Essex 282 (Westley 135, Walter 76; Bailey 6-59) and 292 for 8 dec (Lawrence 135, Bracewell 61*; Bailey 3-71) beat Lancashire 145 (S Cook 4-42, Walter 3-20) and 383 (Jones
Derbyshire 407 (Guest 105, du Plooy 52, Karvelas 4-64, Shipley 4-124) and 361 for 8 (du Plooy 128, Ali 73) drew with Sussex 402 (Hudson-Prentice 63*, Scrimshaw 5-49) and 384
Northamptonshire 219 (Zaib 49, Higgins 2-33) and 380 (Whiteman 114, Gay 89) drew with Middlesex 277 (Higgins 64*, Stoneman 51, Keogh 3-52) and 322 for 6 (Robson 126*, Simpson 75)
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Glamorgan 403 for 9 dec (Neser 176*, Swepson 69) drew with Leicestershire 451 for 6 (Patel 179, Hill 78) Rishi Patel ^(https://lotus365.today/goto/https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/rishi-patel-857653) struck a career-best 179 to continue an increasingly
Gareth Batty ^(https://lotus365.today/goto/https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/gareth-batty-9042), Surrey’s coach, has compared the County Championship’s two-week trial of the Kookaburra ball to telling teams to play with ten men or changing the shape of a
Somerset 500 (Rew 221, Aldridge 88, Bess 54, Abbott 4-56, Dawson 4-118) drew with Hampshire 330 (Organ 97, Abbott 89, Bashir 3-88) and 215 for 7 (Dawson 68*, Gubbins 50*,
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Worcestershire 242 (Coad 5-33) and 142 for 2 (Libby 61*) drew with Yorkshire 407 (Bean 135, Lyth 79, Hill 53, Finch 5-100 Yorkshire’s victory push was thwarted by the weather