County Championship: Notts knock Essex off top spot as Leicestershire claim first Division One win in 23 years vs Yorkshire

Defending champions Nottinghamshire replaced opponents Essex at the top of Rothesay County Championship Division One after winning by an innings and 52 runs at Chelmsford.

Resuming on 13-2 and trailing by 260, the hosts were dismissed for 221 in their second innings as Notts seamer Fergus O'Neill claimed 5-39.

Charlie Allison top scored for Essex with 56 off 104 balls before being trapped lbw by Liam Patterson-White, who took 3-66.

Yorkshire resumed on 32-2 in their second innings - trailing by 236 - and were all out for 229 following three wickets apiece for Josh Davey, Alex Green and Ajaz Patel.

Leicestershire, whose decisive first-innings total of 453 was underpinned by centuries from Rehan Ahmed and Nick Kelly, remain bottom of the table following promotion as Division Two champions.