Northants stretch lead against Derbyshire
Rob keogh made his first-class debut for Northants in 2012
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Vitality County Championship Division Two, Northampton (day two)
Northamptonshire 219 & 178-5: Keogh 46*, Miller 42; Moore 2-6
Derbyshire 165: Reece 50, Madsen 47; Chahal 5-45, Keogh 3-65
Northants (3pts) lead Derbyshire (3pts) by 232 runs with five wickets standing
India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal claimed five wickets as Northamptonshire ran through Derbyshire on a day dominated by spin before claiming the ascendancy.
Chahal, veteran of a combined 152 ODI and T20 internationals, took five for 45 at Wantage Road for only his third first-class five-wicket haul as Derbyshire lost their last six wickets for 15 in 10.2 overs.
Off-spinner Rob Keogh also took 3-65 as Northamptonshire claimed a handy first-innings lead of 54, then top-scored for his side with 46 not out on day two of this Vitality County Championship Division Two encounter.
Luis Reece made 50 for Derbyshire and Wayne Madsen (47) and Aneurin Donald (21) staged a fightback during a 51-run partnership before both falling to Chahal.
Ben Sanderson made the initial breakthrough for Northamptonshire, bowling Brooke Guest for 28, before Keogh had Reece caught behind and captain David Lloyd lbw.
Madsen and Donald kept the scoreboard ticking, Donald sweeping Chahal square for six, but the bowler got his man when Donald swept a half-volley straight to Sales at square leg.
Chahal almost dismissed Martin Andersson next ball but Sales, now at short leg, could not hold onto a sharp chance.
Madsen was bowled brilliantly by Chahal and Zak Chappell fell four balls later when Luke Procter took a diving catch running in from mid-off. Keogh then had Andersson taken sharply by Justin Broad at leg slip.
Chahal wrapped up the innings when Alex Thomson top-edged an attempted sweep, Prithvi Shaw running behind the stumps to take the catch, and Jack Morley was bowled next ball.
Debutant Harry Moore had Shaw lbw in the second over of Northamptonshire’s innings before Procter edged him to Madsen at second slip.
Gus Miller cut Morley for four to take Northamptonshire’s lead into three figures, and Sales took a pair of fours off the spinner before another from Miller brought up the 50 partnership.
Miller (42) was lbw sweeping Thomson shortly before tea, while Sales (40) departed to Andersson shortly after the break.
Saif Zaib and Keogh put on 41 as Zaib picked up where he had left off in his first-innings 90, with some crisp drives and reverse sweeps, but he was bowled for 26 as he rashly danced down the track to Morley.
Keogh reverse-swept three consecutive boundaries off Thomson and struck eight fours in total as he helped Northamptonshire towards a daunting lead – at 232, Derbyshire will already require the highest total of the match.
Report supplied by ECB Reporters' Network.
