Henry Brookes six-for on Derbyshire debut helps blow Leicestershire away

Derbyshire 144 for 3 (Haider 54) path Leicestershire 122 (Brookes 6-20) by 22 runs

The 23-year-old Warwickshire quick bowler marked the primary recreation of a brief mortgage spell by taking 6 for 20 in 12 overs, 5 of them maidens, to ship Leicestershire tumbling from 45 with out loss to 122 all out. On his first look of the season, Brookes confirmed spectacular management to document the second finest figures on debut for Derbyshire who rammed dwelling their benefit by closing on 144 for 3, a lead of twenty-two.

Leicestershire’s batsmen got here into the sport in good type and regarded set for one more productive day till Brookes was introduced into the assault on the City End. Sol Budinger’s innings was vivid and breezy just like the climate till he launched an extravagant slash in Brookes’ second over and was caught at second slip.

It was not a distinguished shot and triggered an astonishing collapse wherein 5 wickets fell for 4 runs in 5 overs. Brookes and Luis Reece bowled a constant line and size which proved an excessive amount of for a group which had handed 400 on three events, one among them in opposition to Derbyshire at Leicester, this season.

Lewis Hill performed throughout the second ball he confronted and Rishi Patel, who had scored two centuries in his earlier 5 innings, was bowled by one which Reece swung again in simply sufficient.

What adopted for the Foxes revived uncomfortable recollections of current summers because the innings crumbled with little resistance.

Brookes tempted Colin Ackermann right into a unfastened drive earlier than discovering the surface fringe of Mulder’s bat with a advantageous supply. And any hopes of a restoration had been dashed when Reece beat Peter Handscomb with one other swinging supply to completely justify Derbyshire’s resolution to bowl first.

Leicestershire’s ideas over lunch might need turned to final September when Rehan Ahmed scored an excellent century on this floor to avoid wasting the sport however the England allrounder couldn’t mount one other rescue act this time.

Derbyshire’s bowlers renewed their depth with Sam Conners hanging within the fourth over of the afternoon session when Tom Scriven edged a firm-footed drive and Rehan departed within the subsequent over when he tried to look Brookes and was caught down the leg facet. That gave the seamer his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket and he claimed a sixth by having Michael Finan caught at brief leg earlier than Conners completed off the innings.

Brookes led Derbyshire off the sector along with his figures second solely to Doug Gregory who took 6 for 9 on debut for the county at Old Trafford in May 1871.

Leicestershire’s bowlers couldn’t match his accuracy and leaked runs from the beginning by bowling too brief and broad. Came and Ali tucked in and by tea had been solely 23 runs behind, however the guests regrouped throughout the break and bowled significantly better within the ultimate session.

Mulder made the breakthrough when he trapped Haider lbw making an attempt to tug a ball that stored low and three balls later, straightened one to knock again Brooke Guest’s off stump.

Came, making his first look of the season instead of Billy Godleman, who was dropped after a pair within the earlier recreation, was lbw to a full size ball from Finan for 49 earlier than the umpires took the gamers off shortly earlier than 6pm.