Jefferson and Flower grind down Notts

In the third round of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy, there were big wins for Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Essex, while Gloucestershire, Middlesex and Lancashire were made to work harder for their victories. Andy Bichel took 4 for 17 as Worcestershire skittled Somerset for 95 as they romped home by eight wickets, Mark Wagh and Nick Knight put on an unbroken hundred stand as Kent went down by nine wickets, and Will Jefferson and Andy Flower put on 248 as Notts were thrashed by 184 runs at Trent Bridge. Elsewhere, Craig Spearman helped Gloucestershire to a low-scoring win against Hampshire, Jamie Dalrymple and Ed Joyce secured victory for Middlesex against Glamorgan at Lord's, and 62 from Mark Chilton helped set Lancashire up for a 12-run win at Hove.

Gloucestershire 157 for 7 (Spearman 50, Warne 4-23) beat Hampshire 154 (Mascarenhas 52, Lewis 4-39) by three wickets at Bristol
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Match report - Warne denied The Guardian

Middlesex 260 for 4 (Dalrymple 107, Joyce 100*) beat Glamorgan 256 for 8 (Elliot 85) by six wickets at Lord's
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Match report - Dalrymple and Joyce to the rescue The Telegraph

Essex 309 for 4 (Jefferson 126, Flower 106) beat Nottinghamshire 125 (Brant 4-54, Read 45) at Trent Bridge
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Match report - Jefferson profits from Hussain loss The Telegraph

Lancashire 242 for 7 (Chilton 62) beat Sussex 230 for 9 (Martin-Jenkins 61*) by 12 runs at Hove
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Match report - Chilton chips the gloss off Sussex The Independent

Warwickshire 215 for 1 (Wagh 102*, Knight 74*) beat Kent 211 (Fulton 78) by nine wickets at Edgbaston
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Match report - Wagh wrecks Kent The Times

Worcestershire 100 for 2 beat Somerset 95 (Bichel 4-17) by eight wickets at New Road
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Match report - Somerset in ruins as Bichel strikes The Telegraph