Somerset beat Essex in a two-day wicket-fest at Taunton, while Joe Root is closing in on a quick-fire century for Yorkshire against Glamorgan.
Twenty wickets fell on day one of the Vitality County Championship match at Taunton with Essex rolling Somerset for 128 after they had been bundled out for 156.
Champions Surrey needed only 30.2 overs to wrap up victory by an innings and 11 runs against Hampshire in their Vitality County Championship clash at the Kia Oval.
Ben Duckett scored an unbeaten 197 to hold Nottinghamshire's batting together on day one against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
Surrey secured their first win season after beating Kent by an innings and 37 runs at Canterbury, as rain denied Nottinghamshire a possible 400-run stand at Somerset.
Essex claimed their second win of the County Championship season with an innings and 124-run win over Lancashire.
Joe Root, Harry Brook and Zak Crawley were all out cheaply as the County Championship returned for round three with the Dukes ball instead of the Kookaburra.
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