Hardus Viljoen took the first eight wickets to give Derbyshire a rare victory and leave Sussex's outside hopes of promotion in tatters

Lancashire loanee Simon Kerrigan struck a career-best 62 and Rob Newton pronounced himself king of the half-centuries as Northants achieved a hard-won victory in Cardiff

Northants will be confident of victory in Cardiff but they must achieve it without their England batsman Ben Duckett who has already fallen

Harry Podmore's previous highest score was 21 but his unbeaten 66 left Sussex needing a miracle to keep their promotion chances alive

Essex's gaze now turns to Taunton where Lancashire must beat Somerset to take the Division One title race into the penultimate week

Northants are well on top in Cardiff and, if results fall their way, they might just be heading for a pivotal clash with leaders Nottinghamshire next week

Varun Chopra made 98 against his former county as Essex gradually made their superiority tell and the result of that might be that they are one day from the title

South African Hardus Viljoen returned the best figures by a Derbyshire bowler for two years to put his side in a good position against Sussex at Hove

Yorkshire were powerless to stem Surrey's batting assault as Division One's three heaviest run-makers again took their toll

Indian spinner Ravi Ashwin returned 0 for 99 as century-maker Neil Dexter led unexpected resistance from bottom club Leicestershire

Sussex fought back after Derbyshire's openers had put on a century stand to restrict their visitors to 338 for 9

Craig Meschede and Andrew Salter led a Glamorgan fightback after Richard Gleeson had threatened to make short shrift of their first innings

Graham Onions broke the Durham record for first-class wicket but he could not dislodge Sam Billings who had missed most of the match with a migraine

With three matches remaining, Essex move closer to the title after Manchester weather turned on its own

Rory Burns continued his eye-catching record against Hampshire by scoring 63 as Surrey battled from a first innings deficit to lead by 45 at the Ageas Bowl

Mark Cosgrove put up lone resistance as Leicestershire's slump shows no signs of abating

Three wickets for young pace bowler Lukas Carey gave Glamorgan some satisfaction as their encounter with Derbyshire headed for a rain-wrecked draw

Billings' stand-ins behind the stumps are dropping chances, but rain at Chester-le-Street has left the match heading for a stalemate

A rain-ruined affair at Headingley is likely to mean that Yorkshire and Middlesex will enter the final three games of the season still fearing the drop

Jack Leaning and Andrew Hodd have made limited impact in Andrew Gale's first season as coach but they stirred themselves as Yorkshire cast uncomfortable glances towards the foot of the table