Joe Root scored his second Vitality County Championship century in as many innings with a sublime 156 for Yorkshire against Glamorgan at Headingley.
Twenty wickets fell on day one of the Vitality County Championship match at Taunton with Essex rolling Somerset for 128 after they had been bundled out for 156.
Surrey secured their first win season after beating Kent by an innings and 37 runs at Canterbury, as rain denied Nottinghamshire a possible 400-run stand at Somerset.
Essex claimed their second win of the County Championship season with an innings and 124-run win over Lancashire.
Joe Root, Harry Brook and Zak Crawley were all out cheaply as the County Championship returned for round three with the Dukes ball instead of the Kookaburra.
Dane Paterson starred for Nottinghamshire with a five-for on the opening day of the 2024 County Championship season.
The English cricket summer officially gets under way on Friday with the start of the County Championship, but who and what should we be looking out for?
David Wiese talks to Sky Sports about why he chose to document his life on the road as a franchise T20 cricketer in a new podcast series
England seamer Ollie Robinson believes the Test team are "close to being the best in the world" ahead of the start of the cricketing summer.
England fast bowler Jofra Archer took wickets as he continued return from injury in India, one of which broke the stumps.
Keep up to speed with all the signings, departures and overseas players in county cricket for the 2024 season.
Check out the fixtures for the LV= County Championship in 2024, with the season running from April 5 to September 29.
Check out the fixtures for the Vitality Blast competition in 2024, which starts on Thursday May 30 and concludes on September 14.
Tom Lawes took five wickets as Surrey claimed three of the five points they need to be crowned county champions on the opening day against Hampshire.
Check out the fixtures for the One Day Cup in 2024, which begins on July 24 and concludes with the final on September 22 at Trent Bridge.
Cheteshwar Pujara will serve a one-match ban after his county Sussex are also docked 12 County Championship points for four breaches of discipline in the same season.
England fast bowler Jofra Archer has signed a contract extension with Sussex after recovering from a long-term elbow injury.
Jofra Archer, who could be included as a travelling reserve with the England World Cup squad, has signed a contract extension at Sussex.
Former England fast bowler Steven Finn has announced his retirement from cricket at the age of 34.
Middlesex produced the biggest successful run chase in Vitality Blast history to stun Surrey with an incredible seven-wicket victory at The Oval.