Seconds going well

It was heartening today to see Derbyshire's second team do what the first eleven has so far failed to do this summer and dominate a day's cricket.

Playing at the delightful Repton School, the visitors, Worcestershire, were bowled out for just 150 by mid afternoon. Edavalath anchored the innings, scoring 41 in nearly three and a half hours of batting, while Ben Cox scored a breezy 34.

Nick Potts was the pick of the bowlers, taking 4 for 32, while Ben Parker took two wickets against his old county, as did George Scrimshaw and sixteen year old Harry Moore, from Repton School. He is the son of Simon Moore, a very fine Premier League bowler over many years and one to perhaps keep an eye on.

Wicket keeper Vikai Kelley, formerly on the staff at Edgbaston, who played for Leicestershire second eleven last year, held five catches, two of them excellent.

In reply, as I write Derbyshire are 110-1, with skipper Harry Came unbeaten on 66 and Tyler McGladdery, a left-hander who plays his cricket for Rainhill Cricket Club on Merseyside, unbeaten on 41. McGladdery has scored a thousand runs in three separate seasons for his club, so is obviously a player of talent.

More on that game, which is supposed to last 4 days, tomorrow.

Match highlights can be seen here