Another mixed bag of a day for Derbyshire. If we can sort these day one blues, we could do well this year, but we're not putting a big score on the board.
Once again Stubbo and captain for the game Chris Rogers gave us a start, but once the former was dismissed, we were suddenly three down as John Sadler and Dom Telo continued their rough trot. A fifty stand between Rogers and Dan Birch, in for the injured Rikki Clarke, got us back to parity but when Rogers went for a solid 69 and Fred Klokker followed soon afterwards we were in trouble at 126-5.
Birch batted steadily on his return to the side but he was Robert Croft's first victim at 156. Graham Wagg marked his return from illness with the lions share in a fifty stand with Jon Clare, but he was dismissed at 206 and Jake Needham soon followed.
At 216-8 we were in big trouble, but Charl Langeveldt again showed an explosive eye for batting with an invigorating 40 from just 19 balls, while Clare made another career best with a crucial and skilful unbeaten 70 from a final total of 289.
Glamorgan were of at the gallop and Rees and Wood put runs on very quickly. Wagg removed Wood, but Hemp also appeared in good form and the home team finished very much on top on 87-1.
Much will depend on tomorrow's opening session. With Croft taking four wickets, it would suggest that the wicket will turn later on, but we cannot allow them to take a big lead. Hopefully Needham and Doshi can get their magic weaving and it will be game on.
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