Yorkshire hold nerve to claim first Championship win for 14 months - live updates
YORKSHIRE have claimed their first County Championship win for 14 months, beating Derbyshire by three wickets at Chesterfield.
Shan Masood led them home with a captain’s innings of 95 not out and received excellent support from Dom Bess, who made an undefeated 41.
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Hide AdThe pair came together after Dawid Malan had fallen to the first delivery of day four, caught by Matthew Lamb at short-leg off Mark Watt, the left-arm spinner.
Yorkshire still required 65 runs at that stage but Masood and Bess added 68 in relatively untroubled fashion, with victory sealed shortly before noon.