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Gloucestershire miss out on promotion despite 3-wicket win

Gloucestershire missed out on promotion from the second division of the County Championship, despite an exciting three-wicket victory over Nottinghamshire at Bristol

16-Sep-2000•Mark Easterbrook

Surrey crown title triumph with touch of farce

Surrey crowned their title triumph with a touch of farce at Old Trafford today

16-Sep-2000•Colin Evans

Worcestershire avoid follow-on when play finally resumes at New Road

Worcestershire pursued the faintest chance of reviving their promotion bid by declaring 136 behind after avoiding the follow-on against Northamptonshire at New Road this morning

16-Sep-2000•Mike Beddow

Yorkshire win off last ball at Southampton. Hampshire docked 8 points by ECB.

From the very last scheduled ball of the very last Championship match at The County Ground, Yorkshire retained their 115-year record of never having lost at the ground

16-Sep-2000•Victor Isaacs

McGrath's eight wicket haul gives Worcestershire outside chance

Glenn McGrath produced his best performance in county cricket to give Worcestershire an outside chance of staying in the promotion race by beating Northamptonshire at New Road

16-Sep-2000•Mike Beddow

Worcester name McGrath as player of year after eight wicket haul

Glenn McGrath was installed as Worcestershire's Player of the Year after a defiant but ultimately unsuccessful bid to snatch promotion with victory over Northamptonshire at New Road

16-Sep-2000•Mike Beddow

Last day of Old Trafford game takes bizarre twist

Surrey's Mark Butcher and Lancashire's Mike Smethurst each recorded unusual career bests as the last day of the Old Trafford Championship match took some bizarre twists today

16-Sep-2000•Andy Wilson

Essex set 201 to beat Warwickshire

Drizzle delayed the resumption until 1.30 and with play underway in the other three promotion matches, both captains, Ronnie Irani and Neil Smith agreed to declarations to set up the possibility of a positive conclusion

16-Sep-2000•Paul Hiscock

Rain prevents play at Old Trafford

There was no play possible on the third day of the PPP Healthcare Championship match between Lancashire and Surrey because of rain

15-Sep-2000•Andy Wilson

Saturated outfield delays pitch inspectors

Heavy overnight rain, coupled with morning thunderstorms left the County Ground at Southampton saturated

15-Sep-2000•Vic Isaacs

Worcestershire's hopes further dashed by weather

Black clouds scudding over New Road put another dampener on Worcestershire's slender hopes of escaping to victory over Second Division champions Northamptonshire

15-Sep-2000•Mike Beddow

Warwickshire narrow gap on third placed Essex

Warwickshire declared immediately on reaching 400 which gained them their first batting point as they narrowed the gap on third placed Essex to just two points

14-Sep-2000•Paul Hiscock

Yorkshire take upper hand at Southampton

Yorkshire with four second innings wickets left lead Hampshire by 173 in a game delicately poised at the County Ground, Southampton

14-Sep-2000•Vic Isaacs

Worcestershire hopes fade following heavy rain

Heavy rain poured more misery on Worcestershire, who were clinging to a faint hope that they might still snatch promotion after a dismal first day against Northamptonshire at New Road

14-Sep-2000•Mike Beddow

Gloucestershire and Notts frustrated by rain

Gloucestershire and Nottinghamshire were frustrated by the rain on the second day of their promotion tussle at Bristol

14-Sep-2000•Mark Easterbrook

Bicknell and Butcher lead Surrey fightback

Gary Butcher and Martin Bicknell led a Surrey fightback as the sun twice stopped play in a farcical evening session at Old Trafford

14-Sep-2000•Andy Wilson

Essex begin reply to Warwickshire's 400-8 declared

The home side were given an immediate boost this morning when Mark Ilott bowled Dougie Brown with the first ball of the day

14-Sep-2000•Paul Hiscock

Robinson and Irani see Essex to respectability

Essex ended a fascinating day's play still needing 43 runs to avoid the follow-on with five wickets intact

14-Sep-2000•Paul Hiscock

Farewell to Northlands Road

"Back once more on the ground where the backways and the little odd rooms - conjured out of accidental bulges in the old pavilions - are familiar as home

14-Sep-2000•Compiled by Dave Allen

Kent bat without difficulty on opening morning at Grace Road

Kent, after winning the toss and electing to bat moved comfortably on to 100-2 at the lunch time interval scoring at 2.9 per over

13-Sep-2000•Steve Wright

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