Somerset beat Essex in a two-day wicket-fest at Taunton to claim their first win of the season after four straight draws.
Champions Surrey needed only 30.2 overs to wrap up victory by an innings and 11 runs against Hampshire in their Vitality County Championship clash at the Kia Oval.
Ben Duckett scored an unbeaten 197 to hold Nottinghamshire's batting together on day one against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
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.
An unbeaten 41 from 18-year-old Jaydn Denly alongside his uncle Joe helped guide Kent to a draw in their County Championship match at Essex.
Essex clinched a thumping 254-run win over Nottinghamshire in the County Championship, skittling their hosts for 80 at Trent Bridge.
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Essex's lingering hopes of winning the LV= Insurance County Championship Division One title were dealt a huge blow by Ben Sanderson's bowling for Northamptonshire.
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.
Surrey will go into the final week of the County Championship title race in pole position after Essex fell to defeat against Hampshire.
Durham clinched the County Championship Division Two title after bowling out Worcestershire shortly before the close of a rain-affected third day.
Durham have secured promotion back to Division One of the County Championship.