Warwickshire sealed their first home Championship win in 20 months in a fraction over an hour's play on the last morning of a see-saw fixture.

Durham, firmly in control with a first innings lead of 124, subsided to defeat by seven wickets when a flamboyant century by Mark Wagh took the home side to their target of 227.

Wagh, originally credited with 76 overnight, received a welcome lift to 84 following consultation between umpires and scores over eight runs which had gone down as byes on Friday.

The transfer of extras to the batsman's account proved to be essential to the former Oxford University captain's tenth career century. He reached 104 before hooking Ian Hunter straight to Nicky Phillips at square leg.

Wagh had totally dominated a third-wicket stand of 115 in 30 overs with David Hemp, who was dropped at slip off Steve Harmison when Warwickshire resumed, needing a further 51 to complete a major recovery.

While Wagh hit three more boundaries for a full ration of 17 fours and a six in 126 balls, Hemp advanced cautiously to 26 in their match-defining partnership and eventually saw the job through with an unbeaten 38.

The left-hander was joined by Dominic Ostler with 27 still wanted and the result was settled in the 18th over this morning.

In retrieving 16 points from a match which had started so badly for them, Warwickshire announced their intention to be a promotion-challenging force in their second season in Division Two and completed their first home win since defeating Sussex in September 1999.

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