Win seals title for Middlesex

Middlesex clinched the LV= County Championship Second Division title with a five-wicket win over rock-bottom Leicestershire at Grace Road.

But they made heavy weather of chasing down a victory target of 124, slumping to 90 for five after losing five wickets for 33 runs in an 11-over spell.

But wicketkeeper John Simpson and all-rounder Gareth Berg finally saw them home with a flurry of boundaries.

Simpson hit six fours in his unbeaten 27 and Berg crashed two sixes and a four in a quickfire 19.

It gave Middlesex their eighth win of the season and they will be back in Division One for the first time since being relegated in 2006.

Middlesex had started the final day looking for a quick victory with Leicestershire on 222 for seven, leading by just 37 runs.

But it took them 22.2 overs to claim the last three wickets, with Leicestershire adding another 84 runs.

Glamorgan finished their campaign on a high with an eight-wicket victory over Kent at Canterbury.

Kent had looked set for a heavy defeat at the start of play, when they resumed their second innings on 148 for five, still needing another 38 runs to make Glamorgan bat again.

They staged a recovery of sorts to reach 312 all out, but Alviro Petersen cracked an unbeaten 70 from just 54 balls as Glamorgan raced to their 127-run victory target, reaching 129 for two.