Mitchell Starc made a flying start to his Yorkshire career as his new county beat Derbyshire in the Clydesdale Bank 40 competition at Headingley today.

The Australian left-arm fast bowler put the frustration of 14 flights in 12 days behind him to swap air miles for wickets as the visitors slumped from 154-1 halfway through the 28th over to post only 219-8 after Andrew Gale had invited them to bat.

Starc, now nicknamed Terminal by his Yorkshire team-mates, encountered well-documented problems with his visa, and was deported by the UK Border Agency ten days ago.

But his Yorkshire career took off thanks to figures of 3-28 from eight overs, bowling quickly and accurately at either end of the innings.

His first five-over spell went for 17 runs before he returned to claim the wickets of Ross Whiteley, Dan Redfern and Tom Poynton.

Whiteley was caught at deep-extra cover in Starc’s sixth over – a maiden to boot – before Redfern was caught behind and Poynton bowled in the innings’ penultimate over.

Gary Ballance then starred with the bat to see his side home by seven wickets with 14 balls to spare.

The left-hander clubbed four leg-side sixes in an unbeaten 77 off 60.

Yorkshire were under the cosh early on thanks to an opening stand of 137 inside 25 overs between New Zealander Martin Guptill and Chesney Hughes.

Guptill, dropped on 17 by Phil Jaques, bludgeoned five sixes in 89 off 83 balls and Hughes hit 50, falling the ball after he had reached his milestone to Moin Ashraf.

Derbyshire’s innings then fell away dramatically as Anthony McGrath also contributed.

He returned 2-24 from six overs, getting key man Guptill caught behind and trapping Wayne Madsen lbw in successive overs to leave the score at 169-4 in the 31st.

Iain Wardlaw and Azeem Rafiq both struck as the last seven wickets fell for 54 runs.

Yorkshire were always ahead of the game in their reply, although they were not necessarily in complete control.

Adam Lyth and Gale both fell in the thirties, and when Jaques swept David Wainwright to short fine-leg for 47, leaving the score at 153-3 in the 30th, the hosts still needed 67 off 64 balls.

But Ballance put his foot on the accelerator at just the right time with Joe Root (28 not out) for company in an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 70 in eight overs.

The game-breaking over came in the 35th when Ballance hit a six and two fours in three balls off Garry Park’s medium pace.

Yorkshire, who have now won one and lost one in Group C, travel to Hove to face Sussex Sharks on Thursday.