Nottinghamshire fast bowler Andy Carter will join Glamorgan on a month's loan to cover for Australian Michael Hogan. Carter, 26, will be available for Championship matches against Leicestershire, Surrey and Derbyshire.
Just checked the scores to find Yorkshire had won already, having bowled out Worcs for 100 without the injured Sidebottom and then knocked off the 105 needed in 17 overs! Ominous for the rest given that Root, Ballance, Bairstow, Lyth and Rashid were all absent too.
Middlesex have signed Australia batsman Joe Burns as a replacement for Adam Voges who was named in Australia's Ashes squad.
Sussex have announced that Australia's George Bailey will be their overseas player for the second half of this season's NatWest T20 Blast campaign.
Yorkshire 307 (Lees 87, Bresnan 83, Andrew 5-85 Shantry 4-65) and 105 for (Lees 52*) beat Worcestershire 311 (Fell 114, Moeen 62, Andrew 59, Brooks 5-56) and 100 (Patterson 5-11, Brooks 4-28) by ten wickets at New Road
Durham 380 (Collingwood 109*, Borthwick 94, Richardson 59, Gregory 5-99) and 150 for 3 (Borthwick 51*) beat Somerset 299 (Myburgh 118, Hildreth 53, Collingwood 5-57, Onions 4-59) and 230 (Trego 79, Rehman 55*, Rushworth 6-92) by seven wickets at Taunton
Sussex 444 (Brown 144, Wright 96, Briggs 4-74) and 164 (Wright 61, Tomlinson 4-37) beat Hampshire 231 (Ervine 66*) and 285 (Carberry 79) by 92 runs at the Ageas Bowl
Middlesex 181 (Patel 3-30) and 300 for 7 (Compton 85, Voges 72) drew with Nottinghamshire 298 (Taylor 106, Harris 4-75) and 401 for 8 dec (Read 101*) at Lords
Northamptonshire 333 (Rossington 95, Willey 62, Miles 6-63) and 416 for 8 dec (Willey 104*, Keogh 81, Cobb 58) drew with Gloucestershire 296 (Jones 80, Roderick 56, Willey 4-72) and 267 for 2 (Dent 104*, Tavare 66, Roderick 52)
Glamorgan 513 for 9 dec (Rudolph 111, Bragg 120) and 227 for 7 (Cooke 81) drew with Leicestershire 435 (Eckersley 147, Robson 83, Carter 4-95) and 141 for 3 (Cosgrove 59*) at Grace Road
Derbyshire have signed South Africa Test captain Hashim Amla as cover for overseas player Martin Guptill. Amla, who has scored more than 6,500 runs in 82 Tests, will join from 10 May and is available for two Championship matches and three T20 Blast games.
Essex 164 (Napier 57, Stevens 4-47, Coles 4-48) and 193 for 5 (Foster 80*, Claydon 3-55) beat Kent 193 (Stevens 50, Ryder 5-43) and 163 (Northeast 57, Masters 4-45) by five wickets at Chelmsford
Aaron Finch is expected to be sidelined for 12 weeks after having surgery on his injured left hamstring in Melbourne on Tuesday. Finch suffered the injury while batting for Mumbai Indians in the IPL last Tuesday and his recovery time-frame will have consequences for his county cricket schedule: he was due to join Yorkshire at the end of May.
Sussex 345 (Machan 135, Wright 51) and 290 (Joyce 82, Machan 55, Senanayake 4-50) beat Worcestershire 389 (Oliver 101, Kervezee 93, Andrew 70) and 185 (Shahzad 5-46) by 61 runs at Hove
Lancashire 293 (Petersen 115) and 345 (Prince 97, Davies 89, Croft 70, Taylor 6-61) beat Derbyshire 274 (Durston 85, Godleman 76, Kerrigan 3-21) and 114 (Jarvis 5-13, Bailey 3-38) by 250 runs at Derby
Nottinghamshire 428 (Hales 236, Taylor 59) and 354 for 7 dec (Read 83* Patel 76) drew with Yorkshire 441 (Leaning 116, Lees 100, Patel 4-102) at Trent Bridge
Warwickshire 280 (Ambrose 113) and 244 for 5 (Chopra 119*) drew with Hampshire 319 (Wheater 74, Adams 53, Rankin 6-75) and 339 (Ervine 102, Carberry 81) at Edgbaston
Glamorgan 419 (Meschede 101, Rudolph 69, Ingram 56, Wallace 51) and 116 for 0 (Rudolph 52*, Kettleborough 50*) drew with Surrey 563 (Davies 200*, Sangakkara 149, Burns 50, Carter 4-110) and 207 for 4 (Pietersen 53*) in Cardiff
Middlesex have signed South Africa fast bowler Kyle Abbott for the first half of their T20 Blast campaign. Abbott, 27, has played three Tests, 15 one-day and eight T20 internationals, and will join in May, subject to clearance from Cricket South Africa
Fidel Edwards is set to join Hampshire earlier than planned after Australian paceman Jackson Bird has been ruled out for the foreseeable future. Bird, 28, is to fly home for treatment to his shoulder and neck, having signed to play for three months. He may yet return later in the season, but Edwards may arrive next week.
