SURREY sealed their 20th outright County Championship title when they beat Yorkshire by 10 wickets inside three days at The Oval.

After bowling out the Tykes for 208, skipper Rory Burns hit 30 in 16 balls as the hosts made the 55 needed to win.

Surrey’s first title since 2018 was made possible by rivals Hampshire losing by 77 runs at home to Kent.

Dan Worrall had earlier finished with 4-61 to help dismiss Yorkshire, who had resumed on 89-2.

Surrey’s triumph, their first trophy under head coach Gareth Batty, was completed with a game to spare as they won for the eighth time this summer in 13 unbeaten red-ball matches.

Yorkshire’s chances of turning the match around suffered an almost immediate blow when Cameron Steel, surprisingly given the first over of the day from the Vauxhall End, bowled Tom Kohler-Cadmore for 11 with a googly.

Adam Lyth resisted for almost an hour before both he and Will Fraine fell in the space of two balls.

Jordan Clark jagged one back off the seam to bowl Fraine before Roach swung one away to remove former England Test opener Lyth for 46, caught at third slip.

Yorkshire skipper Jonny Tattersall then touched a leg-side lifter from Jamie Overton to keeper Ben Foakes before Worrall angled one that kept a little low into Jordan Thompson’s pads.

England spinner Dom Bess fought hard with 43 from 71 balls, but could only fend off a steeply rising ball from Roach to Foakes.

Worrall then bowled both Ben Mike and former Tykes skipper Steve Patterson to finish off the innings.

With Tattersall taking off his wicket-keeping pads to bowl some leg-breaks and improve Yorkshire’s over rate, it then took captain Burns and opening partner Ryan Patel only 36 balls to knock off the runs required – and start the celebrations. (BBC Sport)