Highlights ... and lowlights ...

Lancashire 243 for 1 beat Northamptonshire 240 by nine wickets at Northampton Scorecard Lancashire took the title of Division Two winners with a nine-wicket win against Northants, and at the same time pipped them to the post

Hampshire Hawks suffered their fourth successive defeat in the ECB National League Division II, losing to the Derbyshire Scorpions by 9, when from a winning position they lost 7 wickets for 20 runs

Durham have announced they are to release six players at the end of this season

Derbyshire are almost certain to agree to Dominic Cork's request to be released from the remaining two years of his contract later today

Nottinghamshire have a fight on their hands to keep Kevin Pietersen at the club

Carl Hooper, Mal Loye, Iain Sutcliffe and John Wood were all awarded their county caps by Sir Dennis Landau, Lancashire's president, during a ceremony at Old Trafford

Surrey 198 for 9 beat Glamorgan 190 by eight runs at Cardiff Scorecard They may have blown the Championship, but Surrey were today crowned the National League champions after beating last year's winners Glamorgan by eight runs in a low-scoring

It was a tale of two centuries, an exciting game in glorious September sunshine, everything except a Hampshire vistory

Robin Smith has announced he will retire from first-class cricket at the end of the season