Nottinghamshire beat Warwickshire by an innings and 123 runs Nottinghamshire 600 (Hales 189, Mullaney 112, Read 61) - Warwickshire 260 (Barker 71, Ball 3-35, Hutton 3-73) and 217 (Porterfield 61, Patel 4-23)
Lancashire drew with Glamorgan at Old Trafford Lancashire 462 (Brown 132, Davies 95, Croft 67, Faulkner 63, Meschede 4-101) - Glamorgan 213 (Salter 45, Kerrigan 4-60) and 159 for 3 (Rudolph 63)
Northamptonshire drew with Leicestershire at Wantage Road Northamptonshire 325 (Wakely 123, McKay 5-54) and 162 (Levi 54*, White 5-51) - Leicestershire 372 (Cosgrove 110, N O'Brien 95, McKay 51*, Kleinveldt 5-68) and 30 for 1
Sussex drew with Yorkshire at Hove Sussex 493 for 7 (Yardy 124, Brown 106*, Joyce 100) - Yorkshire 494 (Balance 165)
Royal London Cup - Quarter Final 1 Nottinghamshire beat Durham by 49 runs (DLS method) in a rain-affected quarter final at Trent Bridge Nottinghamshire 170 for 4 (Hales 62, Collingwood 3-26) - Durham 144 (Patel 4-11, Mullaney 3-32) by 49 runs (DLS method)
Worcestershire have signed West Indies pace bowler Shannon Gabriel for their final two County Championship matches of the season as they battle against relegation from Division One. Gabriel, 27, will stand in as their overseas player as spinner Saeed Ajmal is to return home to Pakistan after next week's home game with Sussex.
Glamorgan's head groundsman Keith Exton has been suspended as part of the club's investigation into an "unfit" pitch at Cardiff's Swalec Stadium. A One-Day Cup match with Hampshire was abandoned on 2 August after two batsmen were struck by rising deliveries. Glamorgan were fined £9,000 - of which £5,000 is suspended - and docked points by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
Royal London Cup - Quarter Final 2 Gloucestershire beat Hampshire by four wickets at Bristol Gloucestershire 218 for 6 (Klinger 87, Jones 39*, Arafat 3-56) - Hampshire 217 for 7 (Adams 97, Smith 50)
Royal London Cup - Quarter Final 3 Yorkshire beat Essex by 20 runs at Chelmsford Yorkshire 252 for 9 (Leaning 72, Plunkett 49*, Topley 4-56) - Essex 232 (Westley 54, ten Doeschate 52, Plunkett 3-58)
Royal London Cup - Quarter Final 4 Surrey beat Kent by 17 runs (D/L method) at the Oval Surrey 273 (Roy 112, Burns 42, Coles 3-48, Tredwell 3-47 ) - Kent 233 (Coles 100, T Curran 3-22)
Royal London Cup - Semi Final Draw Sunday 6th September 2015 Yorkshire v Gloucestershire Headingley, Leeds Monday 7th September 2015 Surrey v Nottinghamshie The Kia Oval, London
Lancashire seamer Kyle Jarvis will miss the rest of the 2015 season with a broken hand. The 26-year-old suffered the injury during fielding practice before T20 Blast Finals Day at Edgbaston
The 25 first-class umpires, increasingly concerned for their own safety in an era of ever-powerful batsmen, modern bats and the kind of explosive hitting on view at Twenty20 finals day, are examining forms of protection including to the head, the heart and the back of the neck, that could be introduced in one day and championship matches next season.
Hampshire will sign left-arm seamer Reece Topley on a two-year contract from Essex at the end of this season
Gloucestershire limited-overs captain Michael Klinger has returned to the club to take part in their One-Day Cup semi-final at Yorkshire on Sunday
Yorkshire took a step towards retaining their county title by sealing an innings and 126 run win over Somerset on the third morning at Headingley. Yorkshire 391 (Ballance 91, Bairstow 91) - Somerset 110 (Brooks 5-35) and 155
Surrey beat Derbyshire by an innings and 98 runs at the Oval Surrey 560 (Ansari 106, Burns 92, Burke 79, Wilson 72, Durston 6-113) - Derbyshire 313 (Hughes 96, T Curran 5-71, Ansari 4-61) and 149 (Madsen 76, Durston 57, Batty 6-51) A Gareth Batty hat trick seals promotion for Surrey
Kent drew with Lancashire at Canterbury Kent 570 for 8 dec (Northeast 139, Key 113, Stevens 92) - Lancashire 259 (Croft 85, Brown 53) and 258 for 4 (Croft 72*, Davies 58*) Lancashire promoted to Div 1
Sussex beat Worcestershire by an innings and 63 runs at New Road Sussex 510 for 5 dec (Wright 226*, Brown 103, Nash 90) - Worcestershire 210 (Gidman 60*, Jordan 5-68) and 237 (Clarke 104*)
Middlesex 207 (Dexter 53, Patel 5-59) and 173 for 6 (Dexter 43) drew with Warwickshire 254 (Ambrose 89, Murtagh 4-55 at Edgbaston Leicestershire 415 (Ali 80, Robson 61, Raine 51, Norwell 4-97) and 155 for 9 dec (Redfern 74) drew with Gloucestershire 269 for 8 dec (Dent 73, Handscomb 53) and 212 for 5 (Tavare 52, Dent 52) at New Road Essex 360 (Foster 98, Pettini 68, Nijjar 53, Azharullah 4-74) and 216 for 5 dec (ten Doeschate 43*) drew with Northamptonshire 275 (Kleinveldt 52) and 92 for 4 at Chelmsford
