09:49
Last round of fixtures
Division One
Aigburth: Lancashire v Hampshire
Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Somerset
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire
Division Two
Chelmsford: Essex v Northants
Bristol: Gloucestershire v Durham
The Oval: Surrey v Glamorgan
Division Three
Canterbury: Kent v Middlesex
Hove: Sussex v Derbyshire
New Road: Worcestershire v Leicestershire
09:42
Hampshire are in front of our noses doing various stretching exercises with rubber bands as music blasts out from a speaker. We think it is UK garage…
09:25
Preamble
So, here we are. The last round of Championship matches of the year and as my train zips towards Aigburth, autumn chases. The sky is scribble grey and the leaves on the silver birch trees growing up the embankment are starting to rust. We’ll start at 10.30am round the country, the sun sets at 7.13 this evening in Liverpool.
There are four horses in this Championship race: Hampshire, Warwickshire, Lancashire and Nottinghamshire – in that order. Your money?
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