Oxford UCCE 272 (Millard 92, Malik 89, Thomson 4-59)
Derbyshire 239-1 (Godleman 105*, Guest 66* Masood 40)
Derbyshire trail by 33 runs
Shan Masood made a breezy 40 from 29 balls in his first county innings, before Billy Godleman reached an unbeaten century before the close. Brooke Guest lent impressive support and ended unbeaten on 66, sharing a stand of 181 runs.
There look to be showers around tomorrow, so I suspect that we will opt for time in the middle ahead of the more challenging trip to Lord's at the end of the week.
The home side batted doggedly and somewhat dourly, but the bowlers will now be happy to put their feet up and watch our batsmen make hay in what time is possible tomorrow.
No complaints on this, eh?
Delighted for Billy. Everything crossed for an uplift in our fortunes.
ReplyDeleteAndy
Definitely mate!
Deletedefo the skipper...guest..thommo
Deleteand team..coudnt have done much more tbh...
Seems like Masood will be fun, I think he'll treat every innings like a t20 game. As I type this Du Plooy has failed in this innings, he's the one I wanted to hit the ground running, I hope he doesn't have another poor summer
ReplyDeleteNo, I think he will get his head down when it matters, but he likely wanted a few in the middle of the bat here. After all, he wants to make a lot to force his way into their national side!
DeleteAs for Leus, his contract ends this summer and the incentive for another, hopefully with us, should get him working even harder!