Needing just the three wickets on the final day to seal victory it took Durham just 13 minutes to claim the points.
Ben Stokes got his 3rd wicket on the second ball of the day dismissing Clare who edged through to Phil Mustard for 2.
It was the birthday boy Chris Rushworth who then got the next wicket with Mustard again involved in the dismissal of Groenewald for 7. This took Mustard’s catches to 8 for the match.
The wicket also brought Rushworth’s 10th match wicket, the first time he had claimed a 10 wicket haul, a great birthday present for the 27-year old.
It was then Ben Stokes who took the final wicket to finish with figures of 4-32, ripping out Footitt’s middle stump to give Durham a 279 run win.
It was a superb performance from Durham set up by some outstanding invidvidual performances with the bat and ball.
Keaton Jennings made 216 match runs after 93 in the first innings and his maiden ton in the second with 123 whilst number three Scott Borthwick was also a standout with the bat making 117 in the second innings. Phil Mustard (52) and Will Smith (43) were also handy in the Durham first innings.
Standout with the ball was Chris Rushworth who took a personal best 10 wickets with 6-64 and 4-39 whilst Ben Stokes was back to his best in the second innings taking the match-winning wickets with figures of 4-32.