Tom Hartley spins Lancashire to hard-fought win, Glamorgan complete Kent double

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TWO ROUNDUP: Hartley claimed 11 wickets in the match for James Anderson's side, who are moving up the Division Two table

Cardiff (day four of four): Kent 155 & 360, Glamorgan 327 & 189-5 - Glamorgan win by five wickets

Stand-in captain Kiran Carlson lifted Glamorgan into promotion places with a five-wicket win over Kent at Sophia Gardens.

Kent's winless run in the Rothesay County Championship continued for an eighth match after setting just 189 on a sun-beaten day four in Cardiff.  The visitors remain bottom of Division Two with their last win coming in April while Glamorgan head to second ahead of Derbyshire.

Carlson eliminated any concerns of defeat from 25 for 2 with an unnerved 89 not out, negating the endless spell from Matt Parkinson who claimed 4 for 82.

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^{Tom Hartley starred for Lancashire (Dan Istitene/Getty Images)}

Cheltenham (day four of four): Lancashire 557 & 111-1, Gloucestershire 381 & 285 - Lancashire win by nine wickets

Man of the match Tom Hartley produced another career-best performance to propel Lancashire to a hard-earned nine-wicket victory over Gloucestershire at Cheltenham and keep alive their hopes of winning promotion back to Division One of the Rothesay County Championship.

Having previously staged his highest score of 130 and taken 6 for 116 to put his team in control, the England slow left armer claimed 5 for 99 on the final day of an entertaining match at the famous old College Ground as the Red Rose county made it two wins out of two in the red-ball format under the new leadership team of interim head coach Steve Croft and captain Jimmy Anderson.

Made to follow on, Gloucestershire were dismissed for 285 in 98 overs in their second innings, slow left armer Hartley finishing with match figures of 11 for 215 after Ben Charlesworth and Joe Phillips had scored 71 and 56 respectively for the home side.

Set 110 to win in 26 overs, Lancashire chased down their target for the loss of Luke Wells with five overs to spare, courtesy of an authoritative unbroken second wicket partnership of 103 between Keaton Jennings and Josh Bohannon.

Confronted by four spinners as Gloucestershire dispensed with seam, Jennings top-scored with a brisk 57 not out from 67 balls, while the equally forthright Bohannon faced 50 deliveries in raising an undefeated 45 as the visitors eased to victory in the final hour.

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