Smith and Harris stun Derbyshire

Championship leaders Warwickshire's match at Bristol ended in a tame draw, with Mark Wagh and Jonathan Trott's half-centuries taking Warwickshire to 308 for 8 after Gloucestershire had amassed 592 for 8 declared thanks to Craig Spearman's 237. Mushtaq Ahmed took his match wicket-tally to 13, taking 7 for 73 in Worcestershire's second innings to set up a seven-wicket win for Sussex at Hove.

In Division Two, Yorkshire clung on for a draw after Leicestershire's declaration had them chasing 310 to win in less than a day. Two wickets each to Ottis Gibson, Claude Henderson and Phil DeFreitas had Yorkshire in some trouble, but Ismail Dawood (42 not out) and John Blain denied Leicestershire the win. Derbyshire crashed to an astonishing defeat at home to Nottinghamshire, bowled out for just 96 by Greg Smith (5 for 35) and Andrew Harris (4 for 22) after centuries to Darren Bicknell and Kevin Pietersen, and an unbeaten 90 from Chris Read, helped Nottinghamshire to 552 for 9 declared.

Sussex 432 and 111 for 3 (Montgomerie 37, Cottey 45) beat Worcestershire 202 and 340 (Mushtaq Ahmed 7-73) by 7 wickets at Hove
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Day 1 report: Prior steers Sussex towards safety - The Times
Day 2 report: Mushtaq finds magic - The Daily Telegraph
Day 3 report: Mushtaq master of his art - The Sunday Times
Day 4 report: Mushtaq mops up as Sussex move out of bottom three - The Times

Warwickshire 350 and 308 for 8 (Wagh 73, Trott 79) drew with Gloucestershire 592 for 8 dec (Spearman 237) by 131 runs at Bristol
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Day 1 report: Troughton finds form - The Guardian
Day 2 report: Spearman the history man - The Guardian
Day 3 report: Hardinges and Sillene keep Warwickshire in check - The Independent on Sunday
Day 4 report: Gritty Brown rescues the leaders - The Guardian

Kent 226 and 234 for 8 (Walker 57, Dennington 50*) drew with Surrey 402 (Newman 111) at Canterbury
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Day 1 report: Azhar betters Bicknell - The Guardian
Day 2 report: Kent keep plugging away despite rancour - The Times
Day 3 report: Brown reined in - The Daily Telegraph
Day 4 report: Ormond fuels Surrey revival - The Sunday Times

Northamptonshire 295 and 155 for 7 (Sales 73*) drew with Middlesex 345 and 216 for 6 dec at Northampton
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Day 1 report: Stylish Hutton puts on a show for Miller - The Guardian
Day 2 report: Cook loses out on third appeal - The Guardian
Day 3 report: Afzaal takes the wind out of Middlesex's sails - The Guardian
Day 4 report: Declaration bears no fruit - The Sunday Telegraph

Nottinghamshire 552 (Bicknell 175, Pietersen 153) beat Derbyshire 400 for 7 dec and 96 (Smith 5-35, Harris 4-22) by an innings and 56 runs at Derby
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Day 1 report: Adnan ties up Notts - The Daily Telegraph
Day 2 report: New deal put to Pietersen - The Daily Telegraph
Day 3 report: Derbyshire lose advantage - The Sunday Telegraph
Day 4 report: Derbyshire collapse to low - The Times

Yorkshire 239 and 147 for 8 (Dawood 42*) drew with Leicestershire 382 and 166 for 6 dec (Hodge 60) at Grace Road
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Day 1 report: Shirt swap does the trick - The Daily Telegraph
Day 2 report: Rain again frustrates Yorkshire - The Daily Telegraph
Day 3 report: Yorkshire's wounded hobble on - The Sunday Telegraph
Day 4 report: Yorkshire let off by Hodge - The Times

Essex 274 for 4 (Jefferson 134, Flower 72) drew with Durham 268 (Lewis 127, Kaneria 4-70) at Colchester
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Day 1 report: Lewis made to graft for his runs - The Daily Telegraph
Day 2: no play due to rain
Day 3 report: Jefferson shows no mercy - The Times
Day 4: no play due to waterlogged pitch

Hampshire 301 and 99 for 2 dec beat Somerset 50 for 1 dec and 340 (Francis 110, Warne 6-127) by 10 runs at Taunton
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Day 1 report: Katich shows quality - The Daily Telegraph
Day 2 report: Somerset in slow motion - The Daily Telegraph
Day 3 report: Warne contrives to burst through the doldrums - The Times
Day 4 report: Hampshire squeeze a win - The Sunday Telegraph