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Nine England Test players were on duty in the seventh round of County Championship games and only one of them - Nottinghamshire's Stuart Broad - finished up on the winning side.

Essex made short work of Lancashire on the final day, which ended with Middlesex beating Durham after Ben Stokes was out for a duck.

Surrey lead Division One by four points from Hampshire and Middlesex are the new leaders of Division Two, nine points ahead of Notts.

Thanks for your company over the last four days. The Championship returns on 12 June. Our coverage of the T20 Blast begins on Wednesday.

Division One

Lancashire 103 & 232 v Essex 391

Essex won by an innings and 56 runs

Northamptonshire 430 v Kent 519-9 dec & 170-1 dec

Match drawn

Yorkshire 449 v Warwickshire 244 & 252-3

Match drawn

Division Two

Middlesex 422 & 119-4 v Durham 350 & 188

Middlesex won by six wickets

Nottinghamshire 358 & 167-0 v Derbyshire 260 & 262

Nottinghamshire won by 10 wickets

John Simpson hits the winning runs in style as he sends a Scott Borthwick delivery back over the ropes for six!

He finishes on 21 not out while the departing Peter Handscomb struck 39 from 50 balls to expertly guide his side to the win.

Middlesex are top of Division Two, with Durham back in fourth.

The beginning of the 27th over.

It's John Simpson facing Scott Borthwick.

Four required.

Just a matter of time now for Middlesex.

Durham have certainly put up a fight but their second innings total was never going to be enough to defend - barring something miraculous.

A four from John Simpson means Middlesex need five to win.

Peter Handscomb is guiding his side through nicely on his farewell appearance for Middlesex.

Another four brings that target down to single figures.

Nine needed.

Here's how the top of Division One looks following the seventh round of Championship games.

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A quieter over with Peter Handscomb and John Simpson trading in singles to keep things ticking over.

Fifteen required.

That's the way to settle any nerves!

New batsman John Simpson sends Scott Borthwick over the ropes for a maximum to make it eight runs from the 23rd over.

Peter Handscomb is on 30 not out at the other end and Middlesex need 19.

Peter Handscomb has batted very well since joining the action.

He's just hit his fourth four of the innings and is now on 29 from 38 balls.

Remember he will be leaving the club following the end of today's game.

They only need 29 now.

Ben Compton's boundary off Ben Curran is the final scoring stroke at Wantage Road as Kent declare their second innings and the game comes to an end.

Compton is 68 not out - and he has scored 878 runs in six games at an average of 109.75.

Northants earlier managed to add 83 to their overnight 347-7, saving the follow-on, with Lewis McManus scoring 58 not out.

Compton then put on 149 with Zak Crawley (84) and Kent take 13 points, and Northants 12. Both teams are still waiting for their first win.

A tidy over from Joe Root, costing him only a single, and the two sides shake hands on the draw.

You have to give credit and respect to Will Rhodes and Sam Hain, who batted for 27 overs yesterday for only 32 runs, and continued their defiance throughout the final day ay Headingley.

Rhodes finishes with 111 not out off 297 balls and Hain has 109 from 332, with their unbroken partnership worth 227.

Yorkshire take 14 points and Warwickshire 11.

Wonder what it would take to disturb Ben Compton's concentration.

If you've ever snuck up behind him and burst a balloon, let us know how he reacted.

Ben Curran sends down a low full toss outside leg stump and the Kent opener sweeps fine for another four to move to 68 not out.

Harry Brook is now doing a bowling stint for Yorkshire. Two runs for Sam Hain takes the Warwickshire total to 250. The lead is 45.

Time for bowler number nine and it's Northants skipper Ricardo Vasconcelos. Another player without a first-class wicket - can he emulate team-mate Ben Curran by claiming a first scalp?

Not like that. His first ball is very ordinary fare and Ben Compton helps it on its way for four runs.

Another couple of fours in that over from Peter Handscomb, this time off the bowling of Scott Borthwick.

It's been announced this afternoon that this will be Handscomb's final game for Middlesex.

After this game he will be joining up with Australia A for their series against Sri Lanka A, before then returning home to Australia for family reasons.

So a fine knock to take his team to victory here will be the perfect way to say farewell.

Will Rhodes square cuts Dom Bess for four.

The opportunity was there for Yorkshire today, but with a depleted attack, they just haven't been able to capitalise.

You can't take anything away from the two Warwickshire batters, though.