Division One:
Nottinghamshire 242 v Lancashire 25-1
Neil Wagner claimed 6-66 on his debut to help Lancashire gain control on the first day of the season at Old Trafford against Nottinghamshire.
Although England's James Anderson remained wicketless from his 16 overs, New Zealand left-armer Wagner weighed in with his share after Kyle Jarvis had done the majority of the early damage.
From 98-6, captain Chris Read (52) and Stuart Broad (43) helped Notts recover.
Responding to the visitors' 242 all out, Lancashire then closed on 25-1.
As well as his 43 from 45 balls, England all-rounder Broad looked lively with the ball too, sending down five overs in tandem with Jake Ball, who was rewarded with the scalp of Lancashire opener Karl Brown in only his second over.
Ball had also earlier performed well with the bat, continuing the visitors' recovery by making 33 out of a further 57 for the eighth wicket with Read, who had shared a 74-run seventh-wicket stand with Broad.
But, by then, Jarvis (3-72) and Wagner, who returned the best figures by a Lancashire bowler on his first-class debut for the county since 1923, had got stuck into the Notts' top order.
Middlesex 317-4 v Warwickshire
Middlesex opener Sam Robson became the latest England contender to stake his claim for a Test recall with an excellent unbeaten century at Lord's against Ian Bell's Warwickshire.
Robson ended the day on 175 out of 317-4, a large share of it coming in a 180-run opening stand with Nick Gubbins.
Chris Wright then came on to claim the wickets of Gubbins (68) and Nick Compton in successive balls.
But John Simpson and Robson helped restore Middlesex's domination.
After Keith Barker had whittled out two more wickets, including home captain Adam Voges, to leave the hosts on 263-4, wicketkeeper Simpson (31) has so far helped put on 54 with the redoubtable Robson.
Middlesex have not beaten Warwickshire in 19 meetings since June 2001 - and the Bears' away record against them is even better, having not lost in 16 trips to the north side of the capital since losing at Uxbridge in 1988. But the hosts can now a feel bit more hopeful of their chances of ending that miserable record.
It was the second Sunday running that Bears captain Bell had invited the home team to bat without a toss taking place - but Warwickshire's attack did not match the success they had a week ago against Hampshire at Southampton.
Missing the injured Chris Woakes (knee) and Boyd Rankin (side), they went wicketless in the first session - in contrast to a week earlier when Hampshire were seven down by lunch.
Instead, Australia-born Robson cut and drove beautifully to look far more the player England had in mind when they gave him the first of his seven Test caps two summers ago.
On the first day of the Lord's cricketing summer, he punished too many loose balls on a sluggish surface to reach his first hundred since May 2015.
Yorkshire 270-5 v Hampshire
England batsman Jonny Bairstow hit an unbeaten century as Yorkshire began the defence of their Division One title with a strong start against Hampshire.
He shared a 205-run fourth-wicket partnership with Adam Lyth, who made 111 before falling lbw to Sean Ervine.
The hosts had been 41-3 after Alex Lees and Gary Ballance fell cheaply and captain Andrew Gale was caught behind for a duck off Ryan McLaren.
Bad light stopped play with Yorkshire 270-5 and Bairstow unbeaten on 107.
Newly-promoted Hampshire toppled Yorkshire's top-order with some good length bowling as Lees was caught at third slip by James Vince off James Tomlinson before Chris Wood had England hopeful Ballance caught behind.
However, Lyth and Bairstow steadied the ship and piled on the runs for the home side before the former fell just after tea to give Zimbabwean Ervine a wicket in the 200th first-class match of his career.
After remaining in the nervous 90s for 31 balls, Bairstow dispatched Fidel Edwards for successive boundaries to reach his ton off 166 balls, having hit 13 fours and a six.
Adil Rashid joined the 26-year-old wicketkeeper at the crease for Yorkshire, after Jack Leaning was caught behind for Wood's second wicket of the innings just before the end of play.
Meanwhile, Hampshire have been deducted a point for a slow over rate against Warwickshire during the opening week of the County Championship.
Division Two:
Glamorgan 348 v Leicestershire 15-0
Leicestershire paceman Clint McKay made the most of an unpromising situation to help peg back Glamorgan in Cardiff and take a hard-earned haul of 6-73.
Glamorgan battled to 348 all out after winning the toss, as four batsmen passed the 50 mark.
Will Bragg (50) and Chris Cooke (56) shared a third-wicket century stand before a mid-afternoon collapse.
David Lloyd (59) and Graham Wagg (64) led the lower-half recovery, before the visitors reached 15-0 by the close.
McKay ended just one victim short of his previous career-best figures of 6-40, set playing for his Australian state side Victoria against Tasmania at the MCG in November 2011.
Glamorgan batsman Colin Ingram was a late withdrawal from the home squad with a knee problem.
He faces a scan on the injury which saw him sit out the closing weeks of the South African season.
Derbyshire 242-3 v Gloucestershire
Chesney Hughes made 96 and Wayne Madsen hit an unbeaten half-century to put Derbyshire on top at Gloucestershire.
Hughes and Ben Slater put on 103 for the first wicket before Slater was caught off the bowling of Liam Norwell.
Madsen (58) and Hughes put on 71 to steady the innings after Norwell had Hamish Rutherford (1) caught behind.
Jack Taylor bowled Hughes to end his 206-ball knock, but Madsen remained unbeaten alongside Neil Broom (30) as the visitors reached 242-3 at stumps.
Sussex 355-8 v Essex
Chris Nash's quickfire century gave Sussex the edge against Essex on day one of their Championship game at Hove.
The 32-year-old and Ed Joyce shared an opening stand of 188 before Joyce was caught behind off Ryan ten Doeschate.
Sussex faltered as Nash fell lbw to Ten Doeschate for 119, including 21 fours, and Ross Taylor feathered one behind the stumps off Graham Napier.
Ollie Robinson hit 51, just his second first-class half-century, to propel Sussex to 355-8 at the close of play.
Sussex paid tribute to their former fast bowler Matthew Hobden before the match, with a tree planted in memory of the player, while team-mates wore shirts with the number 19 and Hobden on the back in his honour.
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