Derbyshire flip to Reece, Came once more after collapse
Derbyshire 318 (Reece 131, Came 65) and 78 for 0 f/o (Reece 58*, Came 25*) path Glamorgan 521 for 8 dec (Ingram 136, Cooke 70, Zain-ul-Hassan 69, Carlson 57, Root 52) by 125 runs
Promotion hopefuls Glamorgan are urgent for victory after Derbyshire collapsed dramatically on the third day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match at Derby.
After a gap stand of 165 between Luis Reece and Harry Came, Derbyshire misplaced seven wickets for 44 to be bowled out for 318 however following on, the pair once more performed effectively to shut on 78 with out loss, 125 runs behind.
Reece scored 131, his first Championship hundred of the season, and Came 65 however the dwelling aspect fell aside towards the second new ball as Glamorgan secured most bonus factors.
Leus du Plooy made 41 to finish 1,000 Championship runs for the season however his dismissal began the slide with Timm van der Gugten ending with 3 for 94.
Until that second new ball, Derbyshire had seemed comfy as they gathered steadily towards correct however primarily unthreatening bowling.
On a rain-interrupted morning, Came and Reece performed patiently with the previous reaching his 50 from 162 balls because the pair recorded Derbyshire’s highest opening stand towards Glamorgan at Derby.
The bowlers have been getting little out of a sluggish pitch and after a quick rain break, it was a lapse in focus that introduced concerning the breakthrough. Came was tempted into driving at a large ball from van der Gugten and edged into the gloves of Chris Cooke.
It had taken 64 overs however Glamorgan solely needed to wait one other 4 balls as Brooke Guest, who scored centuries in each innings of the corresponding match final season, was trapped on the crease lbw for a duck.
Another bathe left Reece on 99 at lunch however he accomplished his hundred instantly after the resumption with an edge previous the slips off van der Gugten for his twelfth 4.
When du Plooy drove van der Gugten to the duvet boundary, he reached 1,000 Championship runs in a season for Derbyshire for the primary time and though he was dropped at slip off Mitchell Swepson on 33, the wheels got here flying off shortly afterwards.
Reece was caught off the glove sweeping Swepson and when the brand new ball was taken, Jamie McIlroy acquired some late motion to have du Plooy caught behind.
Haider Ali went within the subsequent over reducing at van der Gugten and Anuj Dal didn’t benefit from a dropped catch within the slips earlier than he had scored when he edged McIlroy behind.
At tea, Derbyshire wanted one other 63 to keep away from following-on however the final 4 wickets went for under two runs in 19 balls. Andy Gorvin was getting the ball to swing within the overcast circumstances however Alex Thomson edged an enormous drive earlier than Tom Wood missed a sweep at Swepson.
Gorvin tempted Zak Chappell right into a drive which secured full bowling factors and when George Scrimshaw was run out, Glamorgan had no hesitation in placing Derbyshire again in.
The good news for the hosts was that the solar was now out and batting grew to become simpler as Came and Reece mixed once more to frustrate Glamorgan.
David Lloyd rotated his bowlers however Derbyshire’s openers performed responsibly to bat 33 overs to the shut and provides their aspect an opportunity of saving the match with Reece unbeaten on 53.