LONDON, CMC – West Indies veteran quick bowler Kemar Roach etched his title in historical past when his Surrey aspect gained their third straight County Championship right here on Friday.
The defending champions captured the title in addition they gained in 2022 and 2023 once they beat Durham by ten wickets on Thursday, and Somerset misplaced to Lancashire by 168 runs on Friday.
Fellow Barbadian Chemar Holder, representing Durham, took two wickets for 56 runs in Surrey’s first innings.
Somerset needed to win at Outdated Trafford to maintain their hopes of a first-ever county title alive heading into the final spherical of video games.
Whereas the 36-year-old Roach didn’t characteristic within the win over Durham, he performed an integral function in Surrey’s success early within the season, taking 18 wickets of their opening six matches of the marketing campaign, together with 6-46 within the second innings of Surrey’s nine-wicket victory over Warwickshire in Might.
He returned for the ultimate 4 matches of the 2024 season. Roach was a part of all three successful groups and took 25 wickets in Surrey’s title protection final yr.
The end result meant Surrey grew to become champions for the twenty third time general and the primary group since Yorkshire 56 years in the past to win three titles in succession.
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