Colin Ingram century guides Glamorgan to victory over Derbyshire
Glamorgan 299 for 3 (Ingram 115*, Carlson 65) beat Derbyshire 298 for 8 (Came 73, Reece 69, Haider Ali 63) by seven wickets
A century from Colin Ingram guided Glamorgan to a seven-wicket win over Derbyshire within the Metro Bank One-Day Cup match at Derby.
Ingram scored an unbeaten 115 off 108 balls and Kiran Carlson 65 from 52 as Glamorgan chased down Derbyshire’s 298 for 8 with 17 balls to spare.
Billy Root helped seal victory with an unbeaten 34 from 31 balls in a stand of 82 from 76 balls with Ingram who ended the match with a six off Luis Reece.
The residence facet have been on target for a extra imposing whole after Harry Came with 73 and Reece 69 shared a gap stand of 134.
But Haider Ali‘s dismissal for 63 from 50 balls sparked a collapse that noticed Derbyshire lose 5 wickets for 26 runs in six overs and the guests have been all the time favourites as soon as Ingram and Carlson took management.
It had promised to be a greater day for Derbyshire when Reece and Came started to speed up with Came pulling a free hit from Ben Morris for the primary six of the innings within the eleventh over.
A scoop over the wicketkeeper took Reece to his 50 from 52 balls however after he was hit on his proper elbow by a throw, he scored solely 4 extra runs earlier than he got here down the pitch and was stumped to present Ben Kellaway his first List A wicket.
Kellaway was concerned once more when his direct hit from backward level ran out Came after which struck Alex Horton a painful blow on the ankle which left the wicketkeeper requiring therapy earlier than he may proceed.
By then, Ali was beginning to bruise the bowler’s figures, pulling and driving two massive sixes on his approach to a 42 ball fifty.
Kellaway was hoisted onto the pavilion roof however after chopping the off-spinner for his fifth 4, Ali sliced a giant drive and was caught at level.
From then on the innings went into decline with Matt Lamb lacking an expansive drive and Tom Wood lbw attempting to shovel Kiran Carlson via mid-wicket.
Brooke Guest was effectively caught on the run at mid-wicket and Anuj Dal was bowled trying to scoop Andy Gorvin.
Derbyshire had fallen effectively in need of what seemed possible six overs earlier however some improvisation from Sam Conners and a six by Alex Thomson off the ultimate ball of the innings took them to their highest Lisa A rating towards Glamorgan.
The guests established a stable base however after Tom Bevan drove a Nick Potts no ball for 4 and pulled the free hit for six, each openers went in consecutive overs.
Bevan skied Dal to deep mid-wicket and Eddie Byrom was caught behind attempting to steer Potts to 3rd man.
But Ingram and Carlson stored Glamorgan forward of the required price and after a brief rain break, Ingram carved Conners over cowl for six to take his facet to 142 for two on the midway level.
Carlson pulled Wood for six to succeed in 50 from 40 balls however when he tried to brush Thomson, he bought a prime edge and was caught at brief effective leg.
But Ingram made positive there was no late drama as he and Root secured Glamorgan’s first victory within the competitors to ship Derbyshire sliding to a second defeat.