Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie labelled Yorkshire’s stunning victory by an innings and 39 runs over Derbyshire as “a special performance” after two of their newcomers inspired an unexpected triumph at Headingley.

Having declared on 677-7 on a flat batting wicket, giving them a lead of 202 and a minimum of 84 overs to try and conjure up a win, Yorkshire stunned their opponents by dismissing them for 163 with Jack Brooks claiming 5-40 and Liam Plunkett contributing 2-20.

It followed an equally spectacular victory over Durham on Saturday and left Gillespie excited about the potential of a side boosted by the recruitment of Brooks from Northamptonshire and Plunkett from Durham during a busy winter.

“It was a pretty special performance to have 475 scored against us in the first innings and win by an innings,” said Gillespie.

“Our intent with the bat was fantastic and then to go out there with that aggression with the ball was superb. It was just a clinical performance.”

On a pitch which generated 1,152 runs for 17 wickets, with Chesney Hughes and Joe Root both enjoying double centuries, during the opening two innings, it seemed unlikely that Yorkshire would be able to dismiss Derbyshire cheaply enough to secure victory.

They earned themselves precious time by adding 80 in the opening ten overs of the final day to eclipse their highest-ever total against Derbyshire of 662 recorded at Chesterfield in 1898.

They were then given a flying start by Plunkett dismissing Hughes and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who seemed ideal for the situation, cheaply to catches behind the wicket.

And Brooks began his wicket spree by ending a 92-run fourth-wicket stand spanning 26 overs by removing both Wayne Masden and Wes Durston, who had battled to half-centuries.

Still only six wickets down at tea, Brooks completed the demolition only 28 minutes after that interval.

He removed Dan Redfern and Tom Poynton with successive deliveries and although Tim Groenewald blocked the hat-trick ball, Brooks claimed the final three wickets of the innings for six runs in 20 balls.