DERBYSHIRE County Cricket Club were bowled out for 118 through five wickets each for Doug Bollinger and Darren Stevens in their rain-delayed LV County Championship match against Kent at the 3aaa County Ground.
Kent were finally able to make winning the toss pay off when play finally began mid-afternoon on the second day and seized early control of the contest. At the close, their openers Sam Northeast and Rob Key saw out the opening three overs of their reply at 10-0.
Alex Hughes, making his first appearance of the season, was top scorer for Derbyshire with a first-class career-best 36 not out.
The ball was swinging a lot in the damp conditions and former Australia Test seamer Bollinger made the breakthrough with the first ball of the third over when he had Stephen Moore lbw for two at 4-1.
It was 24-2 in the 10th over but the second wicket was a gift as Paul Borrington, playing his first match of the season, stretched to reach Stevens' first ball and steered it to Adam Riley at second slip. He made eight.
With no further run on the scoreboard, Wayne Madsen drove at Bollinger and a thick outside edge was caught by Brendan Nash at point, with the skipper on 14.
It might have been 24-4 next ball, as Scott Elstone edged his first ball in first-class cricket but it fell just short of wicketkeeper Sam Billings.
Derbyshire did lose a fourth when Shivnarine Chanderpaul was lbw to Stevens for five but Hughes was dropped on seven by Billings.
Elstone went for 23, off 66 balls with three fours, when he was lbw to Stevens at 57-5 but Hughes and Gareth Cross added 46 for the sixth wicket before Bollinger returned to the attack to have Cross caught at first slip for 15 at 103-6.
The end came quickly after that, with Bollinger finishing on 5-29 and Stevens 5-25.
Hughes passed his previous first-class best by driving Bollinger for his fourth four and also pulled a six off Mitch Claydon. He faced 85 balls.
