Derbyshire v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gloucestershire-c785 - County Championship Division Two - Live Score and Update
Derbyshire 362/9 (96.0 ov) v Gloucestershire - Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat
In the County Championship Division Two between Derbyshire and Gloucestershire at County Ground, Derby, the hosts hammered visitors Gloucestershire for a massive total of 362 runs for the loss of nine wickets, after choosing to bat first on winning the toss.
The side, however, lost their first wicket with only six runs on the board with opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Borrington-c2162 perishing without scoring a run.
Before they could recover from their early loss, they suffered the demise of their second wicket when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Guptill-c1980 fell after scoring an innings of 30 runs.
However, with two wickets down, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wes-Durston-c2789 took charge as they forged an astounding partnership to subdue the bowling side by hammering the bowlers all around the park without remorse.
The duo steered the side to a total of 138 runs before losing the services of Durston, who fell after scoring an innings of 68 runs.
Nonetheless, this was not the end of their innings as this saw the arrival of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dan-Redfern-c1306, who forged another important partnership with Madsen, taking the score to 253 after which it was finally time for Redfern to take a walk off the field by hammering an innings of 55 runs.
Later, Madsen after smashing a resilient innings of 101 runs off 186 deliveries saw himself out of the ground, leaving his side standing on a tally of 282 runs.
After the departure of Madsen, the fielding side took a sigh of relief but their joy was short lived as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ross-Andrew-Whiteley-c86874 belted another irritating knock of 40 runs.
Finally after his departure, the bowling side made a small comeback in the match by grabbing a few wickets, however, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jonathan-Clare-c1729, became another headache for the fielding side as he refused to give away his wicket cheaply, belting the bowlers who came in his way.
The batsman stayed unbeaten on a tally of 31 runs as his side ended their innings by posting 362 runs on the board.
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