County cricket: Surrey close on title, Lancashire staring down relegation

Morne Morkel spell tightens leaders’ grip at Worcestershire, Lancashire running out of wickets in the Roses Match 8.28pm BST As the shadows from the Graeme Hick pavilion stretched their fingers towards the crumbled butter-brown edges of the New Road pitch, Surrey made an impeccable start to the run-chase that would, if successful, win them the game and the Championship. Mark Stoneman and Rory Burns batted with abandon, hitting 12 fours between them, and quickly reduced their target to 202