Derbyshire 46 for 1 path Glamorgan 237 (Thomson 7-65) by 191 runs
Glamorgan’s high scorer was Kiran Carlson who made 74 however common wickets all through the day meant that the best partnership that the house facet managed was 60.
Derbyshire confronted 16 overs earlier than the shut to complete on 46 for 1 with Luis Reece the one man to go. It is going to be Derbyshire who’re the happier of the 2 sides however there’s sufficient on this pitch to recommend that this might be a good contest.
Having been put into bat by Derbyshire, Glamorgan appeared moderately settled within the opening overs. That modified when New Zealand worldwide Blair Tickner entered the assault. He acquired considerable motion by means of the air and off the seam and he had Billy Root caught behind for 23 together with his fourth supply.
That introduced Sam Northeast to the crease. As a person who had scored 521 runs in top quality cricket since his final dismissal, and recent from his record-breaking 355 not out at Lord’s final week, he was the wicket Derbyshire would have most prized. It was Tickner who delivered as soon as once more, with a ball that seamed again into Northeast and crashed into his stumps when he was on simply 11.
A 60-run partnership between Kiran Carlson and Zain-ul-Hassan introduced Glamorgan again into the sport publish the lunch interval. Zain had performed some beautiful drives straight down the bottom on his solution to 35 and was trying more and more snug in opposition to the getting older Kookaburra ball, however a properly flighted supply from Thomson noticed him advance down the pitch previous the ball and he was properly stumped by Brooke Visitor.
Carlson was the fourth man to go, squared up by a ball from Thomson that trapped him lbw for his second rating within the seventies in as many innings this season.
Because the Glamorgan innings progressed spin grew to become extra of a risk with Thomson bowling with actual intelligence to each hold issues tight and declare wickets. He induced a flashy drive from Colin Ingram that was caught within the covers and had Chris Cooke brilliantly taken at leg slip by David Lloyd who was captaining Derbyshire in opposition to his former county.
Thomson continued to trigger points for the Glamorgan batting line-up, dismissing the hard-hitting Dan Douthwaite for 23 when he claimed a low catch off his personal bowling. He then made it previous the tried sweep shot of James Harris to bowl him for simply 4.
It was Thomson who completed off the Glamorgan innings when Mason Crane missed an tried hoick over long-on and was bowled for 13. Thomson bowled unchanged for 25 overs from the River Taff Finish together with his bowling contributing to a Glamorgan collapse of 5 wickets for 36 runs.
Thomson’s 7 for 65 goes previous his earlier profession better of 6 for 138 which he secured in opposition to Hampshire for Cardiff MCCU in 2016. It was additionally one of the best return for a Derbyshire spinner since Geoff Miller’s 8 for 70 in opposition to Leicestershire in 1982.
