Nye Donald won the toss and asked the home team to bat first. After a brief rain interruption, the game was restricted to 19 overs per side and after removing Scottish international Jamie Dunk, Jack Morley returned the excellent figures of 2-17 in his four overs. Matt Stewart also had fine figures of 1-11 in his three overs, while Trodd, Whiteley and Hawkins took a wicket each, as the home side was restricted to 138-7, Maddy top-scoring with an unbeaten 41.
The result was never in doubt after Donald and Yusuf Bin Naeem brought up the fifty in just 20 deliveries! When the latter, who has been in fine form this summer, was out in the fifth over, Derbyshire were on 72 and he had made 47 from 21 balls, with 5 fours and 4 sixes. Food for thought for Mickey Arthur, ahead of The Blast, perhaps?
Donald was out three balls later for 25 from just ten deliveries, but any home thoughts of getting back into the game were dispelled by Amrit Basra, who made an unbeaten 32 from 21 deliveries, with 2 sixes and 2 fours.
Ross Whiteley made 27 from 15, including 3 fours and a six, as Derbyshire eased over the line with 40 deliveries to spare, to win by 5 wickets.
Basra scored the winning runs with a straight six from the bowling of Trevaskis.
The two sides were well-matched in experience, with Trevaskis, Wood and Mike in the home ranks, all of them receiving fierce punishment.
Attention now turns to the Central Co-op County Ground tomorrow, when Derbyshire
entertain Yorkshire, starting at 1pm.
Hopefully, there might be a fixed camera stream of that one!
Well done guys, let the good times keep rolling..
Scorecard and video clips here
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