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Bright future for Lancashire - Chapple

Sep 16, 2011: Glen Chapple, a limping Lancashire captain, sees a bright future for the county after they ended a 77-year wait for the County Championship title

Hampshire v Warwickshire, Rose Bowl, 4th day

Carberry and McKenzie deny Warwickshire

Sep 15, 2011: Centuries from Michael Carberry and Neil McKenzie secured a draw for Hampshire at the Rose Bowl - and denied Warwickshire a first County Championship crown since 2004

Somerset v Lancashire, Taunton, 4th day

Lancashire win Championship after 77-year wait

Sep 15, 2011: On another dramatic final day of a County Championship season Lancashire secured their first outright title since 1934

Durham v Worcestershire, Chester-le-Street, 4th day

Durham finish with thumping win

Sep 15, 2011: Durham completed their eighth win of the season by beating Worcestershire by 151 runs 15 minutes after lunch at Chester-le-Street

Nottinghamshire v Sussex, Trent Bridge, 4th day

Sussex wrap up comfortable victory

Sep 15, 2011: Sussex needed little more than an hour to wrap up victory in the County Championship over Nottinghamshire by an innings and five runs

Nottinghamshire v Sussex, Trent Bridge, 3rd day

Sussex on course for victory

Sep 14, 2011: A Nottinghamshire collapse left the hosts staring at defeat as Sussex took firm control of their County Championship meeting at Trent Bridge

Hampshire v Warwickshire, Rose Bowl, 3rd day

Warwickshire close in on title

Sep 14, 2011: Leaders Warwickshire closed in on their first County Championship title since 2004 on a day when an unbeaten century from Liam Dawson was not enough to prevent Hampshire being relegated

Somerset v Lancashire, Taunton, 3rd day

Lancashire's fate out of their hands

Sep 14, 2011: The last time Lancashire won the County Championship outright, Adolf Hitler had just organised the Night of the Long Knives, Roosevelt had just launched the 'New Deal'

Nottinghamshire v Sussex, Trent Bridge, 2nd day

Nottinghamshire top order set strong reply

Sep 13, 2011: Opener Karl Turner posted his maiden County Championship half-century as Nottinghamshire made a steady start in reply to Sussex's imposing first innings total at Trent Bridge

Durham v Worcestershire, Chester-le-Street, 2nd day

Solanki ton can't get Worcestershire to safety

Sep 13, 2011: A innings of 124 by Vikram Solanki helped guide Worcestershire to within a whisker of County Championship Division One safety before they collapsed from 255 for 3 to 288 all out

Somerset v Lancashire, Taunton, 2nd day

Determined Lancashire stay in title race

Sep 13, 2011: If anyone believed the Championship race was over after the first day of the final round of matches, their views must surely have been dispelled by day two

Hampshire v Warwickshire, Rose Bowl, 2nd day

Warwickshire pile up runs and now need wickets

Sep 13, 2011: Hampshire and Warwickshire's relegation and promotion hopes still remain in the balance after an arduous second day's play in their County Championship Division One clash at the Rose Bowl

Somerset v Lancashire, Taunton, 1st day

Limping Chapple sums up Lancashire's day

Sep 12, 2011: Hamstring injuries are not known to be fatal to the individual that suffers them

Nottinghamshire v Sussex, Trent Bridge, 1st day

Goodwin ton guides Sussex

Sep 12, 2011: Sussex veteran Murray Goodwin hit his fourth County Championship hundred of the summer as the visitors reached 312 for 6 on day one against Nottinghamshire

Hampshire v Warwickshire, Rose Bowl, 1st day

Chopra and Chanderpaul plot title course

Sep 12, 2011: Varun Chopra and Shivnarine Chanderpaul shared a third-wicket stand of 188 as Warwickshire assumed control of the County Championship Division One title race

Durham v Worcestershire, Chester-le-Street, 1st day

Worcestershire confirm Yorkshire's relegation

Sep 12, 2011: While Durham's County Championship title hopes drifted away on the remnants of Hurricane Katia, Worcestershire made virtually certain of Division One safety on the first day at Chester-le-Street

County Championship 2011

Championship set for absorbing finish

Sep 11, 2011: Edgbaston, Old Trafford or Chester-le-Street. Where will the Championship pennant be flying next season?

Lancashire v Hampshire, Liverpool, 4th day

Kerrigan is international-class - Moores

Sep 11, 2011: Peter Moores, the Lancashire coach, believes left-arm spinner Simon Kerrigan is already an international-class bowler

Worcestershire v Sussex, New Road, 4th day

Sussex win relegation battle

Sep 10, 2011: Sussex ensured their survival in Division One of next year's County Championship with a resounding 251-run win over Worcestershire

Yorkshire v Somerset, Headingley, 4th day

Sidebottom's best delays the inevitable

Sep 10, 2011: Yorkshire's final day of the season was also their most successful as a glittering career-best performance from Ryan Sidebottom paved the way for an emphatic six-wicket victory over Somerset at Headingley