Derbyshire 450-8 and 68-0 (Reece 33*, Came 28*)
Glamorgan 301-5 (Ingram 82, ul Hasan 65, Root 53, Thomson 4-97)
Derby should lead by 217 runs
Derbyshire, with 10 wickets in hand, are 217 runs ahead of Glamorgan and tomorrow should see a morning thrash, followed by an afternoon run chase.
The declaration will need to be well timed. Glamorgan's stronger suit is definitely their batting and the pitch has not suggested there are going to be any particular issues, even in the fourth innings.
Alex Thomson bowled well today, as he has for most of the season, as did Zak Chappell for less reward. Again there seems to be all round potential in Mitch Wagstaff, who said in an end of day interview yesterday that he will be at the club next year. Deservedly so too.
When Derbyshire batted again, Reece and Came had few alarms. Glamorgan will be glad to see the back of them, because their record has been excellent against the Welsh county this year. But then they have rarely failed since they came together as an opening pair, so can go down as one of the successes of the summer.
Reece needs another 38 runs tomorrow to reach a thousand in four day cricket for the summer. For someone who wasn't in the team at the start of the season, that is a special effort. Add in his 20 wickets at 30 and his value to the side is clear
An interesting last day in store. I suspect it may still end up a draw, but I hope that both teams are prepared to risk losing in going for a win.
We will see soon enough.
I think Reece is becoming the new Madsen. I'm delighted by Wagstaff. I know it's early days, but he looks the part, with both bay and ball.
ReplyDeleteWell done Luis Reece it's a good job it was Glamorgan he's got half his runs against and not one of the rich counties because they would be probably offering him a silly wage to come and play for their seconds next season
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