20/04Result

Specsavers County Championship Division Two at Derby, Apr 20-23 2018

Derbyshire won by 101 runs

1866dDavid Hopps at Derby

Hard toil ends long wait for Derbyshire

At the 24th time of asking Derbyshire have finally won a Championship match at home. When the run was broken, it came in the most unlikely circumstances

Match Centre

Match Details

County Ground, Derby

Series

Specsavers County Championship Division Two 2018

Toss

Uncontested, Middlesex

Season

2018

Hours of play (local time)

11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00

Match days

20,21,22,23 April 2018 (4-day match)

Umpires

Ian Blackwell

Martin Saggers

Points

Derbyshire 21, Middlesex 3

Scorecard Summary

111.3

Olivier to Murtagh, OUT,

TJ Murtagh b Olivier 5 (24m 14b 1x4 0x6) SR: 35.71

111.2

Olivier to Murtagh, FOUR,

111.1

Olivier to Murtagh, no run,

END OF OVER:
111 | 1 Run | MIDDX: 336/9

James Harris64 (188b)
Tim Murtagh1 (11b)

Hardus Viljoen21-5-62-2
Duanne Olivier23-2-78-3

110.6

Viljoen to Harris, no run,

110.5

Viljoen to Harris, no run,

110.4

Viljoen to Harris, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Hard toil ends long wait for Derbyshire
At the 24th time of asking Derbyshire have finally won a Championship match at home. When the run was broken, it came in the most unlikely circumstances
Derbyshire close in on rare home win
An unbeaten 157 from opener Luis Reece - and an opening stand of 219 - was part of another dominant day against Middlesex
Derbyshire raise expectations of ending barren home run
Derbyshire have not won a Championship match at home since September 2014 but that possibility has again presented itself after they won a dominant position against Middlesex with two days remaining
Viljoen revives Derbyshire amid Roland-Jones injury worry
Toby Roland-Jones was only able to bowl five overs on the opening as he left the field with some back soreness

Middlesex INNINGS		R	B
MDE Holden	caught wk	37	90
SD Robson	lbw	5	24
RG White	lbw	1	15
HWR Cartwright	caught wk	29	32
OP Rayner	caught	18	29
PR Stirling	caught	42	74
JA Simpson	lbw	24	70
JAR Harris	not out	64	188
TS Roland-Jones	caught	46	51
TG Helm	lbw	52	87
TJ Murtagh	bowled	5	14
EXTRAS	(lb 6, w 1, nb 10)
TOTAL	340 (all out; 111.3 ovs)

Derbyshire BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Rampaul	22.0	5	64	0	2.90	(1nb)
GC Viljoen	21.0	5	62	2	2.95
D Olivier	23.3	2	82	4	3.48	(4nb, 1w)
AP Palladino	9.0	4	27	0	3.00
WL Madsen	13.0	7	26	1	2.00
LM Reece	7.0	1	22	1	3.14
MJJ Critchley	16.0	2	51	2	3.18

Middlesex 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	28	SD Robson	MDE Holden
2nd	8	RG White	MDE Holden
3rd	33	HWR Cartwright	MDE Holden
4th	26	OP Rayner	MDE Holden
5th	0	PR Stirling	MDE Holden
6th	65	JA Simpson	PR Stirling
7th	6	JA Simpson	JAR Harris
8th	57	JAR Harris	TS Roland-Jones
9th	106	JAR Harris	TG Helm
10th	11	TJ Murtagh	JAR Harris

County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUSS	3	1	0	2	51
MIDDX	3	1	0	2	42
LEICS	3	0	0	3	41
NHNTS	3	0	0	3	39
GLAM	3	0	0	3	34
DERBS	3	0	0	2	28
YORKS	3	0	1	2	28
GLOUC	3	0	1	1	26

County Ground, Derby

Series

Toss

Season

Hours of play (local time)

Match days

Umpires

Points

DERBYSHIRE 265(67 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

MIDDLESEX 157(57.1 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

DERBYSHIRE 333/3d(110 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

MIDDLESEX 340(111.3 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:111 | 1 Run | MIDDX: 336/9

Hard toil ends long wait for Derbyshire

Derbyshire close in on rare home win

Derbyshire raise expectations of ending barren home run

Viljoen revives Derbyshire amid Roland-Jones injury worry

DERBYSHIRE 265(67 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

MIDDLESEX 157(57.1 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

DERBYSHIRE 333/3d(110 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

MIDDLESEX 340(111.3 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
111 | 1 Run | MIDDX: 336/9