Monday 21 September 2026 12:36, UK Image: Warwickshire are top of the County Championship Division One Can Warwickshire close out title?Warwickshire are the clear favourites to claim the Division One title for the first time since 2021. They begin the final round 11 points clear at the top of the table and know that victory at home over Leicestershire will confirm them as champions. Tables from County Championship Divisions One and TwoLatest Sky Sports deals or stream with no contract on NOWWarwickshire could also win the title if they draw or lose, depending on the results of second-placed Somerset and third-placed Nottinghamshire. Team Played Won Lost Drawn Batting Bowling Points 1.
Warwickshire 13 6 1 6 21 38 203 2. Somerset 13 6 3 4 25 39 192 3. Nottinghamshire 13 5 2 6 24 36 188 Somerset, who trail Warwickshire by 11 points, must win their home fixture against Surrey and hope that Warwickshire either draw and claim three fewer bonus points than them, or lose. If Somerset won, Warwickshire drew and the sides were tied on points, Somerset would claim the title by having seven victories to Warwickshire’s six.
Nottinghamshire go into the final round with only an outside chance as they sit 15 points back from Warwickshire.They must beat Yorkshire at home but also need Warwickshire to lose and Somerset to draw or lose. County Championship points Win = 16 Draw = 8 Loss = 0 Batting Bonus Points (first innings only) 250–299 runs = 1 point 300–349 runs = 2 points 350–399 runs = 3 points 400–449 runs = 4 points 450+ runs = 5 points Bowling Bonus Points (first innings only) 3–5 wickets taken = 1 point 6–8 wickets taken = 2 points 9–10 wickets taken = 3 points It’s possible that Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire could finish tied on points with the same number of wins, losses and draws, which would see the title decided by which of the pair claimed more points in their two fixtures against each other this season.That would be Nottinghamshire, who outpointed Warwickshire 27-24 by achieving more bonus scoring as the sides drew both of their clashes.Leicestershire and Essex in battle for survivalWith Hampshire’s relegation from Division One already confirmed, Leicestershire and Essex are the other two sides at risk of going down.Ninth-placed Leicestershire are 19 points behind eighth-placed Essex, which makes the former a heavy favourite to be relegated.Leicestershire must achieve an upset victory over league leaders Warwickshire, and hope that Essex lose at Glamorgan. , which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable cookies or to allow those cookies just once.
You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options. cookies. To view this content you can use the button below to allow cookies for this session only. Kent and Northamptonshire in tight promotion duelDurham, helped by the presence of former England captain Ben Stokes, sealed promotion as Division Two champions with two games to spare.However, the battle for the second promotion place is a thrilling one with Kent leading Northamptonshire by just four points going into their final fixtures.Kent host bottom side Gloucestershire, while Northamptonshire are away to mid-table Middlesex at Lord’s. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Brydon Carse struck in his first over for Durham after being dropped from the England Test squad after being involved in an incident at a nightclub Given Kent have already sealed the tiebreaker between the sides because they have two more victories, Northamptonshire must outscore them by five points to be promoted.That would be difficult to achieve in the event both sides won, so Northamptonshire are likely to need to better Kent’s result to leapfrog them.Gloucestershire do have some additional motivation to upset Kent, with the away side needing a victory, or draw with bonus points, to have a chance of getting off the bottom of the table.
