County Championship latest: Updates from this week's eight games

Updates from eight County Championship games as Kevin Pietersen's innings at the Kia Oval ends unbeaten on 355.

DIVISION TWO

SURREY v LEICESTERSHIRE

Tea - Kevin Pietersen had been left stranded on 355 when Matt Dunn was caught off the bowling of Ben Raine for five. Pietersen was just two runs short of a county record innings which had lasted 116 years. He hit 36 fours and 15 sixes. Raine finished with 4-124.

Leicestershire lost Lewis Hill for a second-innings duck before lunch but Ned Eckersley reached three figures (118) before becoming Zafar Ansari's second victim after Angus Robson had weighed in with a half century of his own (55). By tea the Foxes were 214-3, still trailing their hosts by 51 runs with four sessions remaining.

DERBYSHIRE v NORTHANTS

Tea - Derbyshire extended their lead to 300 with Chesney Hughes reaching his century (104) in an opening-stand of 205 before Ben Slater fell agonisingly six runs short of his ton. Hashim Amla was next out (20) but the hosts were sitting pretty on 281-3 after 99 overs.

KENT v GLAMORGAN 

Tea - Kent now in front by 304 in Canterbury with only one wicket going down in the morning session. Night-watchman James Tredwell reached his half-century (53) before becoming one of Michael Hogan's three victims. Joe Denly (66) and Brendan Nash (45) chipped in with decent knocks as the home side reached 228-5 off 65 overs.

LANCASHIRE v GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Tea  - Paul Horton had made it to 168 before finally falling to Liam Norwell as Lancashire were bowled out for 364 - 24 short of Gloucestershire's first-innings total - before lunch. Norwell finished with four wickets and Craig Miles three. 

The visitors lost opener Christopher Dent and Gareth Roderick cheaply to Peter Siddle in reply and when Will Tavare went for 34 their lead was up to 100 at 76-3.

DIVISION ONE

WARWICKSHIRE v WORCESTERSHIRE

Result - Warwickshire stretched their winning run against Worcestershire by wrapping up a 181-run victory before tea on the final day. Set a victory target of 437 at Edgbaston, the visitors were bowled out for 255 to suffer their sixth successive defeat to their old rivals in four-day cricket.

The Bears' first win of the season got them up and running after two draws and senyt them into next week's intriguing home clash with Durham with some momentum behind them.

DURHAM v NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Result - Durham coasted to a six-wicket win against Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street, where the pitch flattened after yielding 18 wickets the previous day. Led by a career-best 66 from nightwatchman Mark Wood, they reached 261-4 to record their third win in four games and go the top of the table, although they knew they would be overtaken by the winners of the Sussex versus Middlesex match.

After three draws this was a cruel defeat for Nottinghamshire, for whom nothing went right as three slip chances were missed and numerous lbw appeals, particularly against Wood, were turned down. Keaton Jennings also made a valuable 61 for Durham.

SUSSEX v MIDDLESEX

Tea - After being set 287 runs for victory in Hove, Sussex were reduced to 147-6, Neil Dexter claiming four wickets for the visitors and opener Mike Yardy making a defiant half century (52). Earlier, Middlesex had been bowled out in their second innings for 209, Steve Magoffin and Ollie Robinson claiming four wickets apiece

YORKSHIRE v HAMPSHIRE

Tea - Yorkshire lead by 214 runs at Headingley after bowling Hampshire out for 227 in the morning and moving on from 71-2 at lunch to 219-4 in their second innings.

Adil Rashid and Jack Brooks took a wicket apiece, making it four each, early in the morning session before Adam Lyth fell to Fidel Edwards for 23. Cheteshwar Pujara had moved from 19 to be still unbeaten after passing three figures but Jonny Bairstow was out for 59.