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County Championship: Surrey beat Worcestershire to win Division One title

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Surrey celebrate winning the County Championship title - sealed by their nine successive victory

Specsavers County Championship Division One, Blackfinch New Road (day four):

Worcestershire 336 & 203: Fell 89; Morkel 5-24, Virdi 3-73

Surrey 268 & 274-7: Burns 66, Stoneman 59, Pope 49; Pennington 3-41

Surrey (21 pts) beat Worcestershire (6 pts) by three wickets

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Surrey won the County Championship for the first time since 2002 by beating Worcestershire by three wickets.

Led by 66 from captain Rory Burns, the top run-scorer in domestic first-class cricket, Surrey chased 272 to seal the title with two games still to play.

The England hopeful shared 111 with Mark Stoneman (59) for the first wicket to put them in command at New Road.

Worcestershire, bottom of the table, fought back with three morning wickets, but Ollie Pope's 49 helped Surrey home.

Morne Morkel hit the winning runs, after Pope was bowled by Dillon Pennington with 32 still required, to end their 16-year wait for a Championship crown.

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