[sport] County Championship: Surrey hand Lancashire comprehensive defeat to move closer to third straight title

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Vitality County Championship leaders Surrey underlined their claims for a third successive Division One title as they beat Lancashire in comprehensive fashion. Rory Burns' team took less than two sessions on day four to dismiss their opponents for 177 and secure victory at The Oval by an innings and 63 runs.Conor McKerr polished off Lancashire's tail to finish with 4-27, while Dan Worrall and Jordan Clark each took three wickets as Surrey made it seven wins from 10 Championship games.Matthew Hurst, Lancashire's highly rated 20-year-old, tried hard to hold up Surrey by adding a fine 64 to a first-innings 46, but it was an uphill struggle after Worrall dismissed Lancashire captain Keaton Jennings for 13 and 16-year-old debutant Rocky Flintoff in successive balls. Jack Leach gave England's selectors a reminder of his ability as title hopefuls Somerset's match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston ended in a rain-affected draw.The left-arm spinner has been overlooked by England in favour of Somerset team-mate Shoaib Bashir since the opening Test against India in Hyderabad in January, but he took five wickets at the cost of only 18 runs in 49 balls, finishing with 5-77, to truncate Warwickshire's second innings at 270. Somerset faced a victory target of 369 from 68 overs, but they were not helped by rain and ended on 206-4 when the two sides shook hands.

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