Essex moved simply two factors behind Vitality County Championship Division One leaders Surrey after crushing Kent at Canterbury.
Kent have been skittled for simply 101 of their second innings as Simon Harmer and Shane Snater led Essex’s victory cost.
Harmer took 4 for 32 and Snater completed with three for 15 as Essex triumphed by an innings and 96 runs.
Kent have been 197 behind going into the ultimate day and so they misplaced England opener Zak Crawley early when Snater trapped him lbw.
Harmer then started to inflict harm – dismissing Ben Compton and Marcus O’Riordan – and it was a gentle fall of wickets after that as Kent fell away.
Hopes of an thrilling climax to the ultimate day between Lancashire and Warwickshire at Emirates Previous Trafford have been dashed by rain, with solely 75 minutes’ play attainable.
Warwickshire declared their second innings on 96 for 3 – a lead of 231 – and Lancashire completed on 89 for 4 from the 15 overs that have been attainable.
Nottinghamshire’s hopes of pushing for a last-day victory over Worcestershire additionally have been wrecked by the climate as they too needed to accept a draw at New Street.
Regardless of two of the primary three days being washed out, Nottinghamshire have been strongly positioned at 234 for 3 and main by 154 runs, however heavy in a single day rain and a gentle stream of morning showers dashed any likelihood of play, with the guests taking 11 factors and Worcestershire 9.
In Division Two, promotion front-runners Middlesex and Sussex noticed their match at Lord’s peter out right into a draw.
A stalemate regarded inevitable as soon as the house facet had prevented the follow-on early on the ultimate day and so they went on to put up 613 for 9 declared in reply to Sussex’s whole of 554 for 9.
Nathan Fernandes missed out on a century by 9 runs, whereas Jack Davies struck a career-best 68 and Henry Brookes registered his first half-century as a Middlesex participant, with off-spinner Jack Carson taking 4 for 166.
Ricardo Vasconcelos hit an unbeaten 129 not out as he spearheaded Northamptonshire’s bid for an unlikely victory over Yorkshire, however the guests’ bowling assault dug deep to make sure the Wantage Street conflict resulted in a draw.
Northamptonshire had been set a difficult goal of 326 in slightly over two classes and when Vasconcelos warmed up for the T20 Blast with 17 boundaries throughout the bottom, a house triumph regarded a chance.
However a dramatic clatter of wickets because the Yorkshire assault – that includes Adam Lyth’s career-best figures of 4 for 56 – staged a late fightback to set nerves jangling within the residence dressing room, meant Vasconcelos needed to swap gears to make sure his facet held out for the draw, eight wickets down.
Leicestershire made it seven attracts from seven championship matches this season with a stalemate towards guests Glamorgan, who ended the day on 157 for 4 within the second innings, 201 runs forward.
And Beau Webster accomplished a Gloucestershire residence debut to recollect towards Derbyshire in one other drawn encounter.
The Australian all-rounder adopted up his six-wicket haul in Derbyshire’s first innings of 526 by smashing 76 off simply 79 balls as Gloucestershire prolonged their reply from an in a single day 399 for 4 to 530 all out, with Zak Chappell claiming 5 for 58.
An excessive amount of time had been misplaced to the climate, although, and the gamers shook fingers when Derbyshire declared their second innings on 166 for 4.
