Worcs seal promotion
Essex beat Yorkshire to finish season unbeaten
Somerset stay up if they beat Middlesex
A Middlesex win or draw keeps them & Hampshire safe
Hants relegated if they lose & Somerset win
Notts will stay up with draw at Hove - Read hits ton in final game
Essex 227 & 334-7 dec v Yorkshire 111 & 17-3
Image source, Rex FeaturesBowled im!
Sam Cook smashes into Alex Lees' stumps.
Yorkshire are in tatters chasing 451.
Image source, Rex FeaturesWorcestershire 335 & 123-2 v Durham 208
Tom Fell is gone for 47 at New Road - his highest score in 23 innings this season.
It's been one to forget for the Worcestershire batsman - he finishes the 2017 campaign with an average of 14.68.
There's no doubting his talent though, he'll bounce back I'm sure.
Leicestershire 128 & 171-5 v Northants 202
Northants are doing their job rather nicely. They need to win.
Neil Dexter is caught by Richard Levi to give Simon Kerrigan his second wicket in consecutive overs.
But with Notts likely to make Sussex bat again - a draw there is now favourite which will send Northants down.
Sussex 565 v Nottinghamshire 372-7
Brett Hutton (30 not out) and Luke Wood (16 not out) are taking Notts towards the follow-on target of 415, meaning Sussex will have to bat again.
A draw in this match will be enough to see Notts return to Division One at the first time of asking.
Leicestershire 128 & 167-4 v Northants 202
Finally another breakthrough for Northants.
Aadil Ali is stumped off Simon Kerrigan with the Leicestershire lead at 93.
But if Notts draw at Hove, Northants promotion hopes are over.
Worcestershire 335 & 119-1 v Durham 208
Worcestershire are going up in style.
Daryl Mitchell reaches his fifty, Tom Fell is on 44.
Essex 227 & 334-7 dec v Yorkshire 111 & 3-2
Two down!
Essex seamer Jamie Porter picks up his 74th Championship wicket of the season as he removes Kraigg Brathwaite lbw.
The West Indies opener hasn't enjoyed his spell with Yorkshire - his scores read 18,17, 4 & 1.
Somerset 236 & 250-9 dec v Middlesex 142 & 40-3
Not much to report from the West Country at the moment...
Image source, Rex FeaturesEssex 227 & 334-7 dec v Yorkshire 111 & 3-1
Disastrous start to this mammoth chase of 451 for Yorkshire.
Adam Lyth tickles Sam Cook behind.
What a season for Essex.
Yorkshire and Lancashire have begun their pursuits of rather different targets in Division One.
Yorkshire are chasing 451 to win at unbeaten champions Essex.
Lancashire need 176 to beat Surrey. The winner of the game at Old Trafford will finish second.
Warwickshire 188 & 181-9 v Hampshire 116
Ian Bell (73 not out) and Ryan Sidebottom (12 not out) bring up their 50-run last-wicket partnership.
A flurry of boundaries from the pair has stretched their lead to 253 runs.
Middlesex will be rubbing their hands with glee and willing Bell on, as a defeat for Hampshire would see them survive, no matter what the result is at Taunton.
Essex 227 & 334-7 dec v Yorkshire 111
Image source, Rex FeaturesYorkshire need 451 to win.
Unbeaten champions Essex declare with Simon Harmer unbeaten on 58.
I make Essex favourites!
Sangakkara makes 35 not out in final innings
I'm sure there was a tear in the eye of a few people as Sanga walked off a cricket field for the final time.
The 39-year-old's stats in his last season are staggering...
1,491 Championship runs at an average of 106.5 and eight centuries. Magnificent.
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Sussex 565 v Nottinghamshire 345-7
Billy Root's brilliant innings comes to an end as he is trapped lbw by Abidine Sakande.
The 25-year-old's innings has all but ensured Nottinghamshire's promotion to Division One - barring so extraordinary cricket in the next four sessions.
Image source, Rex FeaturesSo, with Surrey's collapse leaving Kumar Sangakkara stranded on 35 and the players off for rain at Taunton, the focus now switches to the match at Edgbaston.
The result there between Warwickshire and Hampshire could determine who goes down.
Warwickshire 188 & 151-9 v Hampshire 116
The former-Warwickshire captain Ian Bell is taking this match away from Hampshire.
Bell reaches his 50 off 66 balls having hit Fidel Edwards for a pair of boundaries.
The hosts' lead is now 223 runs as the Bears move past 150 in their second innings.
Lancashire 268 v Surrey 201-8 dec & 242
Surrey are all out, as Jade Dernbach goes second ball and Kumar Sangakkara is undefeated in the last innings of his career.
The Sri Lankan legend gets a standing ovation as he leaves the field for the final time.
Lancashire will be chasing 176 to win the match.
Image source, Rex FeaturesLancashire 268 v Surrey 201-8 dec & 242-9
Stuart Meaker is bowled first ball by Stephen Parry, leaving Surrey nine down.
Kumar Sangakkara has watched it all unfold from the non-strikers' end.
How long can last man Jade Dernbach hang around? He's not known for his batting is Jade!
Lancashire 268 v Surrey 201-8 dec & 241-8
Gareth Batty smites Liam Livingstone for a maximum, but is out next ball for 33.
The Surrey skipper skews one into the air and Livingstone takes the catch.
The part-time spinner has a career-best 6-52.
Kumar Sangakkara is still there on 34. The 39-year-old has been at the crease for most of this season to be fair.
Warwickshire 188 & 133-9 v Hampshire 116
Ian Bell is launching sixes!
The Warwickshire batsman has decided to hit out as his side look for just their second Championship victory of the season.
With a lead of 206 runs now, the hosts will feel they have a good chance of defeating Hampshire.