Glamorgan are dismissed for 282 by Derbyshire

The newspapers this morning have been full of details of a new arrival, following the announcement yesterday that Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting her second child, with the broadsheets and tabloids each giving plenty of column inches to speculation about the possible date for the birth of the new royal baby. For supporters of Derbyshire cricket, their new arrival took to the field at precisely 10.25 this morning with Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara walking out to field with his colleagues after Glamorgan had won the toss.


Jacques Rudolph, who required 103 runs to reach 2,000 runs in all cricket this summer, began in assertive mode, clipping the first ball of the game from Mark Footitt almost to the ropes at square-leg, before deftly gliding the fourth ball of the over to third man. Will Bragg who also requires 61 to reach 1,000 first-class runs for the summer also found the ropes early, glancing Tony Palladino's second delivery to backward square-leg before nurdling Footitt to third man.


Palladino then settled into a frugal spell delivering four successive maidens and making the first breakthrough as he trapped Rudolph leg before with the total on 25. Gareth Rees was soon into his stride, steering Palladino through backward point for four before Wes Durston's off-spin was introduced into the attack. His second delivery was lofted over long-on for six by Rees. Wayne White also replaced Palladino at the Cathedral Road End and was clipped to mid-wicket by Rees before Bragg punched him off the back foot through backward point for a further boundary.

But with the total on 68, Bragg departed l.b.w. to White with Chris Cooke then cover-driving the seamer later in the over. Rees also late cut Durston but to the last ball of the over he was bowled as he propped forward to the spinner.

The Welsh county had begun the afternoon session on 81/3, but their plight soon got worse as in the third over after lunch, and with just one run added, Jim Allenby edged a delivery from Mark Footitt into Wayne Madsen's hands at slip, having earlier on the over also survived an appeal for caught behind. David Lloyd duly joined Chris Cooke who clipped Tony Palladino to mid-wicket for the first boundary of the session. Lloyd followed suit in the next over, although it was more unintentional as a ball flew off the outside edge of his bat and over the head of the slip cordon for four.

A more controlled stroke through the same area two overs later saw Lloyd bring up the hundred in the 39^th over before a square-drive by Lloyd against Wayne White saw the stocky batsman add further to his tally before David Wainwright's left-arm spin returned at the River End. Lloyd found the ropes again as he deftly cut White through backward point.

Wayne White and David Wainwright continued to bowl in tandem as Cooke and Lloyd quietly consolidated before Derbyshire switched to an all-spin attack as Wes Durston's off-spin was re-employed. Shortly afterwards, the pair combined as Wainwright found the edge of Lloyd's bat with Durston at slip completing the catch. With Mark Wallace as his new partner, Cooke cover drove Wainwright for four before steering Durston to third man

Wallace also on-drove Wainwright before Cooke cover drove and pulled Durston for a couple of boundaries en route to a 112-ball fifty with successive fours off Footitt, but not before Mark Wallace had departed as Footitt bowled the Glamorgan captain as he shouldered arms. Shortly before the interval, Graham Wagg pulled a long-hop from Wainwright for six.

Resuming after tea on 191/6, the assertive Chris Cooke and the pugnacious Graham Wagg were keen to see Glamorgan to at least a batting point, and they achieved their first target as a drive to mid-wicket by Cooke against Tony Palladino brought up the 200 and the first batting point. Wagg celebrated by despatching Alex Hughes for four in successive balls through extra cover and backward point. Shortly afterwards, Cooke - on 71 - survived a sharp chance at point before Wagg leg-glanced Palladino for four as the fifty stand came up in even time.

Wagg then greeted the return of David Wainwright by savagely pulling him for four before drilling Wes Durston to the ropes at mid-off. He then reached his fifty by lofting Durston back over his head for four - his 54^th delivery faced - before scything the next ball to square-leg followed next delivery by another four through extra cover as a second point loomed on the horizon, but it proved to be an eventful over as besides the three successive fours, Durston ended Cooke's stoic innings as he edged to Madsen at slip.

With Dean Cosker as his new partner, Wagg continued to counter-attack the spinners until Derbyshire took the new ball after 80 overs with Glamorgan on 257/7. Tony Palladino duly returned and with his fifth delivery clean bowled Wagg before Kieran Bull announced his arrival at the crease by straight-driving Palladino for four. Cosker also steered Footitt for four but shortly afterwards Palladino bowled Bull before Michael Hogan used the long handle to straight drive the bowler as well as heaving Footitt inside-out over cover's head. But next over Hogan edged the left-armer into the wicket-keeper's gloves as Glamorgan were dismissed for 282.

This left Derbyshire with three overs to negotiate which Ben Slater and Billy Godleman safely achieved as the visitors ended on 8/0.