Chappell onslaught gives Derbyshire control over Glamorgan

Zak Chappell removed three of Glamorgan's four top-order batters for ducks

Vitality County Championship Division Two, County Ground (day one)

Glamorgan: 168 (47.3 overs): Van der Gugten 46*; Chappell 6-47

Derbyshire 119-2 (36 overs): Came 58*, Madsen 41*

Derbyshire (3 pts) trail Glamorgan (0 pts) by 49 runs with eight first-innings wickets standing

Match scorecard

Zak Chappell’s best Derbyshire bowling figures saw them dominate day one against Glamorgan as the visitors were shot out for 168.

Harry Came (58 not out) and Wayne Madsen (41 not out) steered Derbyshire to 119-2 in the evening session.

Glamorgan crashed to 32-6 in the first hour as Chappell took advantage of bowler-friendly conditions.

Timm van der Gugten’s unbeaten 46 was their top score.

It was a useful toss to win in grey and overcast conditions as ex-Glamorgan skipper David Lloyd inserted his old club and saw Derbyshire’s opening bowlers cash in, giving them hope of a first Championship win at their headquarters since September 2019.

All-rounder Ben Kellaway was the latest player promoted to open but was the first of a procession to fall as the top order recorded three ducks, with Chappell and Luis Reece (2-30) causing havoc.

The ball was swinging in the air and moving off the pitch, with the occasional inconsistent bounce to trouble the batters and every edge gratefully snapped up, keeper Brooke Guest taking four of the six wickets to fall in the first hour.

Chappell’s heroics were interrupted by a heavy shower and Glamorgan found life easier in the afternoon, as Dan Douthwaite (36) and Van der Gugten started a painstaking recovery with a stand of 55.

Debutants Fraser Sheat, from Canterbury in New Zealand, and Ned Leonard, on loan from Somerset, chipped in 18 and 15, but Chappell claimed his sixth wicket and loan spinner Jack Morley wrapped it up with his third ball.

Reece fell cheaply to an accurate opening spell from Van der Gugten, while Brooke Guest, caught at mid-wicket, was Leonard’s first Glamorgan wicket.

Leonard, a relative rookie in first-class cricket, had Came dropped and nearly bowled Madsen, but could not match Van der Gugten’s control as Came’s half-century strengthened Derbyshire’s grip on their best day of the season.

Madsen was starting to accelerate when bad light curtailed play 12 overs early.

Derbyshire’s Zak Chappell told BBC Radio Derby:

“I’m happy, we’re in a good position especially the way the boys finished off with the bat, as it got a bit easier.

“We did bowl well, but it swung a bit and there was more in (the pitch) this morning than this evening, so we made the most of conditions.

“It was a hybrid pitch, with a bit of bounce, and we can’t have asked much more on day one so we’ll bat as long as we can now.

“The past (Derbyshire’s run without a Championship win on the ground) is irrelevant, if you feel you can get over the line you probably can.”

Glamorgan captain Sam Northeast told BBC Sport Wales:

“We’re behind in the game at the moment and didn’t react quickly enough coming from white ball (cricket) today.

“We found ourselves in a tricky position but Timm did well for us to put a score on the board.

“We would have liked a few more wickets tonight and we’re going to have to fight to get back in the game.

“They weren’t easy conditions and we were rusty in the red-ball game, so we didn’t deal with it as well as we can do.”