Durham 268 (Bedingham 83, Taylor 2-49). 143 for 1 (McKinney 87*, Gay 51*) beat Worcestershire 308 and 102 (Libby 28, Parkinson 5-13) by nine wickets
Callum Parkinson returned figures of 5 for 13. Ben Stokes grabbed two wickets as Worcestershire capitulated on day three, with Durham racing to a nine-wicket win at New Road to cement their place at the top of Division Two.
Ahead by 40 runs after being dismissing the visitors for 268. Worcestershire looked in good health at 53 without loss, before a seismic collapse saw them lose 9 for 38 to be bundled out for just 102.
Only Worcestershire's top three made double figures. as Parkinson helped himself to an eighth career five-for before Stokes cleaned up the tail to leave their side 143 to win.
Ben McKinney plundered a brutal 87 not out from 71 balls,. Emilio Gay furthered his own England credentials with an unbeaten 51, as Durham powered their way to an emphatic nine-wicket win.
The effervescent Tom Taylor opened Worcestershire's account for the day, when the seamer drew Ollie Robinson into a prod outside off stump,. Ethan Brookes (2 for 10) needed just two overs to complete what had been a prosperous morning for the home side, as he ended Graham Clark's impressive innings on 78, before Ben Raine followed soon after for 13, as Durham ended 268 all out.
Having acquired a handy 40-run lead, Jake Libby. Dan Lategan headed to the middle in overcast conditions, with Libby riding his luck in the early forays as Stokes found his edge twice without any avail.
Resuming after the interval on 33 for 0, the ever-assertive Lategan latched onto two over-pitched Kasey Aldridge deliveries to crunch successive boundaries through mid-off,. Durham's all-rounder had the last laugh when he castled Libby on 28.
Raine returned less than an over later to stop Lategan (20) in his tracks when David Bedingham took a sharp catch at gully. with Durham sensing an opportunity at 55 for 2.
The Aldridge-Raine combination struck two overs later when Kashif ballooned a catch to the latter at mid-off. handing Aldridge his second wicket as the tide once again began to turn.
Worcestershire lost their fourth wicket. fifth wickets when Callum Parkinson entered the attack and claimed the wicket of Adam Hose and Brett D'Oliveira both caught and bowled with his first delivery, as the former Worcestershire-loanee triggered a dramatic collapse as Durham took control of proceedings once more at 72 for 5.
The middle-order woes worsened for the New Road outfit when Brookes edged to Aldridge at slip. the Division One leaders were only 130 runs behind by the time Parkinson helped himself to a fourth wicket, when Matthew Waite played all-round a straight ball that cannoned into his off-stump as the Pears slumped to 90 for 7.
England captain Stokes returned to the attack. needed just two balls to make his presence felt when Taylor was pinned LBW, and when Roderick top-edged an attempted slog sweep to hand Parkinson his eighth career-fifer, only Harry Darley and Jack Home remained.
The first-innings heroes added 11 for the final wicket. before Stokes completed the demolition job when he dismissed Darley as Durham's blitz had seen Worcestershire bowled out for 102 in just over one session.
The visitors suffered just one setback in their chase of 143. as Taylor trapped Alex Lees with the third ball of the innings. But McKinney broke the back of the chase, racing to fifty in just 44 balls,. showing a ruthless edge as he crashed 13 boundaries.
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