Derbyshire beat Glamorgan for first HQ win in 1,803 days
Luis Reece, whose father is from Cardiff, took two of the last three Glamorgan wickets to fall
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Vitality County Championship Division Two, County Ground, Derby (day four)
Glamorgan 168: Chappell 6-47 & 287: Carlson 56, Ingram 53; Morley 3-46
Derbyshire 429: Dal 94, Came 84, Madsen 70; Crane 3-43, Kellaway 3-59 & 27-0
Derbyshire (23 pts) beat Glamorgan (3 pts) by 10 wickets
Derbyshire raced to their first Championship win at the County Ground for 1,803 days as they beat Glamorgan by 10 wickets.
Glamorgan were bowled out for 287 on the final morning, adding 61 for their last three wickets claimed by David Lloyd and Luis Reece.
With rain threatening, Derbyshire openers Reece and Harry Came knocked off the 27 needed in 6.4 overs.
The Division Two strugglers had gone 26 matches at all venues without a red-ball win before Lloyd led his side to victory over his former county.
Reece, Wayne Madsen and Anuj Dal are the only Derbyshire survivors from the 181-run win over Sussex in September 2019, three UK prime ministers ago and before Covid had struck the country.
It was a chastening comedown for the Welsh side, who had won seven out of eight One-Day Cup matches since the dramatic Championship tie against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham.
But Derbyshire were on the front foot almost throughout after Zak Chappell and Reece took six wickets in bowler-friendly conditions in the first hour.
The visitors’ hopes of survival virtually vanished when they lost three wickets without addition late on day three.
Resuming on 236-7, still 25 runs behind, Mason Crane and Dan Douthwaite battled hard in a stand of 47 before Lloyd made the breakthrough with the off-spin he has developed this season.
His first ball shot in almost unplayable fashion and Crane was lbw for 20, with Reece wrapping up the innings by having Fraser Sheat leg-before for 10 and bowling Douthwaite for 20 after a long vigil.
With rainclouds the only threat, Reece hit two gentle deliveries from Glamorgan captain Sam Northeast to the boundary to seal the result to relieved applause from the long-suffering home crowd.
Derbyshire captain David Lloyd told BBC Sport Wales:
“It’s been over 1,000 days since our last four day win (at Derby) so it’s very pleasing for the lads who’ve been here that time and for the fans who follow us home and away, everyone’s really happy to get that first (Championship) win for a while. To get that monkey off our back is very important.
“The way our bowlers have gone about their work has been very impressive going back to Zak (Chappell) on the first morning.
“I was an off-spinner growing up then went to seam, but I’ve got a bad knee so I’ve been bowling off-spin and it’s coming out ok, it offers more for the team.
“The one I bowled to Chris (Cooke), I’m not sure I’ll bowl that again especially since we grew up together for Glamorgan, best friends, and that was a special wicket, but Jack Morley had a great effort as well.”
Glamorgan coach Grant Bradburn told BBC Sport Wales:
“We were soundly beaten by a very good Derbyshire performance, Zak Chappell was outstanding. We got ourselves behind the game in the first hour, 32 for six, and that was too much to come back from.
“We showed glimpses (on day three) of getting back to some sort of parity and couldn’t quite clinch those moments as Derbyshire bowled well in the afternoon too.
“Undoubtedly there’s a lot of things that didn’t go our way including the toss, and some critical decisions, but that’s Mother Cricket.
“We’re demanding significant performances (from second team players) to make the first team, we’ve got a number of players tapping at the door, but I want them to knock it down.”