Yorkshire 353 (Malan 106, Watt 5-83) and 215 for 7 (Masood 95*, Bess 41*, Watt 4-74) beat Derbyshire 111 (Fisher 5-30) and 453 (du Plooy 170, Haider 146) by three wickets

Yorkshire celebrated a County Championship victory for the primary time in 14 months after they beat Derbyshire by three wickets on the ultimate morning of the match at Chesterfield.

Yorkshire wanted 65 when Mark Watt eliminated Malan however Masood and Bess performed with composure to share an eighth-wicket stand of 68 from 82 balls to win a gripping contest on 215 for 7

The odds had shifted in Derbyshire's favour when Watt struck with the primary ball of the morning. Malan tried to paddle sweep the left-arm spinner however solely succeeded in lobbing a easy catch to Matt Lamb at brief leg.

Given the state of affairs, it was a poor shot by a participant of Malan's high quality and expertise and put much more accountability on the shoulders of Masood.

With balls conserving low,, there was little margin for error however Bess eased among the stress by sweeping Watt behind sq. for 4 earlier than Masood stroked Alex Thomson to the duvet boundary.

There had been extra cheers from the Yorkshire dressing room when Bess reduce Watt for 4 and clipped him by midwicket for 3 however there was an anxious second for the guests in the identical over.

Masood was on 76 when he missed a sweep at Watt and umpire Chris Watts appeared to uphold the attraction however was solely signalling to the bowler to get off the pitch.

Bess drove Thomson by the covers for an additional 4 and when Zak Chappell changed Watt on the Pavilion finish, Masood turned him behind sq. to the ropes.

Watt switched to the Lake finish however the goal was now below 20 and Masood swept him to the midwicket boundary to maneuver into the nineties.

With 14 required, Thomson changed Chappell however Bess skipped down the pitch to whip him by midwicket for 4 and within the subsequent over, he swept Watt for an additional boundary to take Yorkshire to inside touching distance of the ending line.

With everybody across the bat, Bess turned Watt by midwicket for 3 and struck the successful blow by pulling a Thomson full toss to the boundary shortly earlier than noon to lastly finish Yorkshire's 17-game look ahead to a red-ball victory.