Division One:
Hampshire 336 v Middlesex 84-3
Middlesex were left frustrated in their reply to Hampshire's 336 all out by a day of heavy rain at Southampton.
Resuming on 315-7, Hampshire added only 21 runs as Tim Murtagh finished with 3-64 and Liam Dawson was out for 89.
In reply, Sam Robson made five and Nick Compton just one, with the latter falling to Ryan McLaren (2-25), who also dismissed Nick Gubbins (26).
The visitors were 252 behind on 84-3 when bad weather ended play early, with Dawid Malan 40 not out.
Tino Best had earlier made 23 not out, making his Hampshire debut after Fidel Edwards recently broke his ankle.
Nottinghamshire 261 v Yorkshire 170-4
Joe Root was dismissed for a golden duck in his first game since the World Twenty20 final, before Yorkshire recovered against Nottinghamshire.
Adam Lyth was out to the first delivery, while Gary Ballance and Root fell in successive balls, as Jake Ball (3-40) reduced Yorkshire to 24-3.
Alex Lees (91 not out) and Jonny Bairstow (29) led a recovery and put on 83 for the fourth wicket.
After a lengthy rain delay, Yorkshire closed 91 runs behind on 170-4.
Notts have England bowler Stuart Broad and Australia's Jackson Bird in their line-up, but it was 25-year-old Ball who took centre stage in the morning session.
Ball, who toured this winter with England Lions, trapped Lyth leg before wicket with the day's first delivery and then dismissed two more England batsmen in his fourth over.
Ballance edged behind to Chris Read for seven, before Root was caught low by Riki Wessels at first slip a ball later.
Bairstow hit four fours in 71 minutes at the crease but was lbw to Harry Gurney for 29.
Captain Andrew Gale (21 not out) joined Lees with Yorkshire on 107-4 and the pair added 15 before the lunch break with the visitors on 122-4.
Rain then delayed play until 17:45 BST and Yorkshire added 48 runs before close, as Lees and Gale took their fifth-wicket partnership to an unbroken 63.
Yorkshire were particularly indebted to the resilience of Lees, who has 12 fours to his name in an innings that has so far lasted for 130 balls.
Surrey 457 v Durham 156-2
England all-rounder Ben Stokes took four wickets but rain hampered Durham's fightback against Surrey at the Oval.
Stokes had Matthew Pillans caught by Scott Borthwick and bowled Gareth Batty as Surrey were bowled out for 457.
Keaton Jennings and Mark Stoneman hit fifties as Durham sailed to 114-0 but the pair fell to Zafar Ansari and Batty respectively in consecutive overs.
The visitors reached 156-2 at the close after only 33 balls were bowled after tea due to rain and bad light.
With England selector James Whitaker present at the Oval, Stokes warmed up for England's upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka by polishing off Surrey's tail.
Stoneman, who may be looking to fight his way into being Alastair Cook's next opening partner, followed up his unbeaten century against Middlesex last week with a quickfire 57 and found the boundary seven times.
After Jennings (53) was bowled by Ansari, Stoneman departed after being trapped in front by the hosts' captain Batty 10 balls later.
Rain took the players off the field and bad light prevented any further play, with day two called off at 17:45 BST.
Lancashire 493-9 dec v Somerset 14-0
Liam Livingstone made his maiden first-class century to leave Lancashire in a healthy position at the end of the second day against Somerset at Taunton.
Resuming on their overnight score of 295-4, visiting skipper Steven Croft fell just six runs short of a century for 94 before a rain break on 372-6.
When they came back on, 22-year-old Livingstone went on to make an unbeaten 108 before Croft declared on 493-9.
Somerset then survived three overs from Jimmy Anderson to close on 14-0.
Livingstone, who made headlines when he scored 350 in a club match for Nantwich early last season, was a regular member of Lancashire's T20 Blast-winning side last summer.
And, after making 70 on his first-class debut in the win over Nottinghamshire, he has clearly taken quickly to the longer form of the game.
He hit nine fours and two sixes in his 152-ball innings, sharing a stand of 80 in 19 overs for the ninth wicket with Kyle Jarvis (34).
But it was generally slow progress, only one run coming in the first five overs of the day, for the loss of Alex Davies, as the visitors missed out on two batting points.
Division Two:
Glamorgan 260 & 16-1 v Kent 488
Kent's batsmen smashed their team into a winning position on a whirlwind day of action at Canterbury, after taking a massive first-innings lead of 228 runs.
Daniel Bell-Drummond made a hard-hit 84 while there were brutal innings from Darren Stevens and Mitch Claydon, as five batsmen passed fifty.
Michael Hogan with 4-91 and Craig Meschede with 3-105 were the pick of an inconsistent Glamorgan attack.
Stevens completed the visitors' misery by removing captain Jacques Rudolph.
Derbyshire 324 v Northamptonshire 66-0
Ben Duckett's unbeaten 36 helped give Northants a solid start to their reply against Derbyshire before rain curtailed day two at Wantage Road.
Resuming on 275-8, Derbyshire lost Luke Fletcher to the fifth ball of the morning to Azharullah (4-95),
Shiv Thakor (83 not out) Andy Carter (17) then put on 48 for the 10th wicket to take the visitors to 324 all out.
Duckett and on-loan Notts opener Jake Libby (28 not out) saw the home side to 66-0 at close, 258 behind.
Sussex 163 v Leicestershire 300-4
Paul Horton hit his first century for Leicestershire as they remained in control over Sussex at Hove.
Resuming on 71 after the first session of day two was washed out, former Lancashire captain Horton reached his ton off 167 balls - hitting 14 fours.
The 33-year-old shared a 114-run third-wicket stand with Foxes captain Mark Cosgrove, before being caught behind off George Garton.
Garton then bowled Cosgrove (80) as the hosts closed on 300-4, a lead of 137.
Essex 335-2 v Worcestershire
England Test captain Alastair Cook made his third century in four matches this season, backed by a ton from Tom Westley, as Essex continued to build a big first-innings score at Worcester.
Resuming on 144-1 after a rain-hit first day, Essex were again hampered by the weather, progressing to 335-2.
Westley, 70 overnight, moved on to complete his second Championship ton of the season before going lbw for 125.
But it was again the only wicket of the day, Cook finishing on 130.
No play was possible because of bad light and rain from 12:20 BST onwards in a truncated morning and they then lost the entire second session.
When they then resumed after tea for the final 28 overs of the day, Essex lost England Lions man Westley after he had put on 222 with Cook.
It was a second wicket for Worcestershire's new signing, New Zealand international Matt Henry, 29 hours and 50 minutes after his first when he had Nick Browne caught behind the previous morning.
But all-rounder Ravi Bopara came in to make 48 in a so far unbroken third-wicket stand of 97 with his former England team-mate Cook.
Cook finding the right recipe for Essex
This will be Alastair Cook's last game for Essex before the forthcoming Test series against Sri Lanka.
The series start at Headingley on 19 May and he will not play for Essex in next week's three-day game against the tourists.
But he will go into the series in fine form, having so far plundered 453 runs in four matches. Prior to this, Cook made 105 and 35 not out against Gloucestershire, then 1 and 127 not out against Sussex, followed by 65 against Northamptonshire.
His 17th first-class century for Essex is still some way short of his record 28 for England.
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