Yorkshire off to winning start in County Championship

Dawid Malan scored a fluent half-century to guide Yorkshire to a six-wicket victory over Gloucestershire on the final day of their LV=Insurance County Championship Division One match.

Yorkshire were made to work hard for their win, with James Bracey earlier registering an outstanding, career-best 177 that propelled the hosts to 359 in their second innings.

Gloucestershire vs Yorkshire scorecard

Bracey dominated a defiant seventh-wicket stand of 104 with Zafar Gohar (40) to ensure the contest went into the final session of the fourth day.

Bracey was last man out shortly after lunch, removed by Yorkshire captain Steven Patterson (4-43), leaving Yorkshire a target of 211 in 60 overs.

Malan spearheaded that chase, posting a run-a-ball 65, while promising youngster Harry Brook tonked an unbeaten 56 off just 48 deliveries to finish the job with more than 10 overs to spare.

It represents the perfect start to the season for Yorkshire's recently-appointed managing director of cricket Darren Gough and head coach Ottis Gibson following on from the Azeem Rafiq racism row that dominated the winter.

Elsewhere in Division One, Lancashire secured a 10-wicket win over Kent in their clash at Canterbury, but only after the hosts frustrated them deep into the final day.

Kent vs Lancashire scorecard

Leg-spinner Matt Parkinson finished with match figures of 7-158, while Hasan Ali took 3-36 in Kent's second innings, but the visitors were held up by a defiant second-innings batting display from Ben Compton.

Compton became the first Kent batter to score centuries in each of his first three innings for the club. When he was finally out for 115, Compton had faced 629 balls and batted for 856 minutes.

Lancashire had reduced Kent to 81-6 overnight,