Cricket: County Championship Division One Round 13

All four sides still in the hunt for the title won in this round ahead of some key fixtures in Division One.

Nottinghamshire are top on 176 points, winning six, drawing three, and losing three, have a game in hand on second and third.

Their latest win, a two-day victory over bottom-of-the-table Warwickshire by an innings and 55 runs at Nottingham.

The home side made 328 in David Hussey's last match for the county, Adam Voges will replace him.

Extras were the highest scorer (22) in Warwickshire's dismal reply of 121 as Andre Adams took 4-15.

Following on, the only resistance came in Varun Chopra's 54 as they were skittled for 154, Ryan Sidebottom taking 5-35.

Somerset have 172 points, winning five, drawing six, and losing two after a 219-run victory away to Essex.

James Hildreth dragged Somerset to 215 first time around as David Masters took 5-43.

Essex managed only 151, as Charl Willoughby (4-67) and Alfonso Thomas (4-44) took four wickets each. 

After a duck in the first innings, Marcus Trescothick smashed 228 not out, supported by Hildreth (59) and Murali Kartik (52 not out) as the away side declared on 367-8.

Chasing 432, Essex fell well short on 212 as Zander de Bruyn took 4-23.

Yorkshire have 170 points, winning five, drawing seven, and losing one after a four-wicket win at Chester-le-Street.

Michael Di Venuto carried his bat for 117 in the first innings total of 213, while Ajmal Shahzad took 5-51.

Yorkshire recovered from 143-8 to post 255 thanks to Anthony McGrath's 124 not out.

Durham scored 340 thanks to Mark Stoneman (78) and Dale Benkenstein (74) to set the White Rose county a challenging 299 for victory.

Yorkshire held their nerve, Jacques Rudolph top scoring with 100 and captain Andrew Gale's 70 not out seeing them home with four wickets remaining. 

Fourth-placed Lancashire have 145 points, winning four, drawing seven, and losing one after keeping their slim titles hopes alive with a 121-run victory at Kent.

Steven Croft (65) and Sajid Mahmood (60) helped Lancashire recover from losing four wickets for one run (55-0 to 56-4) by posting 266 first time around.

Kent fell one run short of a batting bonus point on 249, despite Joe Denly's 69, as Glen Chapple (4-45) and Gary Keedy (4-49) took four wickets each.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, out for a golden duck in the first innings, made 120 as Lancashire posted 321 in their second innings.

Chasing 339, Kent slumped to 118-7 and despite a mini-recovery, were all out for 217, as Keedy took 4-53 in the Red Rose county's victory.

Champions for the last two years Durham's hopes are all but over on 131 points, winning four, drawing five, and losing three after their defeat by Yorkshire.

Kent have 123 points, winning two, drawing six, and losing five after their defeat to Lancashire.

Hampshire sit one place above the relegation zone on 120 points, winning two, drawing six, and losing four.

Essex are in danger of going straight back down to Division Two after promotion last year having played a game more than all the other counties.

They have 115 points, winning two, drawing seven, and losing five after their defeat to Somerset.

Warwickshire are bottom on 104 points, winning three, drawing one, and losing nine after their hammering by title-chasing Nottinghamshire.

The next round of fixtures sees Yorkshire face Hampshire August 23-26.

Nottinghamshire host Lancashire and Somerset face Durham August 24-27.

Warwickshire play Essex in a relegation encounter on August 25-28.