JOHN Morris said both teams got just what they deserved at the end of Derbyshire's short but sensational LV County Championship match against Gloucestershire.

A 54-run victory ended Derbyshire's four-month wait for their third Championship win of the season.

Jon Clare is mobbed after taking the final wicket to clinch Derbyshire's stunning victory yesterday.

The county had never before recovered from scoring as low a total in their first innings to win a Championship match.

Head of cricket Morris could not resist putting that down to karma.

"I've never seen a game of cricket like that," he said. "We were dead and buried and we've come away with a win.

"It just goes to show that if you mess about with this game, it bites you back.

"Gloucester decided to have a result pitch. I thought it was under-prepared and it's come back to bite them on the second day, because the ball has left little indentations and it's been hard to bat on.

"They came under pressure and we got on a roll, the way they did in the first innings.

"I didn't expect us to win. Anyone chasing 125 to win with two and a half days still to bat, you would expect them to get there.

"When we got them 12-2, the pressure started to get into the dressing room and I saw panic up there. The lads kept going and it was great to see the seamers do the job."

Morris reserved special praise for teenager Chesney Hughes, whose 96 not out in Derbyshire's second innings gave them a lead they were able to defend.

"We're talking about the bowlers and the pitch but 96 not out from a 19-year-old batter did as much to win that game as anything," he added.

"He deserved a hundred for what was, for me, a match-winning performance."

The win was Greg Smith's first in the four-day game since taking over as captain and he too said his side fed on the early signs of panic from Gloucestershire.

"We went out there with no fear of failure, because we were massive underdogs," he said. "We never thought we were going to win, so we played with freedom. I told the bowlers to bowl with aggression and they responded magnificently well.

"When they were three or four down, they just looked like they didn't know how to go about it. They were nervous and didn't know whether to attack or try to hang around.

"Once we got the first few out, I thought we had a massive chance.

"We stuck to our disciplines and didn't go chasing for wickets. It was controlled aggression and it paid off."