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Durham's left-handed batting prodigy Ben Stokes crashed 26 in an over to ease the reigning County Champions to their second victory of the season with more than two sessions to spare against winless Kent.

Fresh from scoring a career-best unbeaten 161 in the first innings at Canterbury, the New Zealand-born teenager marched in to clatter an unbeaten 42 from 22 balls to secure the visitors a six-wicket win by 12.17pm on the final day of a fluctuating game.

Jonathan Trott's resistance was in vain as Lancashire wrapped up a 65-run victory over Warwickshire at Edgbaston for their third Championship win of the season.

Warwickshire were challenged to make 441, the highest fourth-innings total in their history, to deny Lancashire and they briefly threatened to reach that target. Trott and Neil Carter put on 102 in 26 overs in a defiant seventh-wicket stand which denied Lancashire their first breakthrough of the day until half an hour before lunch.

But once Carter went, bowled by Sajid Mahmood, the chase faltered. Trott was last out, caught on the mid-wicket boundary for 150, in the second over after lunch as Warwickshire were dismissed for 375.

A brilliant 68-ball century from James Hildreth guided Somerset to their first County Championship win of the season and inflicted Yorkshire's first defeat. Set a target of 362 to win in a minimum of 68 overs, the home side skated to victory by six wickets with more than five overs to spare, thanks to Hildreth's brilliant 102 not out, 93 from Zander de Bruyn, Nick Compton's 65 and 53 from Marcus Trescothick.

Hampshire pulled off a stunning victory with seven balls to spare to break their duck for the season and deny Nottinghamshire a fifth straight win. Hampshire's two-wicket victory, achieved thanks to a superb unbeaten 115 from their South African batsman Neil McKenzie, takes them off the bottom of the table, lifting them ahead of Kent and putting them only eight points behind Durham, who are fourth. Nottinghamshire remain top, six points ahead of Yorkshire.

In Division Two, Glamorgan continued their impressive recent form to complete back-to-back innings victories with a final-day win over Gloucestershire.

The Welsh county bowled out Gloucestershire with 25 overs to spare for only 162 to seal the win by an innings and four runs, coincidentally the same margin of victory they achieved over Northamptonshire last week. It is the first time Glamorgan have won two consecutive first-class games by an innings since they lifted the first of their three County Championship titles in 1948.

Phil Jaques starred as Worcestershire's recovery from relegation to Division Two continued as they overcame Derbyshire by eight wickets to register their third win of the season.

A revamped side dismissed the visitors for 389 and then cantered to a target of 126 with 14.1 overs to spare as Jaques romped to 94 from 57 balls, narrowly missing out on the fastest championship century of the season.

Alex Wakely's half-century helped Northamptonshire to a thrilling three-wicket victory over Championship leaders Sussex on day three at Wantage Road. Wakely's 51, aided by former captain Nicky Boje's explosive 42 from 56 balls, steered the hosts home after struggling on 88 for 5. Three wickets apiece for Jack Brooks and Lee Daggett helped Northamptonshire to bowl out Sussex for 274.

Surrey's match against Middlesex at the Brit Oval petered out into a draw, but not before both Mark Ramprakash and Andrew Strauss added more significant runs.

Bottom of the table Surrey set Middlesex a victory target of 374 after Ramprakash had reached his 111th first-class hundred. But a century opening stand between Scott Newman and Strauss, who went on to score 61, blunted Surrey's efforts as Middlesex finished on 189 for 3.

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