LONDON, April 23: Durham became the first team to top the County Championship table this season after they completed an innings and 56-run victory over Kent in their opening First Division fixture on Saturday.

Scores and results on Saturday:

County Championship (final day of four):

First Division:

At Canterbury: Durham (22pts) beat Kent (5pts) by an innings and 56 runs.

Durham 575 (G. Muchall 219, P. Mustard 130, G. Pratt 52; M.M. Patel 4-100); Kent 340 (M. van Jaarsveld 83, D.I. Stevens 62, D.P. Fulton 62) and 179 (M.M. Patel 61).

At Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire (9pts) drew with Yorkshire (6pts).

Nottinghamshire 417-8 declared (C.M.W. Read 102 not out, D.J. Bicknell 95, R.J. Warren 93, W. Smith 60) v Yorkshire.

At Hove: Sussex (9pts) drew with Warwickshire (12pts).

Sussex 302 (L. Wright 54; H.H. Streak 5-72) and 417-2 declared (M.W. Goodwin 214 not out, M.H. Yardy 159 not out); Warwickshire 449 (I.J.L. Trott 109, N.V. Knight 73, J.O. Troughton 58, A. Loudon 51; R.S.C. Martin-Jenkins 4-78).

Second Division:

At Chelmsford: Essex (11pts) drew with Northamptonshire (11pts).

Northamptonshire 397 (L. Klusener 126 not out, B.M. Shafayat 118, D.J.G. Sales 75; D. Gough 5-82) and 364-7 declared (D.J.G. Sales 157 not out, L. Klusener 62; R. ten Doeschate 4-99); Essex 381 (A.N. Cook 88, J.F. Middlebrook 59, D. Gough 52 not out, G. Napier 52, A. Flower 51; L. Klusener 4-70) and 158-3 (A.N. Cook 103 not out). —AFP