Derbyshire 233-8 (Jewell 93 retired, Montgomery 45 retired, Andersson 31, Bin Naeem 27* Young 4-26)
Cheshire 142 (Reddy 56, Dobson 45*, Morley 4-8, Montgomery 2-36, Potts 2-38, Whiteley 1-7)
Derbyshire won by 91 runs
The home side won the toss and asked Derbyshire to bat. They gained an early success when Nye Donald was dismissed for one in the first over. Then Martin Andersson was joined by Caleb Jewell and they added 47 in five overs before Andersson went for 31 from just 16 deliveries.
Jewell went on to a superb 93 from just 44 deliveries before retiring, including 8 fours and 6 sixes. He added 111 in just eight overs with Matt Montgomery, after an early dismissal for Wayne Madsen. Montgomery made 45 before he too retired, out and between them they took 30 from the only over of Gennaro Reddy, who trialled recently for Derbyshire.
Ross Whiteley hit two sixes in six balls faced, while Yusuf Bin Naeem staked his claim for a place on Friday with 27 from just ten deliveries, including 3 sixes and a four.
Derbyshire finished on 233-8 in their 20 overs, with left arm seamer Luke Young, who also trialled for the county in 2023, returning the excellent figures of 4-26 in his four overs.
Reddy made up for his earlier mauling with 56 for the hosts, but Montgomery took two wickets in his first over to set them back and they never recovered. Jack Morley ripped out the middle order in returning the superb figures of 4-1-8-4, while Nick Potts finished things off with two wickets and a run out. Cheshire were all out for 142 and Derbyshire won by 91 runs.
Akif Javed was arriving today, so presumably he comes into the side on Friday, perhaps at the expense of Nick Potts, but they had a good run out today, which should see them start the Blast in decent fettle.
Derbyshire side: Donald, Andersson, Jewell, Madsen, Montgomery, Whiteley, Basra, Bin Naeem, Potts, Aitchison, Morley
Scorecard here
Hopefully for Friday we can bring in Javed & Chappell, if we can then I would go with Potts & Basra to miss out.
ReplyDeleteA lot rests on our first 3 games, which on paper are easier than others. Not expecting much regarding qualifying, but being competitive & improving on last year is the least we should expect.
MarkB
Better performance than the last time we were there, only one dropped catch and that wasn't a gimme.
ReplyDeleteBasra was the pick in the field, and I hope he has earned a place in the starting 11 on Friday.
Derbyshire royalty put in an appearance (Mr Morris).
Despite an excellent catch from Donald I am not sure his overall wicket keeping is up to scratch.
Shame the match didn't start later (4pm) as the crowd certainly picked up later as did the sun.
Lovely place to watch a game of cricket.
Martin.
What a performance by Morley.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we don't need an imported spinner.