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Surrey beat Yorkshire to clinch County Championship Division One title in style

As Rory Burns swatted a part-time lollipop from Yorkshire’s Jonny Tattersall to the rope, the Surrey captain was, briefly, the only person inside the Micky Stewart Oval who didn’t realise he had just secured a 21st County Championship title for the club.

“Maths is not my strong point,” Burns joked afterwards, the captain otherwise basking in the afterglow of a crushing 10-wicket victory that, with heel-nippers Hampshire having already lost to Kent, meant the trophy was again Surrey’s with a round to spare.

This was probably the only miscalculation all summer from Burns, who, after being dropped in the aftermath of England’s Ashes misery last winter, dusted himself down commendably and masterminded a second title for his boyhood club in the space of five years. Gareth Batty, the head coach, described his captain’s return as “gold”.

Much like their last triumph in 2018, Surrey have flexed their collective muscle, a band of 22 players delivering an impressive eight wins that could yet become nine at Old Trafford next week. The trophy will be presented to Burns after that match – the Sky cameras are expected to be present – and, despite Hampshire’s fine summer, few can quibble about its return to the Oval’s well-filled cabinet.

Burns and Ryan Patel, whose immediate bear hug out in the middle had set his opening partner straight, were clearly in a rush to start the celebrations. Set a mere 55 runs to win after Yorkshire were bowled out for 208 in their second innings, following on, the pair positively vaporised the target in the space of six overs.

News of Hampshire’s demise had already come through the public address system during the innings break and once Burns had raided 16 runs from the opening over, not even the most

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