da dobrowin： Derbyshire and Durham were in danger of relegation to the seconddivision at the end of the first day’s play at Derby
Staff and agencies22-Aug-2000Derbyshire and Durham were in danger of relegation to the seconddivision at the end of the first day’s play at Derby. Twenty wicketstumbled in one day but Alan Smith, an ECB pitch liaison officer wassatisified with the pitch and there is not going to be a repeat of theSurrey v Derbyshire match when Derbyshire were docked eight points fora pitch which was substandard.Earlier Simon Brown removed Steve Stubbings, Michael Di Venuto andLuke Sutton reducing Derbyshire to 57 for 5. Then it was left to RobBailey (54) and Dominic Cork to lead a recovery as they put on 81 in17 overs. Derbyshire eventually made 167.In reply, Durham were soon in trouble as Kevin Dean took the wicketsof Jonathan Lewis, Michael Gough and Paul Collingwood in two overs andfinally ended with figures of 6 for 52.Derbushire saw through one over from Brown to end the day’s play.