Share<\/a>Preamble Hello, good morning and welcome to the final day of the County Championship<\/a> and hence the Guardian\u2019s county cricket live blog usually so brilliantly helmed by the wonderful Tanya Aldred.<\/p>\n Tanya is enjoying a well earned day off after a long season, well of sorts, she\u2019s at her daughter Rosy\u2019s graduation so congratulations to Rosy and to ma and pa and the whole Aldred clan. Maybe they\u2019ll sneak a surreptitious glance this way in and amongst the mortar board hurling, inspiring speeches and a glass of something fizzy?<\/p>\n I\u2019m sure Rosy is a chip off the old block and won\u2019t really be able to properly think about the future out in the big bad world not to mention the thorny issue of career prospects without knowing whether it was Yorkshire<\/a> or Hampshire who avoided the final day drop\u2026 speaking of which \u2013 here is Tanya\u2019s round up from yesterday to bring you all up to speed:<\/p>\n Notts revel in title triumph after beating Warwickshire<\/p>\n Nottinghamshire\u2019s season ended with a day to spare, Championship title already secured, 10-wicket victory over Warwickshire in the bag. During the 3.4 overs in the afternoon gloom that they needed to knock off the winning 18 runs, there was time for Ben Slater to become the ninth man in Division One to reach a thousand runs, and for Haseeb Hameed to hit the winning boundary, a one-kneed good-night caress, that zipped across the grass and over the rope.<\/p>\n Minutes later, the club had set up a trestle table in front of the Hound Stand, and members gathered for the presentation. Families mingled everywhere, including Hameed\u2019s proud parents, two sisters, brother-in-law and baby niece, on her first trip to Trent Bridge.<\/p>\n The ECB\u2019s Neil Snowball handed over the medals, Hameed removing his ever-present white floppy hat and taking the trophy to lift with his team. Soon the coaching staff joined the party, head coach Peter Moores wearing a tan jacket over his green hoodie. On closer inspection, the tan jacket had been embroidered in green thread with the initials MOM. \u201cWhen our first overseas Fergus O\u2019Neill came over, he went and found the jacket in a charity shop, got it dry cleaned, got it sent off and embroidered and presented it at the end of the first match for the moment of the match,\u201d said Moores. The jacket\u2019s recipient was then responsible for awarding it in the next match.<\/p>\n Moores was expecting Josh Tongue, hero of the Oval, to hand the jacket back to Hameed today. But he didn\u2019t, Tongue gave it to Moores. \u201cIt was lovely,\u201d said Moores. \u201cI\u2019m not one for big emotion in the dressing room but I was properly made up.\u201d<\/p>\n Tongue, wrapped in cotton wool by England for this game, was back in his whites and wearing his Nottinghamshire cap for the ceremony, towering over his teammates, 31 wickets at 22.03 under his belt. \u201cWords can\u2019t really describe how I\u2019m feeling at the minute,\u201d he said. I\u2019ve always wanted to win a Division One Championship and to win it my first proper year here after missing last season is incredible.<\/p>\n![\"James](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758965651_381_James_Wallace.png\")
James Wallace<\/p>\n