Surrey has become the first team to win three straight English County Championship cricket titles since the 1960s when closest challenger Somerset fell to defeat.

Surrey achieved a hat-trick of County Championship titles when Somerset, their nearest rivals, disintegrated at Old Trafford and lost to Lancashire. It is the first time the feat has been achieved since Yorkshire pulled it off between 1966 and 1968.

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Kevin Howells gets reaction from across the country as Surrey win their third Division One County Championship in a row.

Lancashire 140 (Jennings 56, Overton 4-32, Gregory 4-50) and 398 (Wells 130, Bohannon 60, Leach 3-57) beat Somerset 146 (Bailey 4-36, Balderson 4-50) and 224 (Vaughan 68, Wells 4-36) by 168 runs Surrey's third successive Vitality County Championship title was confirmed when Lancashire took just 32 minutes and 7.

Surrey’s title was then confirmed on Friday after nearest rivals Somerset fell to a 168-run defeat to Lancashire at Old Trafford. Victory means Surrey have now become the first

Surrey have won a third straight County Championship title after Somerset's defeat by Lancashire. Somerset had to win at Old Trafford to keep their hopes of a first ever county title alive heading into the last round of games,