Yorkshire leapfrog Essex with 10-wicket win

Yorkshire claimed just a second County Championship win of the summer

Rothesay County Championship Division One, Clifton Park, York (day four)

Essex 368 & 131: Cox 55; White 4-37, Coad 3-33

Yorkshire 459 & 41-0: Lyth 15*, Bean 18*

Yorkshire (20 pts) beat Essex (3 pts) by 10 wickets

Match scorecard

Yorkshire completed a notable come-from behind victory over fellow Division One strugglers Essex to leapfrog them in the table at the end of the ninth round.

Essex are now second-bottom of the table, three points behind their hosts, who chased a nominal target of 41 to triumph by 10 wickets and secure their second win of the summer.

Essex's third defeat came as they were bowled out for 131 in their second innings, which had started with them 91 behind. They will be mightily frustrated at letting things slip on day three when Yorkshire were 273-8 in reply to a first-innings 368.

While Matthew Revis and Ben Coad were the ones to turn the tide for Yorkshire, new-ball seamer Jack White supplemented their good work with an excellent 4-37 from 20.1 overs in the second innings and seven wickets in the match.

All-rounder Revis hit a first-innings 150 and struck once with the ball on Wednesday, removing England fringe batter Jordan Cox for 55. Seamer Coad hit a career-best 89 and completed an excellent 3-33 from 17 overs.

Yorkshire struck three times during a 55-minute morning session which was bookended by rain. Coad and new-ball partner White did the damage as Essex slipped to 48-6 in 28 overs. The visitors had started on 33-3.

Nightwatchman Simon Harmer sliced a low catch to Abdullah Shafique diving forwards at gully, handing Coad a third wicket of the innings, before White trapped Matt Critchley lbw pushing forwards and sent Charlie Allison's off-stump cartwheeling.

Play was due to restart following an early lunch, though more rain briefly delayed things as the players scuttled back in when ready to go.

When play did get under way, with a minimum of 68 overs remaining and Essex 48-6, Cox and Michael Pepper frustrated the hosts by sharing 59 to take their county into the lead.

It was somewhat of a surprise to see Cox drive expansively against Revis' seam, getting an under-edge behind shortly after reaching his fifty off 89 balls. That left Essex at 107-7, leading by 16.

And it was bordering on shock when Pepper edged behind a similarly aggressive cut against White almost seven overs later, leaving Essex at 114-8 with a lead of 23.

Dom Bess's off-spin bowled Noah Thain shortly afterwards before White wrapped things up by getting Khaleel Ahmed caught at second slip by Adam Lyth, signalling tea.

After the break, Yorkshire dotted the i's and crossed the t's on a 20-point haul to jump up to eighth in the table.

Openers Lyth and Fin Bean, the latter on his home ground, reached the target in nine overs. Lyth finished with 15 and Bean 18.

Afterwards, Yorkshire head coach Anthony McGrath revealed that Australian all-rounder Will Sutherland will extend his stay with the county to play in the two Championship matches at Scarborough against Surrey and Sussex later this month.

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Yorkshire captain Jonny Bairstow:

"After them holding out for a draw down at Essex and us dominating the game (in May), we had the bit between our teeth to try and win this one this week.

"I'm really proud of the way the lads stuck in there. It would have been easier to go missing when they got nearly 400 batting first.

"Most of the results around the counties have been draws, so it just shows how much of a decent win this is.

"The bottom four or five spots are all very tight at the moment. If you can gain wins on people that are around you, that's going to be a big thing for the rest of the year."

Essex director of cricket Chris Silverwood:

"First innings, from a decent start, we should have gone on and scored more runs. Then, first innings when we were bowling, we could potentially have come out with a 70-run lead and ended up with a deficit of nearly 100.

"It put us in a tricky situation. The fact is we just haven't played well enough over a long period of time. We see little individual moments of brilliance, but as a whole we're not playing well enough for long enough.

"Winning becomes a habit, and losing also seems to become a habit. It's difficult to stop that. But somehow we have to stop the tide from coming in and push back hard.

"We have games in front of us in which we have to make an impact to make sure we stay in Division One."