The morning session saw Sam Seecharan complete his second century of the match against declaration bowling, which at least saw wicket keeper Joe Hall claim the wicket of Freddie McCann.
Derbyshire were set 300 to win in 71overs and for a long time looked like they might get there. Nick Potts made 65 and Yusuf bin Naeem 57, before Rohan Vallabhaneni (71) and Niall McHale (43) took the county to 292-5, needing just eight from the last 3.5 overs.
The departure of Vallabhaneni then saw a collapse and Croom was run out by a direct hit, attempting the run that would have brought the scores level. He had to run wide of Jack Morley or might have made it, but a fine game ended in a cliff hanger.
Even if it was the wrong result... 😁
Think you are being very positive. We lost the last 5 wickets for less than 10 runs. Shocking
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Just like I wrote, Mark. You SHOULD win from there, but panic sets in at all levels of the game, one team holds their nerve and...
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