Leus du Plooy, Anuj Dal grind Worcestershire on record-breaking day
Worcestershire 237 and 70 for two path Derbyshire 578 for five dec (du Plooy 238*, Dal 141*) by 271 runs
Captain Leus du Plooy struck his maiden double century as Derbyshire took management of a record-breaking day towards Worcestershire within the LV=Insurance County Championship encounter at New Road.
Du Plooy and Anuj Dal got here collectively at 320-5 and placed on an unbroken 258, the Peakites document stand for the sixth wicket towards any opposition in first-class cricket.
Derbyshire’s mammoth complete of 578 for five declared was their highest towards Worcestershire and earned them a primary innings lead of 341.
Dal additionally emulated his achievement of within the corresponding sport final summer season of scoring a century and taking 5 wickets in an innings.
Du Plooy was unbeaten on 238 and his marathon knock spanned 9 hours and contained two sixes and 25 fours.
Dal ended on 141 not out from 193 deliveries with 5 sixes and 13 fours when the declaration got here mid-way by way of the afternoon session.
Worcestershire had been left to mirror on a below-par bowing efficiency, with solely Joe Leach rising with a lot credit score, and a slipshod fielding show.
Derbyshire may have aspirations of chasing a primary Championship victory in 10 video games stretching again to after they recovered from 14 for five on the opening morning to defeat Worcestershire at New Road final summer season.
Their bowlers then made early inroads with Jake Libby and Azhar Ali falling cheaply as Worcestershire reached 70 for 2 earlier than dangerous mild ended play with 16 overs remaining.
Derbyshire resumed on 374 for five and Dal survived an opportunity to Josh Baker at second slip off Leach earlier than he had added to his in a single day 20.
Du Plooy went previous his earlier first-class better of 186 for South Western Districts versus Northern Cape at Kimberley in February 2022 when he reduce Navdeep Saini for 4.
The 28-year-old is definitely in prime type after over-taking his Derbyshire better of 170 towards Yorkshire at Chesterfield earlier this month.
He went onto turn out to be the primary Derbyshire participant to attain a double hundred at New Road and a late reduce for 4 off Saini took Dal to a few figures.
Worcestershire had been powerless to halt the onslaught earlier than du Plooy referred to as a halt to the Derbyshire first innings after which his bowlers went to work.
Stand-in captain Libby went for a pull to the primary supply from Luis Reece and keeper Brooke Guest ran round to deep backward sq. to carry onto a skier.
Azhar Ali survived 33 deliveries for simply three runs earlier than he tried to work Nick Potts to leg and was lbw.
There was simply time for debutant Rehaan Edavalath to get off the mark – after his first innings duck – earlier than the sunshine closed in with Gareth Roderick unbeaten on 38.