Kuldeep spins Yorks to three-day win over Essex

Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Headingley (day three)

Essex 171: Bell 64*; Yadav 4-70 & 113: Walter 48; Yadav 6-50

Yorkshire (22 pts) beat Essex (2 pts) by an innings and 106 runs

Kuldeep Yadav and George Hill swamped Essex with spin and seam as Yorkshire raced to a three-day innings and 106-run victory at Headingley which all but secured their County Championship top-flight future.

It would take a remarkable turn of events during the final stages of the season for the White Rose not to be playing in Division One next summer after a fourth win in 12 matches was achieved in some style.

Dom Bess' unbeaten 80 was the cornerstone of their first-innings 390 into day two before Essex slipped to 171 all out in reply and then 113 all out having been asked to follow-on.