Durham's derby delight

After their 167-run win at Headingley, Durham won by three wickets after dismissing the visitors for 129 to leave themselves a target of 251.

On the day when his Test recall was confirmed, Darren Gough was out first ball and took only one wicket as Durham produced a solid team effort to overturn a 121-run first innings deficit.

On the best Riverside pitch of the season, the home batsmen had the better of the second innings conditions and the only time they looked like failing was when the fourth and fifth wickets both went down on 172.

That brought together Vince Wells and Mustard, who survived sharp chances to backward square leg on 14 and first slip on 21 off Steve Kirby. New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming got both hands to the ball above his head at slip but could not hang on.

The fiery Kirby angrily ripped off his sleeveless sweater when Mustard thrashed the first ball of his next over straight back past him for four.

Kirby followed up the predictable bouncer next ball by running down the pitch to eyeball the 20-year-old left-hander, but two balls later Mustard swatted another short ball through extra cover for another four.

He had put on 57 with Wells and only 21 were needed when Wells fell for 17, aiming to drive Gough and getting an inside edge into his stumps.

Graeme Bridge joined Mustard in an all-Sunderland pairing but in the next over his straight drive was deflected into the non-striker's stumps by Kirby and for the second time in a fortnight Mustard, on 34, was agonisingly run out with glory in his sights.

The situation held no fears for Shoaib, who survived an lbw appeal from Gough then drove him for a lofted two before smashing a short ball wide of long-on for six.

With five needed at the start of Gough's next over the Pakistani drove him back over his head for four then sliced the next ball to third man to clinch victory with 7.3 overs remaining.

Gough admitted he was disappointed not to have helped Yorkshire to victory, but was delighted with his England recall.

"The doubters who said my England career was over were my inspiration," he said. "It has been an awful lot of hard work, but it has been worthwhile.

"I'm disappointed not to have taken more wickets here, but I ran in well, bowled nearly 40 overs in the match and felt I could have done another 15."

Durham coach Martyn Moxon said: "It's always nice to win against your old club and it shows we are making progress.

"It has been a tremendous game with no quarter asked and it has gone down to the wire. It shows our youngsters what is required to win a four-day game which goes the full distance.

"Everyone has contributed and Shoaib Akhtar showed that he has star quality."

England will hope Gough can produce a little more fire at Edgbaston next Thursday than he did in taking one for 68 yesterday.

After winning their previous two games to get back in the promotion frame, defeat was a big bow for Yorkshire, who lost their remaining four wickets for 26 runs in 6.4 overs in the morning.

Stephen Harmison bowled the final ball of the incomplete over from the previous evening then Wells came on for an over so that the pacemen could switch ends.

It was therefore a double bonus for Durham when the medium pacer struck with his second and third balls. It almost seemed there was an element of divine judgement when Craig White, who was playing so well when he twice accepted offers of bad light on Thursday, padded up to an in-swinger and was lbw without adding to his overnight 30.

Gough went forward to the next ball, which bounced a little more than he expected and lobbed off his bat to Michael Gough at gully.

Ryan Sidebottom nicked the hat-trick ball on to his pad and took a single before an inside edge off Shoaib Akhtar went for four and he also upper cut the Pakistani to the boundary in the same over.

In Shoaib's third over he struck Andy Gray on the helmet and the Australian tried to hook the next ball and edged it to Phil Mustard.

Harmison replaced Wells and had Kirby caught at gully by Gough with his third ball to bring the innings to an unexpectedly rapid conclusion.

After their second innings dismissal for 93 by Durham at Headingley, this was another poor effort by Yorkshire, even if they did have the worst of the conditions.

The pitch had sweated under the covers for most of the day when they took the crease at 4pm on Thursday and there was rain in the air when they resumed yesterday.

But that was no excuse for the swift surrender and they quickly realised there was nothing wrong with the pitch as Gough and Jon Lewis took the score to 57 without loss off 20 overs at lunch.

Gough made 38 of those, stroking all five of the boundaries mainly from immaculate drives, although he also pulled his namesake first bounce over the rope at square leg.

He survived a couple of scares when an in-swinging yorker from Sidebottom hit him on the boot and a ball from Kirby lobbed off the shoulder of the bat just wide of gully.

Kirby snared him in the over after lunch, well caught by Yuvraj Singh diving to his right at second slip, then Muchall survived a big lbw appeal first ball before Gough almost forced him to play on in the next over.

Muchall had been in 15 overs for three when a ball from Sidebottom took the inside edge and brushed his pad before missing leg stump by a gnat's whisker.

Although Lewis hit only one four, he kept the score ticking along in a stand of 40, of which Muchall made six. But on 41 the captain shaped to cut a ball from Sidebottom which bounced more than expected and flew off the edge to Stephen Fleming at first slip.

Gary Pratt swiftly raced past Muchall by stroking three fours through extra cover off Sidebottom, but Kirby returned and bowled him off his pads second ball as he shaped to play to leg.

Peng was allowed to settle during a lengthy spell by Yorkshire captain Anthony McGrath. If he had taken note of last week's match at Riverside, when the Northants spinners took nine wickets in Durham's second innings and the tenth man was run out, McGrath might have introduced Gray earlier.

Perhaps McGrath's England experiences have persuaded him that he is a frontline bowler as he sent down 11 overs before finally turning to Gray with the score on 126 for three after 46 overs.

Muchall edged the last ball before tea from Gough between the slips for his only four to reach the break on 26 off 92 balls.

He still couldn't find his timing afterwards, but Peng hit three fours to catch him up and the stand was worth 55 when Gray made the breakthrough. Peng was on the back foot when the ball shot through to bowl him. After their regular collapses, Durham have talked endlessly about the need for vigilance when a wicket goes down but in the next over Muchall fenced at a short ball from Sidebottom and edged to Fleming.

But Mustard was as nerveless as ever and victory was almost in the bag by the time he was out.

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