COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION 1
Middlesex 389, Durham 305-4 - Match drawn
Durham and Middlesex had to settle for a draw at Chester-le-Street as only 14 balls were bowled before play was abandoned on the final day.
Rain in the morning meant there was no play until 13:40 BST and, after Durham had collected their third batting point, the covers were brought back on.
Umpires Ian Gould and Graham Lloyd called off play just after 15:00 BST.
Both sides have drawn their opening two Championship matches of 2016 and will go in search of a first win on Sunday.
Middlesex are away at Hampshire, while Durham are at The Oval to face Surrey.
Yorkshire 379 & 73-2d, Warwickshire 443-9d - Match drawn
Warwickshire and champions Yorkshire settled for a draw on day four of a rain-affected game at Edgbaston.
The hosts resumed on 205-2 and Varun Chopra added just six to his overnight score before being caught in the slips off Steven Patterson for 107.
Jonathan Trott (74) and Tim Ambrose (61 no) ensured the Bears, who declared on 443-9, picked up five batting points.
The visitors lost Adam Lyth and Alex Lees cheaply but Yorkshire reached 73-2 before the players shook hands.
Yorkshire have started the defence of their Division One title with two draws and face Nottinghamshire next in a match which begins on Sunday.
Three successive draws at the start of the season have been enough to take Warwickshire to the top of the table.
Somerset 353 & 122-4, Surrey 463 & 181-8d - Match drawn
Kumar Sangakkara continued his excellent form with an innings of 71 for Surrey, before Somerset held out to secure a draw at The Oval.
Sangakkara helped Surrey to 181-8 in their second innings before declaring.
Openers Marcus Trescothick and Tom Abell fell cheaply as Somerset were set 292 to win from 42 overs.
Zafar Ansari took three wickets to leave the visitors on 62-4, but James Hildreth's unbeaten 40 helped his side to 122-4 at stumps.
Sangakarra's innings saw him surpass 50 for the third time in four innings this season, having already scored 171 in the first innings.
Ansari, making his return from a dislocated thumb suffered at the end of last season, appeared to have given Surrey the chance of an unlikely victory when he removed Trescothick, Chris Rogers and Roelof van der Merwe.
Hildreth and Peter Trego (34 not out) steadied the innings, with the captains shaking hands on a draw with six scheduled overs remaining.
Surrey, last season's Division Two champions, are bottom of the top-flight table after two games, three points behind seventh-placed Somerset.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION 2
Worcestershire 411 & 210-4 v Gloucestershire 380 & 382-7d - Match drawn
England's Moeen Ali scored an unbeaten century on day four as Worcestershire drew with Gloucestershire at Bristol.
Resuming on 217-6, 186 runs ahead, the hosts declared on 382-7 after Chris Dent (138no) and Jack Taylor made tons.
Needing 352 to win from 63 overs, the visitors lost Brett D'Oliveira and Daryl Mitchell to Liam Norwell and were 49-3 when Josh Shaw bowled Joe Clarke.
But Moeen (136no) calmed any fears of defeat, leaving both sides still waiting for a first victory of 2016.
Moeen's day did not begin as well as it ended - with the ball, his first over of the final day was hit for 21 runs by Dent and Taylor, who was eventually out for 105 off 103 balls.
The 28-year-old all-rounder finished with figures of 0-49 from eight overs, but he made an impact with the bat to secure Worcestershire's second draw of the season.
Glamorgan 377 & 87-2, Derbyshire 345 - Match drawn
Derbyshire and Glamorgan played out a tame draw as bad weather disrupted play for the third afternoon in a row.
Glamorgan reached 87-2, 119 ahead, with captain Jacques Rudolph on 31 not out.
Earlier, Andy Carter extended his career-best score to 39 before falling to Michael Hogan (4-74) as Derbyshire were bowled out for 345.
A hailstorm hit the County Ground in mid-afternoon after snow, sleet, rain and bad light had all stopped play over the four days.
Essex 441-8 beat Northants 119 & 230 (f/o) by an innings and 92 runs
Jamie Porter's career-best first-class match figures of 8-91 helped Essex ease to an innings and 92-run victory over Northamptonshire at Chelmsford.
Seamer Porter dismissed Richard Levi in the third over of the final morning.
Ryan ten Doeschate (4-31) then took 3-17 from nine overs as Adam Rossington and Azharullah fell lbw and David Murphy was caught at mid-on.
Essex wrapped up victory after lunch as Graham Napier bowled Ben Sanderson as the visitors were all out for 230.
Rory Kleinveldt finished unbeaten on 35, having hit five boundaries, and Richard Gleeson made a career-best 13 but Northants folded against the hosts' pace bowlers.
Porter, who has now claimed 22 wickets at 17.18 from his first three Championship matches of 2016, also picked up a career best of 5-46 in the first innings to help Essex maintain their unbeaten start to the season.
Kent 264 & 85-2, Leicestershire 401-9d - Match drawn
Neil Dexter and Mark Cosgrove hit tons as Leicestershire earned maximum batting points in a draw with Kent.
Cosgrove, resuming on 99 not out, reached 122 before he was bowled by fellow Australian Mitchell Claydon.
Dexter made 131 in a 217-run third-wicket stand with Cosgrove to help Leicestershire declare on 401-9, leading by 137 runs.
Daniel Bell-Drummond and Joe Denly fell cheaply, but Sam Northeast and Sean Dickson saw Kent to 85-2 at stumps.
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