A sparkling century from Marcus Trescothick carried Somerset to a seven-wicket win over county champions Yorkshire at Taunton. Although Trescothick lost Jamie Cox and Michael Burns before lunch, he then found a reliable partner in Peter Bowler, who made an unbeaten 79 as Somerset, set 262 to win, cruised home with more than a day to spare. Trescothick made 134 (three sixes, 18 fours) to set him up nicely for the first Test at Lord's next week.

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The match at The Oval between Surrey and Lancashire always looked as if it had the makings of a real contest, and that is the way it is turning out. Chasing 305 to win, Surrey have reached 200 for four, with Mark Ramprakash (71) and Alec Stewart (25) at the crease. In the morning session, Lancashire lost a potential match-winner early on when Stuart Law fell to Azhar Mahmood having added only 18 to his overnight score. The Pakistani was not finished there, either, for he also claimed Glen Chapple and Kyle Hogg to finish with figures of eight for 61. With Jimmy Ormond claiming John Wood lbw, it was left to skipper Warren Hegg with 42 before he was last man out.

Paul Nixon did his best to get Kent out of what proved to be an impossible situation against Hampshire. After he had lost Ed Smith for 77, Nixon saw Matthew Fleming also go to Dimitri Mascarenhas. Min Patel (58) helped him add 89 for the seventh wicket. Nixon finished unbeaten on 77 and Mascarenhas took four wickets as Kent were eventually dismissed for 337. Needing just 111 to win, Hampshire lost just two wickets with John Crawley 50 not out at the end.

Warwickshire are up against it after being forced to follow on at Grace Road. Chasing a massive 523 first innings by Leicestershire, they were bowled out for 177, with Matthew Whiley taking three wickets and only Shaun Pollock making much impression with 59. At the close, Warwickshire were 197 for two, still 149 behind, but Nick Knight is still there with 75 to his name. Michael Powell was out for 67.

In Division Two Nottinghamshire have beaten Essex by seven wickets at Trent Bridge. The visitors were bowled out for 270 in their second innings despite a fighting effort from the tail. Greg Smith was the man to do the damage as the tall, left-arm pace bowler took eight for 53 in the innings to finish with 11 wickets in the match. Chasing 188 to win, Nottinghamshire got there comfortably thanks to an unbeaten 85 from Usman Afzaal. To add to their misery Essex were deducted half a point for their slow over rate.

Northamptonshire's batsmen made a much better fist of things second time around after following on 407 runs behind against Derbyshire, but they still lost by eight wickets. Mike Hussey and Mal Loye both completed centuries and there was an innings of 62 from Graham Swann, but they could only set Derbyshire a target of 33 to record their third win in as many matches.

David Hemp and Michael Powell led Glamorgan's efforts to post a challenging target for Worcestershire in the fourth innings. Hemp made 64 and Powell 59 as Glamorgan moved carefully to a lead of 336. There were five wickets for Alamgir Sheriyar. Worcestershire were 25 without loss at the close.

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