Essex seal unwanted Division Two title with two-day thrashing of Northamptonshire

Hampshire hold 160-run advantage over Lancashire after duo lift their side from 78 for 5

Spinner seizes vital batting point then prises out key wickets to put fate in team's hands

Title challenge rests on stalemate in rival contests after crucial missed batting point

Glamorgan rack up their third-highest first-class score on soporific Oval surface

Pakistan left-arm spinner returns match figures of 11 for 101 as Durham slip to heavy defeat

New signing hits second Middlesex hundred as Kent toil at Canterbury

Removed from captaincy in midsummer, Brown strums unbeaten 150 to lead recovery

Hosts lead by 156 despite milestone moment for Callum Parkinson

Wayne Madsen makes opening-day hundred as all-in youth policy leaves Sussex youngsters floundering