Nottinghamshire survived an early wobble to claim a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Lancashire within three days at Trent Bridge and open up a sizeable lead at the top of the table.
Captain William Porterfield led from the front with 69 to give Ireland their first victory in this season's Friends Provident Trophy and continue Warwickshire’s miserable start to the campaign.
A magnificent spell of new-ball bowling by Yasir Arafat spearheaded Kent to an all-too simple 106-run Friends Provident Trophy victory over Essex at Chelmsford.
LV County Champions Sussex suffered the ignominy of following-on at Taunton and face a huge task to save the Division One match at 36 for one, still 318 behind Somerset.
Durham won in LV County Championship Division One for the first time this season when they bundled out a haphazard Yorkshire for 122.
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