The final round of county cricket starts tomorrow. Not quite the excitement of last year when Middlesex, Yorkshire and Somerset all had the chance to win the championship on the last day, Essex have lapped the field. Pleasing to see a county who have had good player development for some years finally getting getting to the top and funny how much influence a good coach / director of cricket/ grand pajandrum can have. What remains to be setlled is the final relagation spot. The county table looks like This . The fixtures include Somerset currently in the hot seat of 7th place versus 5th placed Middlesex who can still go down. Hampshire in 6th place and Yorkshire in 4th also face the prospect of relegation. If Somerset beat Middlesex and both sides get a full complement of bonus points both Somerset and Middlesex would end the season on 151 points. If that happened Hampshire would need 12 points to stay up and Yorkshire 6. Ham...