Glamorgan enforce the follow-on at Chesterfield

Over five hundred runs have been amassed in this contest so far, with Glamorgan securing 66% of their runs through boundaries yet nobody reached three figures. Despite the positive intent shown by the visiting batsmen yesterday, Matthew Maynard's 176 made on their visit to Queen's Park in 1992 looks set to remain as the highest score by a Glamorgan batsman on the ground.

Batting records though were far from the minds of the Glamorgan side as they looked to start the third morning eager to make further inroads into the Peakites batting after they had reached 122/2 in the 40 overs after tea yesterday in reply to the Welsh county's total of 410/9 declared. Despite morning showers, play started on time but there were two brief interruptions in the first hour before Billy Godleman duly completed his fifty by striking Wagg for the first boundary of the day.

But Wayne Madsen, who had survived a chance in the slips last night, perished to Hogan as Aneurin Donald, the substitute fielder for Will Bragg who had sustained a hand injury, holding the catch. 130/3 then became 132/4 as next over, Godleman was trapped leg before by a slower ball from Wagg, who five runs later removed Wes Durston as Michael Hogan pouched the catch as Derbyshire's plight worsened.

Shiv Thakor responded with a couple of fours, but with Derbyshire on 146/5, another shower and then a phase of bad light caused a further interruption for half-an-hour. Thakor and Alex Hughes then guided Derbyshire through to lunch as they chiselled away at the follow-on target, reaching the interval on 169/5, and a deficit of 241 runs.

The Peakites had gone to lunch on 169/5, needing a further 91 runs to avoid the follow-on, with Michael Hogan and Craig Meschede resuming the bowling duties. After a frugal spell by Hogan, David Lloyd replaced him in the attack and with his third ball, he had Hughes caught by Jacques Rudolph with Derbyshire on 181. Harvey Hosein joined Thakor and defended stoutly before Thakor struck a trio of boundaries in an over against Meschede as Derbyshire reached the 200-mark, and their first batting point, in the 71^st over.

Ruaidhri Smith then returned to the attack and with the total on 210, he ended Hosein's stay in the middle as he edged to slip. With the new ball just around the corner, Andrew Salter also had a trundle but four runs later Smith struck again as Tony Palladino was also caught, but with the total on 218 Salter ended Thakor's defiance as he was caught by Lloyd. Tom Taylor then used the long handle as Hogan returned in place of Salter, with Taylor striking him for two fours and a six in an over, followed by two more sixes in the seamer's next over, but Hogan had the last laugh as with the last ball of the over he clean bowled Taylor as Derbyshire ended on 252, 158 runs adrift, and were invited to follow-on.

After his team's fine collective efforts before tea, Jacques Rudolph had no hesitation in inviting Derbyshire to bat again. Both Hamish Rutherford and Billy Godleman struck early boundaries against Michael Hogan and Graham Wagg, but with the total on 20 after five overs, another shower caused a short interruption as the players briefly left the field. On their return, the opening pair continued their safety first approach as crease occupation became of paramount importance for the Peakites.

The home side had reached 37/0 in the 19^th over when the light deteriorated and the umpires took the players off the field again, but conditions had not improved by 6pm when play was called off for the day.