By Brian Sanderson,
After picking Bob Procter we sent off south.After a cup of coffee and a bacon sandwich,we settled down to watch the cricket in the above stadium.The last time I was there it was called the Racecourse Ground at Derby.The sun was out and it was very pleasent to sit in the warmth.
There had been two days of rain at Derby so no cricket had been played since Sunday.Kent were batting after Derby had been bowled out for 118 in 49 overs.Kent start off to try and set a target and give their bowlers and chance to bowl Derby out again.
The most attractive batsman was Brendon Nash the ex West Indian test player. Every time I had seen him bat he was nudger with no strokes. However to day he scored 95 in 98 balls with all the shots.There was about a crowd of three hundred on a sunny day which was disappointing. The umpire had to have a word with Footitt for bowling to many bouncers which caused him to lose his temper.The above photograph is of Nash coming off the ground after Kent had declared at 235 for 6 which left Derby to play out 49 overs which was the total of overs they were bowled out in the first innings. This was good to see that Kent tried to win the match.
However the opening attack of Bollinger and Clayton before tea did not take any wickets and both batsman looked in no trouble.At tea -time we left to go to Trent College.Derby lost no wickets and drew the match. One of the stands at Derby is called Midland Demolition Stand . We wondered if the company had been promised to demolition the stand in the future.
At Trent College in Long Eaton Nottingham Seconds were playing Yorkshire seconds in two 20/20,s.The ground is a basin with trees around and in the sunshine it looked very beautiful.
Yorkshire won the first match but in the second match Notts had scored 196 with Mullaney scoring a century.So it looked like Yorkshire won lose this match. Yorkshire are playing at the 3aaa stadium to-morrow.
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