Division One:
Nottinghamshire 242 & 175: Smith 41; Wagner 5-45, Anderson 3-29
Lancashire 332 & 88-2: Procter 35*, Petersen 31*; Ball 2-29
Lancashire won by eight wickets
Lancashire clinched an eight-wicket victory over Nottinghamshire in their first match since returning to Division One of the County Championship.
Lancashire, who were promoted from Division Two in 2015, began day four at Old Trafford needing 86 runs to win.
Jake Ball removed openers Karl Brown and Haseeb Hameed cheaply, reducing the hosts to 27-2 on the final morning.
But Alviro Petersen and Luke Procter saw Lancashire to their target before lunch, securing a win worth 22 points.
Procter, who ended 35 not out, finished the match with a six over deep mid-wicket, as Samit Patel was hit for 19 runs off what proved to be the final over of the contest.
Victory was set up by an excellent bowling performance from Kiwi seamer Neil Wagner, who took 11 wickets on his Lancashire debut.
Notts' defeat was their first of the season, having beaten last summer's Division Two champions Surrey by three wickets at Trent Bridge in their opening Championship match of 2016.
Middlesex 452 & 304-6 dec v Warwickshire 468 - match drawn
Middlesex opener Sam Robson broke several long-standing county batting records at Lord's as his side's opening Championship match of the season ended in a dull draw against Warwickshire.
Robson added 106 to his first-innings double century to end up with a county-record haul of 337 runs in the match.
He was aided by skipper Adam Voges (92) and Nick Compton, who added 10 to his overnight score before exiting for 44.
Middlesex eventually reached 304-6 before hands were shaken at 16:50 BST.
Warwickshire's second successive away draw ended with an unlikely statistical quirk -a maiden first-class wicket for Bears wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose.
Brought on to herald the end of the game, the 33-year-old former England player had only ever bowled six balls before, during his time with Sussex.
But, with two balls left, in a late bid to reach his century, Voges skied Ambrose to the waiting Keith Barker at deep mid-wicket.
Middlesex have now not beaten Warwickshire in 20 meetings since June 2001. The Bears' away record is even better, having not lost in 17 trips to Middlesex since losing at Uxbridge in 1988.
Gooch still top of the Lord's board
The record for the most runs ever scored in a match at Lord's remains the 456 piled up against India in 1990 by then-England captain Graham Gooch, who is now Warwickshire's part-time batting consultant.
Gooch's first-innings score of 333, still the highest-ever individual innings score at Lord's, coupled with 123 in the second innings, remains a worldwide Test record.
But Robson kept his own county's statisticians busy on an otherwise tedious final day, first surpassing the highest number of runs made in a match at Lord's by a Middlesex batsman - the 319 set in 1893 by Andrew Stoddart.
By completing his hundred, he then equalled the match aggregate record by a Middlesex batsman in any first-class game, which was previously the 331 not out scored by Jack Robertson against Worcestershire at New Road in 1949.
Just before tea, he was stumped advancing down the track to Jeetan Patel's off spin, after which the remainder of the game focused on if and when Voges reached his century.
Yorkshire 593-9 dec & 183-8 dec v Hampshire 453-9 dec - match drawn
Hampshire gave Yorkshire a scare before securing a draw against the Division One champions at Headingley.
The visitors declared on 453-9, after Chris Wood was caught off Ryan Sidebottom and Fidel Edwards was unable to bat having been injured warming up.
With a lead of 140 runs, Yorkshire were reduced to 43-4 as James Tomlinson and Ryan McLaren took two wickets each.
Andrew Gale (46) and Liam Plunkett (27no) saw the hosts to 183-8 declared as the sides settled for a draw.
Edwards, who was hurt while playing football before play on day four, extended Hampshire's injury list to eight players. The county have only 18 full-time professionals.
Despite being without one of their premier bowlers, the visitors ran through Yorkshire's top order for a second time in the match, with Tomlinson trapping Alex Lees lbw before having Gary Ballance caught at cover.
McLaren then had Adam Lyth caught behind and dismissed England batsman Jonny Bairstow, who scored a career-best 246 to rescue Yorkshire in the first innings, for just five as the visitors pressed for an unlikely victory.
Captain Gale steadied the innings before edging behind off the bowling of Wood, as the White Rose batted out the rest of the final day before shaking hands on a draw with 18 overs remaining.
Hampshire had looked unlikely to earn a draw when they were reduced to 128-5 in their first innings, trailing by more than 450 runs, but gritty centuries from James Vince and Sean Ervine ensured they left Headingley with an impressive 10 points.
Division Two:
Glamorgan 348 & 191: Donald 57; Raine 4-57
Leicestershire 427 & 115-0: Horton 64*, Robson 49*
Leicestershire won by 10 wickets
Leicestershire eased to a 10-wicket win over Glamorgan after being set just 113 to win their Division Two game.
The Foxes wrapped up victory, their first in the opening match of a season since 2012, shortly after lunch on the final day in Cardiff.
Paul Horton (64 not out) made his second half-century of the match, while Angus Robson was unbeaten on 49.
Earlier, Glamorgan added 19 runs for their last two wickets as they were all out for 191, Ben Raine taking 4-57.
Derbyshire 444 & 260-2 dec v Gloucestershire 563 - match drawn
Derbyshire opener Chesney Hughes hit a fine unbeaten hundred as their Division Two game with Gloucestershire ended in a draw on a flat surface at Bristol.
After his 96 in the first innings, Hughes made 137 not out as Derbyshire declared on 260-2 and a lead of 141 when the two captains shook hands.
The 25-year-old struck 20 fours and one six in his 239-ball knock.
In a game dominated by batsmen, Hamish Rutherford also made 78 in a second-wicket stand of 174 with Hughes.
Sussex 360 & 288 v Essex 320 & 266-7 - match drawn
England Test captain Alastair Cook hit an unbeaten century as Essex held on to secure a draw against Sussex at Hove.
Essex were set 329 to win after Sussex were bowled out for 288 in the morning as Jamie Porter finished with 5-82.
Cook, who was dropped on one by Danny Briggs, remained vigilant after the visitors fell to 128-4 and lost regular wickets throughout the afternoon as the seamers ran though the top order.
The 31-year-old finished on 127 not out as Essex closed on 266-7.
It was the England opener's second successive hundred in his opening two County Championship matches, having been made available for Essex's first four Division Two games.
Cook's 103-run fifth-wicket partnership with Jesse Ryder had briefly given Essex hope of victory, with 95 needed from a minimum of 16 overs, before Ryder was bowled by Luke Wells.
The Sussex leg-spinner then had skipper Ryan ten Doeschate caught at deep cover and Ajmal Shahzad trapped James Foster lbw as the match swung back in the hosts' favour with Essex needing to bat out 10 overs with three wickets remaining.
However, Cook and Graham Napier (six not out) survived the new ball as Essex remained unbeaten following their win over Gloucestershire last week.
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