After such a damp squib of a start who would’ve expected fireworks in the late Lord’s summer sun?

Joshua Peck looks back at a season in which the drama built to that incredible climax of Middlesex’s title clincher

May blossoms: Yorkshire’s Joe Root salutes the crowd after reaching his double century against Surrey in May

The finale of the 2016 season will still be talked about in ten, 20 and even 50 years time with all cricket fans knowing exactly where they were when Toby Roland-Jones took that hat-trick.
The thrilling final day which saw Yorkshire, Somerset and eventual title winners Middlesex all in with a chance of winning the title was simply the end of a brillian...

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