Belper Meadows
Posted by Tony Hutton
As Brian Sanderson has already reported we were both present on day one of this three day friendly match between Derbyshire 2nd XI and Yorkshire 2nd XI at the very attractive Belper Meadows ground in the Derwent valley.
Any details of the scores on the following days seemed in short supply, nothing at all on the Yorkshire website, nothing in the Yorkshire Post and only late on day two a brief report on the Derbyshire website. As is my wont in such circumstances e-mails were dispatched to both counties asking for information.
To my surprise on returning home from Headingley today, not only was a full report and scorecard of all three days on the Yorkshire website, courtesy of scorer Michael Snook, but a gentleman from Derbyshire had personally e-mailed me a copy of the scorecard. Many thanks to all concerned.
So I can now confirm that as we knew Yorkshire made 343-6 declared, with Sayers 128,
on day one. Derbyshire then replied with 263-9 declared (three wickets each for Lee and Randhawa) and on day three Yorkshire declared again on 194-3 (Ballance 101 not out). Derbyshire had to chase 275 in 78 overs and made the winning hit with four from the first ball of the final over. Architect of this great win for Derby was Gary Park who hit 165 not out,including seven sixes and sixteen fours.
So an eventful week for both Yorkshire teams who despite some very good performances both ended up with defeats. Things can only get better !
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