{"id":135733,"date":"2025-09-11T17:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/135733\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T17:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:34:10","slug":"county-championship-day-four-as-it-happened-notts-hold-nerve-for-win-leics-promoted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/135733\/","title":{"rendered":"County Championship day four as it happened: Notts hold nerve for win, Leics promoted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Signing offpublished at 17:14 BST<\/p>\n<p>17:14 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-16yshci-Paragraph e14e9ror4\">#bbccricket<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Leicestershire celebrate promotion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9088a8cd-cd44-4379-a7f4-9d3255c30d8b.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"2387\" height=\"1343\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Rex Features<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">What an incredible round of County Championship cricket this has been.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The weather might have played havoc with the chances of positive results at most grounds, but we have had drama, intrigue and wonderful individual performances galore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As the dust settles Leicestershire are celebrating promotion to Division One after 22 years away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Their draw at Gloucestershire proved enough and the second tier also witnessed a stunning maiden double century from Glam batter Asa Tribe, while young Lancashire paceman Mitch Stanley followed up his maiden five-for in the last round of matches with one in each innings in a draw at Kent, ending with match figures of 11-180.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Leicestershire coach Alfonso Thomas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/95bc8fe1-7a94-4d55-bcb3-c6124166c971.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"2412\" height=\"1357\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, RexImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Leicestershire coach Alfonso Thomas has outfoxed the opposition this season<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There was just one positive result in Division One, but it was a biggie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Notts held their nerve, just, to win by three wickets in a nerve-jangling chase at New Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That result means the Pears need snookers to avoid relegation next week while Notts head to leaders Surrey next Monday trailing the triple-champions by a single point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Durham&#8217;s battling draw at Essex has kept them firmly in the fight for survival with Hampshire&#8217;s eight-point deduction drawing them closer to trouble and Yorkshire within striking distance too after their rain-hit match at Somerset.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Thanks for your company this week, the interest levels have been huge, and we&#8217;ve enjoyed every minute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We&#8217;ll be back here on Saturday afternoon and evening for T20 Blast Finals Day, of course, and we&#8217;ll have every over of next week&#8217;s Championship action too from Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We&#8217;ll see you then!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Signing offpublished at 17:14 BST 17:14 BST #bbccricket Image source, Rex Features What an incredible round of 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