Leicestershire v Derbyshire day 3

Leicestershire 264-8 (Budinger 87, Trevaskis 57, Holland 44, Lloyd 3-42, Wagstaff 2-24, Reece 2-25)

v Derbyshire

We finally got some cricket at Leicester today, but it was real end of the season fare and I felt sorry for the players, who looked pretty cold throughout. 

I have to admit I didn't see all of the day's play, because the stream was so bad, not just for me, according to the comments below it when I switched to my phone with no improvement. It buffered constantly and seemed to get worse as the day went on. 

Conversely, Derbyshire got better when they bowled Mitch Wagstaff and David Lloyd in tandem. Once again they appeared to have misread the pitch, because Jack Morley was omitted on a pitch better suited to spin, while I have no idea why Yousuf bin Naeem didn't get into the side when there is little resting on the game.

Harry Moore took a little punishment from Budinger, the first time it has happened but understandable for a young man feeling his way into the first class game. All pitches are different, so too their gradient and Harry struggled with his length today. Zak Chappell bowled well without luck and Luis Reece broke through, but the advent of spin slowed the Leicestershire progress and by the close they were eight down, having scored only 95 runs from the last 37 overs of the day. 

David Lloyd and Mitch Wagstaff did very well in the final session, the former suggesting potential in the style he bowled in his younger days, the latter that he has been under-utilised this summer. Oddly, the latter seemed an afterthought even today, not bowling until the 56th over. All very odd...

The listed team suggested that we may see Harry Came drop to three next summer and David Lloyd revert to opening. I would prefer that, so too giving Brooke Guest a breather after keeping for a long while. An engine room of Dal, Andersson and Reece offer runs and bowling, so there is something to work with next year in red ball format.

I'm not sure what happens tomorrow. The lack of urgency from Leicestershire didn't suggest an immediate declaration and forfeiture of innings in the morning, so we may see some part-time bowling giving them runs to set Derbyshire around 320. We will see.

Hopefully on a better stream than today. The irony of our hosts charging for theirs previously was not lost on me - or others - today.

One day to go.