Yorkshire seal second win of season as Derbyshire slip to 277-run loss

Yorkshire 297 and 520 for 9 dec (Revis 106, Masood 86, Hill 79, Bean 64, Thompson 64) beat Derbyshire 247 (Madsen 93, Wagstaff 52, Thompson 3-48, Fisher 3-54) and 293 (Madsen 93, Came 58, Bess 4-79) by 277 runs

A fast-fire burst of 4 wickets for less than three runs in 24 balls throughout the remaining 20 minutes of the fourth morning set Yorkshire up for a deserved LV= Insurance County Championship 277-run victory over Derbyshire at sunny Scarborough.

They have been bowled out for 293 simply earlier than 2.20pm and misplaced for the second time this season to Yorkshire after a defeat at Chesterfield in June. They are the one two matches backside facet Yorkshire have gained this season. But they nonetheless stay rooted to the foot of Division Two regardless of gaining 18 factors to a few for the guests.

Bess completed with 4 for 79 from 24.2 overs, whereas Matthew Revis added three afternoon wickets to Thompson’s two. Yorkshire did acquire 20 factors however have been docked two due to a sluggish over-rate.

Derbyshire began the day on 65 for one, they usually have been dealing with a house assault minus the providers of fringe England Test fast Matthew Fisher as a consequence of a gentle facet pressure.

Ben Coad had Brooke Guest caught at second slip three overs into the day – 71 for 2 – however Derbyshire hit again.

Such was the aggression proven by Madsen, their 39-year-old legend making his two hundredth first-class look for the county, you probably did wonder if they have been eyeing up that mountainous goal.

He hit three leg-side sixes, reached his fifty off 48 balls and hit Bess for 22 in an over shortly earlier than falling for his second 93 of the fixture.

He shared 127 inside 21 overs for the third wicket with the extra circumspect Came, who began the day on 33 and went on to achieve his fifty in 116 balls.

Yorkshire being a bowler down in Fisher was a priority at this stage on a pitch providing bounce for the seamers and switch for the spinners – however not the standard North Marine Road tempo.

They needn’t have nervous.

Thompson trapped Came lbw with a full ball which he seemed to play to leg earlier than Bess additionally trapped a sweeping Madsen in entrance within the subsequent over, leaving the rating at 198 for 4 within the fiftieth.

Bess’s earlier over was the one which had been taken for 22 by Madsen, together with 4 fours and a six. But revenge got here rapidly.

He additionally trapped du Plooy lbw in his subsequent over after Madsen’s departure earlier than Thompson had Matt Lamb caught behind off the within edge within the subsequent, leaving the rating at 201 for six within the 53rd over.

Yorkshire’s place on the backside of Division Two owes extra to their off-field points than it does on.

Promotion can be a particular purpose for captain Shan Masood and firm in 2024. So a superb remaining month of the summer season, during which three video games stay, will set them up completely.

While Yorkshire gained for the second time in 11 video games, Derbyshire suffered their fourth defeat.

After lunch, Yorkshire’s second-innings centurion Matthew Revis had Alex Thomson caught behind 5 balls into the session – 211 for seven – earlier than some respite for the guests.

Anuj Dal and Zak Chappell shared 78 in entertaining trend, the latter clubbing three sixes in 33 which noticed Yorkshire make use of the brief ball tactic.

And it labored when he miscued Revis to Bess, who took a wise catch at square-leg tumbling backwards, leaving the rating at 289 for eight within the 69th over of the innings.

Revis received Sam Conners caught at long-leg with the identical techniques in his subsequent over earlier than Dal was stumped by Bess for 33 to wrap up Yorkshire’s giant margin of victory by runs in first-class matches for them towards Derbyshire.