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Australia's Steve Smith spent his final day as a Sussex player - for now - chasing leather and turning his arm over for a few overs as Glamorgan piled up 737 all out in their drawn games at Hove.

The Division One match at Trent Bridge also ended as a draw after Essex set Notts 219 from 39 overs. but Durham stretched their lead in the second tier to 29 points with victory over Gloucestershire.

The Championship now takes a break until 11 June when we'll be back with you for coverage of eight matches.

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Division One

Nottinghamshire 442 & 96-4 v Essex 298 & 362-8 dec

Match drawn

Division Two

Gloucestershire 292 & 300 v Durham 445 & 272-4 dec

Durham won by 125 runs

Sussex 481 & 1-0 v Glamorgan 123 & 737

Match drawn

Nottinghamshire's draw with Essex is enough to lift them above Somerset into fourth place. Here's how the top of Division One looks.

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The draw was probably the most likely result once Alastair Cook and Tom Westley had batted Essex into a strong lead, but at least both sides did their best to force a result.

Those two early wickets for Sam Cook put Essex in the driving seat and, once Simon Harmer had picked up two more, there was little Joe Clarke and Steven Mullaney could do other than bat it out against the spinners.

Close call for Steven Mullaney, who plays back to Simon Harmer and the ball skids through low but he's outside the line.

Mullaney steers a casual single to cover point, that's the only run of the over - and Essex skipper Tom Westley offers his hand to indicate that the draw has been agreed.

Steven Mullaney pads up to Matt Critchley and seven or eight pairs of Essex hands go up beseeching umpire Tom Lungley to raise his finger.

He remains unmoved and Mullaney denies the bowler a maiden, dabbing away a single to move into double figures and retain the strike.

Dave Bracegirdle
BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

"They're not going to get this in seven overs - even it was seven overs of mayhem."

Suddenly the run drought ends! Twelve of them in total, although it's past the point where Notts might think about a dash for the target.

Joe Clarke strikes Simon Harmer for two boundaries through the covers and advances to 42.

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Notts have almost given up on trying to score runs now - it's all about weathering the storm with shadows lengthening and fielders crowding around the bat.

Yet another maiden, this one from Matt Critchley to Steven Mullaney.

Dave Bracegirdle
BBC Radio Nottingham commentator

"It's all about getting to the point now where Tom Westley offers his hand to Steven Mullaney."

Joe Clarke keeps edging forward to Simon Harmer, but he's still taking no chances and the onus is now very much on Essex to see whether they can find a way through.

Another maiden for Harmer. Nine overs left.

Matt Critchley is giving it plenty of air, trying to tempt the batters into a false shot, but they're playing it safety first.

Just a single apiece to Joe Clarke and Steven Mullaney and we have 10 overs left.

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Those close-range fielders keep multiplying! Seven of them around the bat now and there's no doubt Essex are the side sensing they can force victory.

Nevertheless, Joe Clarke does well to take six from that Simon Harmer over. Still 11 to go.

Grace Ballinger
The Blaze bowler on BBC Radio Nottingham

"I don't think they're going to go for it now. The intent is the other way."

It's an all spin attack now for Essex, with Matt Critchley replacing Doug Bracewell.

Critchley, who used to ply his trade just down the road at Derby, would presumably love to lead his current team to a win at Trent Bridge.

They need six more wickets and Critchley is finding turn and bounce as he starts off with five dot balls, but the sixth is cut for two by Steven Mullaney.

Grace Ballinger
The Blaze bowler on BBC Radio Nottingham

"He's gone down a gear, Joe Clarke, keeping wickets in the shed."

Watchful from Joe Clarke as he plays out a maiden from Simon Harmer and you wonder whether the thinking in the Notts camp is shifting from twist to stick.

Just 13 overs to go and they still need 146.

Steven Mullaney is up and running with a two into the covers off Doug Bracewell, who responds with a bouncer.

The Notts captain takes evasive action and there are only three runs from the over.