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Paul Grayson, the Essex head coach, said English umpires should have called Saeed Ajmal for chucking this season

Gloucestershire finished their County Championship season on a high and denied Kent the chance of a potential fourth-placed Division Two

Kent face an uphill battle to prevent their sixth defeat of the four-day campaign after Gloucestershire dictated terms on day three in Canterbury

Hampshire won Division Two with an emphatic 291-run win. They return to Division One after three years away, with each of those years starting with them dubbed favourites

A final curtain of gloom descended on Leicestershire's miserable season when they crumbled to 112 all out to lose by 408 runs against Derbyshire.

As on the first morning, Essex's bowlers tore through Worcestershire, finishing the job they had started two days ago

On an edgy first day, Hampshire players were closely monitoring the situation at Chelmsford. On the second, they had the feeling of champions

Derbyshire's young seamer Ben Cotton took the bowling honours away from Mark Footitt at Derby as Leicestershire's batting folded again to leave them facing the prospect of another defeat.

Gloucestershire opener Will Tavare hit an unbeaten century to bat his side into a strong position at the mid-point of their final game in Canterbury

Essex may not be able to celebrate promotion at the end of this match but Chelmsford basked in another Jesse Ryder masterclass

Leicestershire's hopes of ending a two-year wait for a Championship victory were frustrated by a maiden first-class century from Derbyshire opener Ben Slater on a controversial day that saw India Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara given out for handling the b

James Vince and Sean Ervine were the heroes of this particular piece. With centuries to their name, Vince's fourth and Ervine's second of the season, they put on 225 and saved their side from 53 for 5

Mitchell Claydon bagged his third five-wicket haul of the season as Kent dismissed Gloucestershire for 179 on the opening day at Canterbury. Responding after tea, Kent fared badly in reaching 83 for 4

While the "Chelmsfort" of T20 fame can be a lairy cauldron of noise and attitude, the Championship crowd tends to be a more pleasant bunch

Neil Davidson, the former Leicestershire chairman, could be on the brink of an unlikely return to cricket administration at the club where his tenure ended in revolt.

Hampshire are safely over the penultimate fence but dragged their hind legs through it

Sean Ervine has been a cornerstone of Hampshire's success for the past decade and he played a special innings on the third day against Kent

India Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara hammered 90 not out and Billy Godleman weighed in with an unbeaten hundred as Derbyshire swept to a comfortable eight-wicket Championship Division Two victory against Surrey

Essex crushed Leicestershire by an innings and 79 runs inside two days in the Championship Division Two clash at Grace Road

Jason Roy hit an aggressive 81 from 86 balls to lead a dramatic Surrey counterattack on the second day of their Championship Division Two match against Derbyshire