Kent stun Worcestershire as Middlesex beat Surrey

Lancashire 335 and 24 for 0 beat Sussex 195 and 163 (Cork 5-58) by 10 wickets
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Day 1 - Lancashire crash Sussex party Hugh Chevallier's exclusive match report
Day 2 - Law rules, but Sussex stay in touch Hugh Chevallier's exclusive match report Day 3 - Seamers take centre stage to sink Sussex Hugh Chevallier's exclusive match report

Middlesex 325 and 300 for 4 (Hutton 88, Saqlain 4-107) beat Surrey 418 and 203 (Mahmood 70, Ramprakash 68, Hayward 4-41) by six wickets at Lord's
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Day 1 - New season, new role for Newman The Guardian
Day 2 - Hollioake's swansong gets off to a flier The Guardian
Day 3 - Azhar sustains the balance The Guardian
Day 4 - Shah the perfect stand-in The Observer

Kent 289 (Fulton 107) and 429 for 5 (Walker 151*, Carberry 112) beat Worcestershire 401 and 316 for 2 dec (Moore 108*, Hick 89, Smith 78*) by five wickets at Canterbury
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Day 1 - Peters prospers as Kent falter The Guardian
Day 2 - Sharp-eyed Fulton is not for shifting The Daily Telegraph
Day 3 - Worcestershire take command The Times
Day 4 - Walker and Carberry stun Worcestershire Wisden Cricinfo

Nottinghamshire 523 (Warren 120, Hussey 76) beat Durham 350 and 93 (Shreck 6-46) by an innings and 80 runs at Chester-le-Street
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Day 1 - Shreck halts Durham recovery The Times
Day 2 - Plunkett's plunder The Daily Telegraph
Day 3 - Warren dampens Hamilton's big day The Times
Day 4 - A debacle at Durham The Sunday Sun (Newcastle)

Leicestershire 264 (Hodge 105, Kasprowicz 5-54) and 353 (Hodge 158) drew with Glamorgan 455 for 7 dec and 129 for 9 (Henderson 5-28) at Grace Road
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Day 1 - Glamorgan make the best of advantage The Daily Telegraph
Day 2 - Maynard puts Leicestershire to the sword The Times
Day 3 - Kasprowicz's killer blows The Daily Telegraph
Day 4 - Hodge hits heights The Sunday Telegraph

Somerset 388 and 176 for 6 dec drew with Derbyshire 275 for 8 dec (Adnan 107*, Laraman 5-58) and 112 for 1 (Rogers 58*) at Taunton
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Day 1 - No play due to rain
Day 2 - Bowler increases the torment for Derbyshire The Times
Day 3 - Adnan hits heights for Derbyshire The Telegraph
Day 4 - Somerset seeking self-belief The Sunday Telegraph

Yorkshire 408 (Harvey 95, Lumb 76) and 129 for 3 (Taylor 43*) drew with Essex 262 and 273 (habib 62) at Headingley
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Day 1 - Jefferson halts Yorkshire attack The Independent
Day 2 - White relishes his latest purple patch The Guardian
Day 3 - Harvey gives 95 reasons for cheer The Guardian
Day 4 - Yorkshire nearly pay for gall The Sunday Telegraph

Warwickshire 361 for 6 dec and 161 for 2 dec beat Cambridge UCCE 131 and 144 trail by 247 runs at Fenner's
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Day 1 - Wagh puts case for England The Times
Day 2 - Tahir shows promise on debut The Times
Day 3 - Troughton grasps rare opportunity The Times

Gloucestershire 228 for 6 dec drew with Loughborough UCCE 202 at Bristol
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Northamptonshire 244 for 6 dec drew with Durham UCCE 229 for 8 dec and 29 for 1 at Northampton
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Day 2 - Students grateful to Bishop for strong recovery The Times
Day 3 - Swann enlivens stale draw The Times