Derbyshire v Leicestershire: Slater & Madsen put Derbys on top
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Madsen passed 1,000 County Championship runs for the second successive season against Leicestershire
LV= County Championship Division Two, Derby |
Close, day two: Derbyshire 289 & 162-1, Leicestershire 141 |
Derbyshire 5 pts, Leicestershire 3 pts |
Ben Slater and Wayne Madsen hit half-centuries as Derbyshire built a big lead over Leicestershire on day two.
Resuming at Derby on 25-2, the visitors crumbled to 141 all out, young Stoke-born paceman Ben Cotton taking 4-20.
Opener Billy Godleman fell cheaply to leave the hosts 35-1 in reply, but Slater (73 not out) and Madsen (66 not out) went on to share an unbroken stand of 127 for the second wicket.
Leicestershire not good travellers |
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Leicestershire have played 31 matches since their last away victory in the County Championship. |
They have lost 15 and drawn 16 since their last win on the road, against Northamptonshire, in their final away game of 2010. |
Derbyshire then closed on 162-1, with already a commanding advantage of 310.
Victory for Derbyshire, relegated from Division One a year ago, could lift them as high as fourth in the table.
Leicestershire are already sentenced to finishing bottom for the second straight year.
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