Yorkshire moved off the underside of the Rothesay County Championship Division One desk after finishing a convincing 10-wicket win over Essex in York.
Essex entered the ultimate day 33-3 of their second innings however had been unable to set any kind of significant goal to avoid wasting the sport, with Jack White (4-37) and Ben Coad (3-33) serving to Jonny Bairstow’s aspect skittle out the guests for 131.
Yorkshire required simply 9 overs to make the 41 runs required, with Adam Lyth (15 not out) and Finlay Bean (18 not out) guiding them to only their second win of the season and seeing them leap to eighth within the 10-team desk.
Elsewhere in Division One, the run-fest within the opening days of the matches meant that the 4 different fixtures resulted in a draw.
Centuries for Emilio Homosexual and Alex Lees ensured Durham survived towards Surrey, who had amassed a club record 820-9 in their first innings on the Kia Oval.
The guests had been made to follow-on early on day 4, having been dismissed for 362, however Homosexual and Lees produced an unbeaten 262-run stand for the opening wicket of their second innings.
Nottinghamshire had been unable to drive victory towards Somerset, who completed 238-4 of their second innings, whereas Hampshire batted the time out towards Worcestershire.
It was additionally a stalemate between Sussex and Warwickshire, who had been 260-4 when the bails had been eliminated after Alex Davies (58), Tom Latham (69) and Sam Hain (53 not out) all made half-centuries.
In Division Two, Lancashire secured their first win of the season with a thumping 261-run victory at Derbyshire.
The hosts resumed day 4 on 139-3, chasing an bold 513 to win, however misplaced regular wickets earlier than being dismissed for 251. Captain Wayne Madsen completed 95 not out for Derbyshire, whereas George Balderson (4-54) impressed with the ball.
Gloucestershire survived towards Glamorgan, ending on 255-7 after being made to follow-on, whereas Kent clung on to earn a draw towards Northamptonshire after resolute batting on the ultimate day.
The subsequent spherical of County Championship matches happen from July 22.
