Ervine out, but McKenzie still there on 111 same score as Carberry got earlier - not quite up to their effort against Yorks, but much more important

Bates out first ball, Metters on a hat trick

[Paul McKeown]

Why don't Hants. declare, forcing Warks. to decide whether to accept the draw or to attempt to berserk their way to a near impossible target, risking a loss?

[Alex Holowczak]

Why don't Hants. declare, forcing Warks. to decide whether to accept the draw or to attempt to berserk their way to a near impossible target, risking a loss?

Maybe they just want to go home ASAP?

Gemaal Hussain is doing his best to play himself out of the 40-over Final team. He's been iffy this season, was expensive in the first innings, got run out for 0 to set up this run chase, hasn't bowled so far in this innings, and just dropped a sitter.

Captains have shaken hands at the Rose Bowl; match drawn. Lancashire will win the Championship!

[David Robertson]

...because it's easier on the collective legs to have two guys batting, and nine guys with their feet up. I bet the bowlers get a say in it

[Paul McKeown]

Perhaps the Counties Ch. scoring system could do with a tweak, bonus points for winning with a declared low target or winning with a low number of overs. Might make for some interesting final session gambles.

[Mick Norris]

Lancs 16 runs from the title, 17 to win, 8 wickets in hand

[Paul McKeown]

That's a very cheesy grin, Mick!

[Paul McKeown]

Warks. finally given up. Draw.

[Mick Norris]

That's a very cheesy grin, Mick!

61 years since a shared title with Surrey, 77 years since an outright win, I didn't think it would happen this season with a smaller squad, fantastic effort from Chapple and the team

[Mick Norris]

5:10 pm Champions