Tykes go up

At tea on the third day, victory appeared to be just around the corner with Derbyshire having sagged to 232-7 in their second innings and still requiring 71 to avoid the innings defeat.

But Derbyshire's last three wickets went on to add an amazing 290 runs and their final score of 523 left Yorkshire to make 220 off a minimum of 59 overs to win the match and slip into second place in the Championship table.

Their nightmare continued as Matthew Wood was lbw in the first over and with Anthony McGrath soon following him back to the pavilion Yorkshire's confidence was at such a low ebb that all they could do was concentrate on shutting up shop.

Michael Lumb, nine from 16 overs, was lbw to John Moss the ball before tea and soon after the interval Craig White was caught at short leg off Ant Botha.

Opener Joe Sayers stuck like a limpet but Ian Harvey and Tim Bresnan went in consecutive overs to make it 82-6 and it was Simon Guy who had to keep Sayers company for the last 12 overs.

Yorkshire were 114-6 at the close which left them with a total of 12 points but the loss of an additional ten points which they would have claimed with a victory meant they went third in the table and not second.

They now require eight points from their last match against Northamptonshire at Northampton tomorrow to move into second place above Durham and gain £15,000 in prize-money.

Derbyshire resumed on 366-7 yesterday with Botha on 98 and Tom Lungley on 34 and although Lungley soon fell to leg-spinner Mark Lawson further carnage ensued as Botha and Nick Walker demoralised Yorkshire with a stand of 133 in 25 overs for the ninth wicket.

Botha continued to bat with remarkable composure, while Walker started to knock the leather off the ball with some tremendous hitting which brought him three sixes off Lawson and raced him to his half-century off 45 balls.

Botha was dropped by Lumb at deep cover on 123 and when the score went past 491 it overtook Derbyshire's previous highest against Yorkshire made at Bradford Park Avenue in 1949.

Walker fell lbw to Harvey for 79 from 88 balls with nine fours and three sixes and Lawson's dismissal of last man Wayne White left Botha unbeaten on 156 from 201 deliveries with 18 fours and a six.

White admitted: "It did feel a bit of an anti-climax in the end but we set out at the start of the season to gain promotion and that is what we have done.

"We are still undefeated this summer and in the first division next year, so there are plenty of good moments."

Yorkshire today moved to Edgbaston for their Totesport League match against Warwickshire, where they will try to end a run of six straight defeats.

SCOREBOARD

Derbyshire v Yorkshire

(at Derby)

Derbyshire First Innings: 216 (Stubbings 63; Harvey 5-40).

Yorkshire First Innings: 520 (McGrath 158, Harvey 103, Wood 76).

Derbyshire Second Innings

Stubbings b Lawson 91

France c Guy b Bresnan 12

Bassano lbw b Harvey 5

Adnan lbw b Kruis 42

Moss lbw b Cleary 49

Sutton c McGrath b Lawson 10

Welch c McGrath b Lawson 1

Botha not out 156

Lungley c Sayers b Lawson 36

Walker lbw b Harvey 79

White lbw b Lawson 6

Extras b11 lb13 nb12 36

Total (142 overs) 523

Fall: 1-34 2-41 3-103 4-203 5-216 6-220 7-233 8-373 9-506.

Bowling: Kruis 30-4-107-1 Cleary 24-4-69-1 Harvey 20-5-51-2 Bresnan 22-3-93-1 Lawson 38-6-155-5 McGrath 8-1-24-0.

Yorkshire Second Innings

Wood lbw b Welch 0

Sayers not out 50

McGrath c Sutton b White 13

Lumb lbw b Moss 9

White c Hassan Adnan b Botha 1

Harvey c Sutton b Botha 7

Bresnan b Walker 0

Guy not out 12

Extras b10 lb2 w2 nb8 22

Total 6 wkts (58.3 overs) 114

Fall: 1-0 2-25 3-54 4-57 5-81 6-82.

Did not bat: M A K Lawson, M F Cleary, G J Kruis.

Bowling: Welch 11-3-29-1 White 6-1-16-1 Botha 23-12-20-2 Moss 12.3-6-19-1 Walker 6-1-18-1.

Derbyshire (7 points) drew with Yorkshire (12).

Updated: 10:13 Tuesday, September 20, 2005