Middlesex dominant against Derbyshire: County Championship Division Two – England domestic
Middlesex were in a very good position in a match of the County Championship Division Two against Derbyshire being played at the County Ground, Derby in England.
The hosts were bowled out for 154 runs in their first innings while Middlesex reached 115 for the loss of just 1 wicket until the close of first day’s play on Wednesday.
Derbyshire captain Luke Sutton elected to bat first after winning the toss, but his team was unable to score a healthy first innings total. The wicket did not have much assistance for the bowlers, but there was some seam movement with the new ball.
The home team got off to a bad start, losing their opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wes-Durston-c2789 tried to steady the innings for their
team.
The pair scored 40 runs for the second wicket, but the Derbyshire opener Durston failed to carry onto the start he got to his innings and was dismissed for 20 runs off 43 balls with the help of 3 fours. Just three balls later, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chesney-Hughes-c1233 was also sent
back to the pavilion without troubling the scorers.
Wickets kept on tumbling for the home team, as they lost the Pakistan-born Khawaja and middle-order batsman Greg Smith in a span of just 10 runs. They got out after scoring 16 and 3 runs respectively. Daniel Redfern also followed them after adding 13 runs
to the total and Derbyshire were 6 down for 81 runs at that stage.
Luke Sutton and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jonathan-Clare-c1729 scored 14 runs each, but were unable to capitalise on the starts they got. The top score of the innings came from tail-ender Ross Whiteley, who was dismissed after scoring 28 runs. Tony Palladino remained unbeaten on 15 as
he ran out of partners from the other end.
Medium-pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tim-Murtagh-c2673 was also impressive with the new ball as he dismissed 3 batsmen.
The openers of the visiting team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scott-Newman-c2467 gave a steady start to their team. However, Newman got out after adding 17 runs to the total, as Middlesex lost their first wicket for 30 on the board.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dan-Housego-c1305 walked out in the middle and gave good support to Rogers. The pair put together an unbeaten 85 runs for the second wicket before the umpires called the day off. At close of play, Rogers and Housego were batting on 66 and 24 runs respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817 batsmen in check.
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