Surrey became the first team to win three straight English County Championship cricket titles since the 1960s when closest challenger Somerset fell to defeat on Friday. Somerset's 168-run loss at Lancashire saw Surrey win the title with a round to spare and become champion for the 23rd time — 10 fewer than first-place Yorkshire in the all-time list.

Surrey have won a third straight County Championship title after Somerset lost at Lancashire. Somerset had to win at Old Trafford to keep their hopes of a first ever county title alive heading into the last round of games,

Surrey achieved a hat-trick of County Championship titles when Somerset, their nearest rivals, disintegrated at Old Trafford and lost to Lancashire. It is the first such hat-trick that any county has achieved since Yorkshire between 1966 and 1968.

Surrey’s title was then confirmed on Friday after nearest rivals Somerset fell to a 168-run defeat to Lancashire at Old Trafford. Victory means Surrey have now become the first