Somerset bowlers dominate Derbyshire on the opening day: County Championship Division One – Cricket News
On the opening day of the four-day County Championship Division One match between Derbyshire and Somerset, the latter trail by 250 runs with ten wickets remaining in the first innings, at County Ground, Derby.
After winning the toss, Somerset chose to field and made an impression early on by nabbing their first wicket when Derbyshire were on 15. Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Billy-Godleman-c1164 was the first batsman of the day to find his way off the field after
scoring only five runs.
The second-wicket partnership looked strong as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alfonso-Thomas-c991 after scoring 25 runs off 60 deliveries.
With Madsen and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390 batting together, Derbyshire reached 82 runs, before this partnership ended on the wicket of Chanderpaul, who fell with five runs off his bat. This was later followed by the wicket of Wes
Durston, who crumbled after hitting six runs off his bat, leaving his side on 99.
While things looked bad for the batting side, Madsen and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steve-Kirby-c2577 then crashed the party by trapping Madsen in front of
stumps on 50. The bowler then struck again by dismissing Slater for 14, when Derbyshire were on 141.
With the top-order back in the pavilion, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jonathan-Clare-c1729 crafted another daunting partnership as they halted the bowling onslaught for a while and took the score to 173, before Clare was removed by Thomas after
hitting 20 runs off 48 deliveries.
By now Somerset seemed all set to bowl-out their opponents on something around 210, however, the staggering partnership between Johnson and Tony Palladino turned the tables as this pair took the score to 255, with both batsmen
smacking the bowlers everywhere.
This partnership came to its end on the wicket of Palladino, who departed after scoring 49 runs off 67 deliveries. Johnson was then the next to follow, as he found his way off the field after scoring 56 runs. With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Footitt-c1903
as the last batsman to fall, Derbyshire collapsed on 266.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marcus-Trescothick-c1898 was on ten and Nick Compton on six when stumps were called with Somerset on 16.
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