Nottinghamshire batsman Greg Smith is to return to Leicestershire on a two-match County Championship loan.
Twins Jamie and Craig Overton have agreed new contracts with Somerset, keeping them at the county until 2018. The brothers, 21, were both called into England's one-day squad against New Zealand last month.
Kent beat Leicestershire by eight wickets at Grace Road Kent 210 (Stevens 63) and 74 for 2 (Denly 37*) - Leicestershire 159 (Coles 6-55) and 123 (Raine 41*, Coles 4-43)
Yorkshire beat Warwickshire by 174 runs at Edgbaston Yorkshire 213 (Bairstow 108, Wright 5-40) and 289 for 7 dec (Rhodes 79, Finch 73*) - Warwickshire 69 (Sidebottom 6-34) and 259 (Hain 106, Sidebottom 5-42)
Worcestershire beat Hampshire by an innings and 33 runs at New Road Worcestershire 478 (Mitchell 206*) - Hampshire 183 (Vince 56, Smith 51*, Ajmal 5-28, Leach 4-75) and 262 (Gatting 59, Shantry 5-51) The implications are grim for Hampshire, now cut off by 26 points at the foot of Division One, and, worse still, a team playing without conviction or confidence.
Gloucestershire beat Northamptonshire by 9 wickets in Cheltenham Gloucestershire 372 (Taylor 156*, Stone 4-91, Kleinveldt 4-129) and 38 for 1 - Northamptonshire 246 (Wakely 104, Norwell 6-41) and 160 (Levi 64, Miles 5-28)
Glamorgan drew with Derbyshire at Queens Park Glamorgan 410 for 9 dec (Ingram 89, Meschede 70, Footitt 4-89) - Derbyshire 252 (Godleman 53) and 281 for 3 (Rutherford 108, Madsen 79*)
Essex drew with Lancashire at Old Trafford Essex 203 (Browne 105, Faulkner 5-39, Lester 3-50) and 168 for 3 (Browne 50, Lilley 3-63) - Lancashire 402 for 8 dec (Croft 122, Faulkner 68)
Ben Hilfenhaus has suffered a hip injury that has forced him to end his time at Nottinghamshire and return home to Australia.
Yorkshire are looking to extend their deal with Glenn Maxwell after Aaron Finch was ruled out for the rest of the season. Maxwell will join up with Australia A following Tuesday night's T20 Blast game with Worcestershire. Yorkshire are hopeful he will return at the end of the month to play both 50-over and County Championship cricket. New Zealand's Kane Williamson will also join the club for the final four games of the Championship season.
Somerset drew with Middlesex at Northwood Somerset 197 (Trescothick 52, Finn 4-41) and 147 for 7 (Trescothick 50, Murtagh 3-43) - Middlesex 283 (Malan 69, Gregory 5-58) and 132 for 6 dec.
Surrey beat Kent by six wickets at the Oval Surrey 311 (Sangakkara 110, Harinath 76, Stevens 4-76) and 128 for 4 (Foakes 57*, Tredwell 3-61) - Kent 336 (Billings 99, Haggett 80, S Curran 5-101) and 99 (Batty 4-12, S Curran 3-19) Surrey completed a convincing six-wicket LV= County Championship win against Kent to close to within eight points of Division Two leaders Lancashire.
Warwickshire beat Durham by two wickets at Chester-le-Street Warwickshire 198 (Hain 57, Rushworth 5-43) and 265 for 8 (Evans 70, Onions 3-79) - Durham 314 (Stoneman 112, Borthwick 67, Clarke 5-62) and 148 (Harrison 53, Clarke 3-19)
Somerset have signed Roelof van der Merwe on a two-year contract for 2016 and 2017. The 30-year-old has a Dutch passport and is available for all formats as domestic-qualified player.
Hampshire all-rounder Liam Dawson has been recalled from his one-month loan at Essex after just 12 days
Gloucestershire beat Leicestershire by 155 runs at Cheltenham Gloucestershire 218 (Roderick 61, McKay 5-59) and 321 (Howell 102, Noema-Barnett 61, Klinger 60, Shreck 5-82) - Leicestershire 215 (Cosgrove 74, Fuller 4-35) and 169 (Miles 3-27)
Hampshire, bottom of Division One, have announced that Jimmy Adams has stepped down as captain of their Championship side to find form with the bat. James Vince, Hampshire's one-day captain, will now take over in all competitions for the rest of the season. He succeeded Adams as captain in 50-over cricket in April and in the T20 format last year.
Derbyshire beat Northamptonshire by seven wickets at Wantage Road Derbyshire 361 (A Hughes 111*, Rutherford 60, Kleinveldt 4-99) and 72 for 3 - Northamptonshire 116 (Footitt 5-41) and 316 (Duckett 154)
Warwickshire beat Somerset by seven wickets at Edgbaston Warwickshire 365 ( Hain 103*, Trott 87, C Overton 6-74) and 74 for 3 - Somerset 265 (C Overton 51, Patel 5-89) and 170 (Abell 88*, Clarke 4-43, Patel 4-47)
Nottinghamshire beat Sussex by an innings and 103 runs at Horsham Nottinghamshire 570 for 7 dec (Taylor 291, Read 121, Robinson 4-112) - Sussex 213 (Gurney 5-75) and 254 (Machan 108, Wood 3-27, Gurney 3-56)
