Hampshire 336 & 76-1 v Middlesex 361
Dawid Malan's century helped Middlesex build a first-innings' lead against Hampshire, but a draw looks the most likely result at The Ageas Bowl.
Resuming on 84-3, Malan (121) and John Simpson (65) extended their fourth-wicket stand to 182 before both fell in consecutive overs after lunch.
James Harris also hit 57, while James Tomlinson took 4-74, as Middlesex were all out for 361 - a lead of 25.
Hampshire lost opener Michael Carberry early, but moved to 76-1 at stumps.
With more than half of day two lost to rain, a Hampshire batting collapse on the final day appears to be the only chance of a positive result, with both sides having drawn their opening two games.
Middlesex had looked set for a bigger advantage after Malan and Simpson took them to 240-3, but Malan's dismissal by teenage leg-spinner Mason Crane sparked a mini collapse as the visitors lost four wickets for 39.
Harris' half-century and Tim Murtagh's attacking 39 not out took Middlesex past Hampshire's first-innings total of 336, before Tomlinson removed Harris and Steve Finn to end the innings with skipper Adam Voges unable to bat because of concussion.
Murtagh trapped first-innings centurion Carberry lbw for 15, but Jimmy Adams (16 not out) and skipper James Vince (28 not out) made sure there were no further alarms.
Nottinghamshire 261 & 151-5 v Yorkshire 290
England opener Alex Hales again struggled for form with the bat as Yorkshire edged the third day against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.
Hales, making his first appearance of the summer, could only add 34 to his first-innings 36 before being bowled by a Jack Brooks delivery that kept low.
David Willey took his first wicket for Yorkshire but Samit Patel (51 not out) guided Notts to 151-5, a lead of 122.
Liam Plunkett's 51 earlier helped the visitors recover from 173-5 to 290.
The defending champions had looked well set resuming on 170-4, but their progress was soon checked with the early loss of Alex Lees (92) to Harry Gurney.
Jake Ball finished with figures of 4-57 as Nottinghamshire limited the Tykes to a slender advantage of 29, with Plunkett the only other player to pass fifty.
England all-rounder Willey, wicketless on day one of his debut, then trapped Steve Mullaney lbw just four balls into the hosts' second innings.
Hales looked far from his fluent best as he dug in for an obdurate 115-ball knock, which featured five fours, before Patel's well-paced half-century helped Nottinghamshire close 122 runs in front heading in to the final day.
Surrey 457 v Durham 543-7
Jack Burnham hit his maiden first-class century as Durham made their highest score against Surrey at The Oval.
The 19-year-old hit 18 fours and two sixes on his way to a career-best 135.
Having shared a 145-run third-wicket stand with Scott Borthwick (77) and a 91-run fifth-wicket partnership with Michael Richardson (68), Burnham was caught in the deep off Tom Curran.
Durham captain Paul Collingwood's unbeaten 75 saw the visitors reach 543-7 at the close, a slender lead of 86.
After Borthwick was trapped in front by Gareth Batty, England all-rounder Ben Stokes only made 12 before falling caught-and-bowled to spinner Zafar Ansari.
As the away side continued towards a huge total, Collingwood passed 15,000 first-class runs - hitting eight fours and a maximum in his 75 not out off 103 balls.
Ryan Pringle's three sixes in an explosive 37 off 38 balls upped the run rate as Durham breezed past 500.
Ansari was forced off the field late on after being hit while bowling on the same thumb that required surgery at the end of last season, having been dislocated in Surrey's Championship match against Lancashire.
Lancashire 493-9 dec v Somerset 313 & 0-0
James Hildreth made a battling century for Somerset, but could not prevent his side following on against promoted Lancashire at Taunton.
Last season's top run scorer in first-class cricket hit 130 out of Somerset's 313, sharing an eighth-wicket stand of 139 with Jamie Overton (51).
That came after a middle-order collapse as England fast bowler Jimmy Anderson took three wickets in an over.
Put in again before the close, Somerset survived one Anderson maiden over.
That was negotiated successfully by nightwatchman Tim Groenewald, who was accompanied by veteran former England opener Marcus Trescothick.
Somerset skipper Chris Rogers was spared having to bat twice in the day, having earlier reached his first half-century for his new county. But it was the former Australia Test opener's dismissal to the first ball of the afternoon session for 55 which began the rot for the hosts as he played forward and was caught at short cover.
Anderson's next ball then trapped Roelof van der Merwe leg before wicket. And, although Peter Trego survived the hat-trick ball, Anderson had his third wicket in five deliveries when he earned another lbw decision against the all-rounder.
Ryan Davies was stumped advancing down the pitch to Simon Kerrigan, who also claimed three wickets, and Craig Overton bowled by a good length ball from Kyle Jarvis as Somerset collapsed to 150-7.
Hildreth then found a reliable partner in Overton, but he was caught behind off a bottom edge within five runs of matching his career-best 56, Jack Leach soon followed and Hildreth was last out, caught on the mid-wicket boundary.
Division Two:
Glamorgan 260 & 414 v Kent 488 & 22-0
Centuries from David Lloyd and Graham Wagg allowed Glamorgan to set Kent a target of 187 for victory after a determined fightback on day three.
Lloyd's 107 was his maiden Championship hundred, while the pair's stand of 215 was a Glamorgan record for the sixth wicket against Kent.
Darren Stevens finished with 4-79 as Kent mopped up the last five wickets with the new ball.
Kent reached 22 without loss in the final six overs to remain favourites.
Stevens was again Kent's most-used bowler despite turning 40 on the eve of the game.
The stand between Lloyd and Wagg beat the previous best sixth-wicket partnership of 206 between Jim Pressdee and Alun Rees at Maidstone in 1964.
Derbyshire 324 v Northamptonshire 438-7
Rory Kleinveldt's 20-ball half-century and Jake Libby's patient hundred gave Northants a sizeable first-innings' lead over Derbyshire on day three.
After Ben Duckett was out for 60, fellow opener Libby made 102 from 222 balls but fell during a Northants collapse from 191-1 to 208-5.
Kleinveldt and Richard Levi put on 140 for the seventh wicket before Kleinveldt was out for 97 off 63 balls.
Northants closed on 438-7 with Levi unbeaten on 84 - a lead of 114.
Sussex 163 & 113-0 v Leicestershire 473-8 dec
Ed Joyce's unbeaten half-century saw Sussex hold off Leicestershire after Mark Pettiti's hundred on day three.
The visitors resumed on 300-4 at Hove as Pettini and Niall O'Brien (55) shared a 143-run fifth-wicket stand.
Steve Magoffin (3-58) had O'Brien caught behind, as the Foxes lost four wickets for 10 runs before declaring on 473-8, with Pettini unbeaten on 142.
Sussex openers Joyce and Chris Nash batted vigilantly as the hosts closed on 113-0, still trailing by 197 runs.
Essex 451-9 dec v Worcestershire 226-5
Brett D'Oliveira became the third generation of the same family to hit a century for Worcestershire, inside the afternoon session against Essex.
Following in the footsteps of Basil, his grandfather, and father Damian, D'Oliveira made 128, sharing an opening stand of 179 with Daryl Mitchell (66).
The hosts ended on 226-5 after a Graham Napier-sparked late clatter of wickets.
Earlier, Joe Leach took five wickets as Essex declared on 493-9, England Test captain Alastair Cook finishing on 142.
Resuming on 335-2 after two days of rain interruptions and runs, it was suddenly hard work for the batsmen on a breezy morning at New Road.
At one point, Worcestershire vice-captain Leach took four wickets in 23 balls, including a superb one-handed return catch moving to his right to remove Cook who received a standing ovation for his 284-ball innings.
He struck one six, off England team-mate Moeen Ali, and 22 fours in making his third Championship hundred of the campaign.
After he had gone, skipper James Foster's 42-ball half century steered Essex past the 400 mark in the 109th over to ensure maximum batting bonus points.
But, after taking five wickets for 56, including England's Moeen cheaply for eight, the Division Two leaders will have to take 15 more on the final day if they are to pick up their third win in four matches.
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