PACEMAN Brydon Carse admitted he would have to learn the words to Blaydon Races after his first experience of Durham's victory song.

Carse and James Weighell took three wickets each in dismissing Lancashire for 251 to wrap up victory by 73 runs early in the final session of an uninterrupted match.

The first win of the season lifted Durham to fourth in the table with a game in hand on two of the sides above them.

Carse may not have known the build-up to “all wi' smiling faces” but he was all smiles himself as he admitted: “I just stood there bashing my bat on the floor. I'll definitely have to learn the words.”

With the threat of rain not far away, the Emirates Riverside floodlights were on from mid-afternoon, but it was in the morning session when Lancashire lost their way.

Needing 325 to win following Paul Collingwood's overnight declaration, they lost five wickets with Carse taking two of the three which went down for seven runs in a crucial period shortly before lunch.

“On the fourth day we knew we had to hit the pitch hard to get anything out of it,” he said. “I knew where I wanted to bowl to Alviro Petersen and I didn't quite get it in the right spot, but it bounced a bit more than he expected.”

The South African Test batsman was likely to be the biggest danger and had moved comfortably to 24 when he had to readjust his intended cut and steered a catch straight to backward point.

Coach Jon Lewis said: “It took a bit of courage to declare overnight, so all credit to Paul Collingwood for that.

“It was still a decent pitch and we knew we would have to fight for every wicket. It was an excellent performance by the pack of bowlers.

“We have a few to choose from and I took Neil Killeen's word that Weighell and McCarthy were in the best form. I trust his judgement absolutely.”

Although they lost Haseeb Hameed to the 12th ball of the innings, lbw to Weighell, Lancashire had 46 on the board after five overs thanks largely to Graham Onions feeding Karl Brown easy leg-side runs.

Brown had hit eight of the ten fours at that point and added one more before Onions hit the spot and had him lbw for 41, made off 26 balls.

After removing Petersen, Carse had left-hander Luke Procter brilliantly caught by Scott Borthwick at second slip, then Steven Croft flung his bat at a short, wide one from Barry McCarthy and edged to Michael Richardson.

Lancashire also made a bright start after lunch, taking 43 off the first seven overs with Onions again struggling for control.

McCarthy also dropped short too often, allowing Alex Davies to cut and pull on his way to 39.

He had put on 67 with Liam Livingstone and had rekindled Lancashire's hopes of victory when he drove wide of off stump at Weighell and edged behind.

Tom Bailey became the third successive batsman to be caught by Richardson when fending at a bouncer from Carse, who kept things tight in a long afternoon spell and finished with 15-3-38-3.

It was hoped spin might play a part, but Ryan Pringle's only over, just before tea, cost 14 as Liam Livingstone decided to throw off his shackles and twice cleared the short leg-side boundary.

There was one wicket for Borthwick. Neil Wagner stood his ground when Jennings claimed a catch via his boot at short leg, but the umpires consulted and decided the left-hander was out.

That made it 188 for eight, but Livingstone put on 56 with Kyle Jarvis, who fell in the third over after tea to a nonchalant catch at short leg by Jennings.

Onions wrapped it up by rattling Simon Kerrigan's off stump, leaving Livingston stranded on 60.

Durham now go to Worcester for their opening NatWest T20 Blast match on Saturday before starting their next championship match away to bogey side Warwickshire on Sunday.