Friday 23 July 2010

Derbyshire v Worcestershire day 3

That was a good day's cricket from Derbyshire today, taking their overnight total to 405 and a lead of 126 , before removing three good wickets for 70 before the close.

There was consistent batting down the order, with Greg Smith making a welcome return to form with 91 and good support from Redfern, Peterson, Goddard and Jones.

Four hundred is always a good score but Derbyshire will have to work hard to take the points on the last day. The way our later order batted suggested there was little wrong with the pitch, but Mark Footitt's removal of Vikram Solanki and Robin Peterson's last ball dismissal of Moeen Ali may be crucial. Much now rests on Shakib for the visitors and the first hour tomorrow will be vitally important.

In the first innings he went after Robin Peterson, but Peterson could be up for the challenge to maintain his position as Division Two's leading wicket-taker. Only Adil Rashid and Imran Tahir have more wickets this season, not bad for a player rated as only one point in Daily Telegraph Fantasy Cricket this year. I've had my money's worth from him, that's for sure. A batting average of 25 and bowling one of 26 for all those wickets confirms a fine player and no one can dispute Peterson's contribution to the side.

Will we win tomorrow? I don't know, quite honestly as we've been here a few times before. There's plenty of time left in the game, but we'll hope for early inroads as we will doubtless have some sort of run chase if we are to do so.

Keep your fingers crossed.

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