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Left-arm spinner Paul Grayson returned career-best figures of five for 20 against his former county as bottom club Essex pulled off a remarkable victory over CricInfo Championship winners Yorkshire on the final day of the season at Scarborough today

Yorkshire paved the way for an exciting climax to the season by making a surprise declaration against Essex at Scarborough when trailing by 146 runs on the first innings

New CricInfo County Champions Yorkshire received the Lord's Taverners Trophy from CricInfo managing director Peter Griffiths during the lunch interval on the first day of their last match of the season against Essex at Scarborough today

The presentation of the Lord's Taverners Trophy to Yorkshire as winners of the CricInfo Championship will take place on Wednesday 12th September during the luncheon interval of the Yorkshire v Essex CricInfo Championship fixture at Scarborough (match

Darren Gough led the way with three for 15 as Yorkshire Phoenix skittled Gloucestershire Gladiators for 91 at Scarborough to win by 70 runs and leave themselves with a great chance of avoiding relegation to Division Two of the Norwich Union League

With a comfortable innings and 46-run defeat of Yorkshire at The AMP Oval, Surrey have made their position safe from relegation in the CricInfo Championship barring any extraordinary turn of events in the last round of matches next week

Surrey have not found it easy in their effort for quick wickets in Yorkshire's second innings with Michael Vaughan and Anthony McGrath battling it out with an unbroken century-stand for the third wicket at the AMP Oval

Having been given the perfect platform to build a monumental innings, Surrey squandered the opportunity with a performance which totally lacked application

It was a day of slow progress by Yorkshire batsmen as they reached 179 for five from 85 overs at stumps at the AMP Oval

Yorkshire may have secured the trophy, but there is still plenty to play for in a fresh round of CricInfo Championship games

Yorkshire Phoenix now hover perilously around the relegation zone of the First Division Norwich Union League following a seven-wicket loss to The Surrey Lions under the Duckworth/Lewis method

Kent Spitfires cut Leicestershire's lead at the top of the Norwich Union League first division to just two points after surviving yet another last ball finish to land a eight-run win against Yorkshire in Canterbury

The England team management today announced the availability of England contracted players to their counties for the rest of the domestic cricket season

Yorkshire crashed from the high standards of four wins in five Norwich Union League games when Warwickshire wrapped up a seven-wicket victory with 18.1 overs to spare at Edgbaston

Darren Lehmann celebrated Yorkshire winning the CricInfo Championship by tearing up the record books with a a sensational knock of 191 in Yorkshire Phoenix's match against Nottinghamshire Outlaws in Division One of the Norwich Union League at

Yorkshire beat Glamorgan by an innings and 112 runs at Scarborough today to clinch the CricInfo Championship amidst incredible scenes from the thousands of fans who had been let in free to watch the final stages of the match

Chris Hassell, the Yorkshire Chief Executive, was not at Scarborough to see his team clinch the CricInfo Championship

Young cricketers from around the region will have the chance to parade their talents at Darren Gough's benefit match - and meet some of their heroes at the same time

Yorkshire, seeking their ninth CricInfo Championship win of the season, and the one which will almost certainly clinch them the crown - stacked up 580 for nine before declaring at Scarborough

Craig White and Matthew Wood both thrashed centuries as Yorkshire enjoyed a run bonanza against Glamorgan at the Scarborough Cricket Festival today