Moeen Ali and Worcestershire had little trouble in taking the four wickets they needed for victory during the fourth morning against Yorkshire at Scarborough.

Moeen’s side completed their second Specsavers County Championship win of the season, by an innings and 186 runs.

Yorkshire started their second innings 356 runs in arrears and resumed on day four at 140 for six.

They were bowled out for 170 inside 40 minutes of play.

Moeen enjoyed a stunning week.

He took two wickets with his off-spinners in the first innings before hitting a brilliant 219 with the bat as the visitors amassed 572 for seven declared as they replied to 216.

He then struck four times at the start of Yorkshire’s second innings on day three and added two of the last four to fall, finishing with six for 49 from 23 overs.

His match figures amounted to eight for 89 from 30 overs.

Worcestershire, bottom of the Division One table before this round of fixture, claimed a maximum 24-point haul to the White Rose county’s one.

It means the gap between the two is now just five points with as many games to play.

Both sides will now have to wait for other games involving relegation rivals Lancashire and Hampshire to finish to see exactly where they sit in the table.

While this was Worcester’s second win in nine this season, this was Yorkshire’s fourth defeat in nine and their fifth defeat in the last six fixtures on this ground, including the last four in a row.

Moeen is only the second Worcester player to have scored a double hundred and taken five wickets in an innings in the same Championship match.

The other was Ted Arnold against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in 1909 when he scored 200 not out and added seven for 44 in the second innings. Arnold took 10 wickets in the match having added three in the first innings.

Moeen bowled David Willey and had Matthew Fisher caught behind within the space of four balls in the 56th over, the fourth of the morning, as Yorkshire fell to 149 for eight.

His chances of 10 in the match were ended by the impressive seamer Dillon Pennington, who bowled Jack Brooks (164 for nine). Pennington had Josh Poysden caught at second slip in his next over to wrap up the win.

Worcestershire face Lancashire at Southport next week and Yorkshire host Somerset at Emerald Headingley.