Somerset are disappointed after missing out on winning the County Championship title, but remain proud of their efforts.

The team fell short after a loss to Lancashire at Old Trafford, which saw Surrey crowned champions.

Despite the defeat, Somerset's head coach, Jason Kerr, expressed pride in the team's progress this season.

He said: "If you don’t believe you can win a game, there’s no point turning up.

"We thought there was a chance today but obviously it hasn’t turned out that way.

"I take a huge amount from this season.

"Every county wants to be in a position in which you are competing to win trophies and there’s also been young players emerging.

"There’ll be a huge number of positives but it’s probably slightly early to be in a position where we can reflect on it all.

"I think we’ve progressed massively since last year.

"We finished seventh last year and this year we’ve been more disjointed with our overseas signings and the continuity of the side’s been different as well but I think we’ve grown massively."

Lancashire's skipper, Keaton Jennings, praised his team's performance in their final match of the season.

He said: "It’s been a really good game of cricket.

"A good surface, two teams competing over the course of four days.

"It’s been good fun.

"I’m really chuffed the lads have put in what I think is our best team performance over the course of this campaign.

"It’s really pleasing.

"It’s down to guys putting their hands up.

"It’s awesome what the guys have produced over the last three days.

"I thought both sides were under par first innings, it wasn’t a 140 surface.

"I also didn’t think it was a 400 surface either which we got.

"All in all, both sides competed and made errors to let each other back into the game."

Somerset will be looking to build on this season's progress as they aim to claim the title next year.