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The true cost of relegation from Division One revealed

29.09.25, 15:03 Updated 29.09.25, 15:03

Rich Edwards

Rich Edwards

The County Championship is hardly English football's Premier League - where finishing last can still bring in about £100m - but everything is relative.

The impact of Durham's mid-afternoon collapse against Yorkshire continues to reverberate around the Utilita Bowl.

And there is a heavy price to be paid at Chester-le-Street after the county dropped into Division Two.

Nottinghamshire won £540,000 for winning their first title since 2010, with Peter Moores' side sealing the County Championship in their match against Warwickshire on Thursday.

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Rich Edwards

Rich Edwards is the founder and editor of The Hawk. Rich is a freelance cricket writer and lifelong Hampshire man. He has been published in a host of national publications, including The Times, The Cricketer and The Independent.

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