DERBYSHIRE just about had the better of a rollercoaster first day to their LV County Championship match against Leicestershire at Grace Road.
They bowled the home side out for 311 after having them 11-3 to start the day. In between came enough boundaries and near misses to fill three innings of cricket.
Mark Footitt finished with 6-65 and Tony Palladino 4-62.
At the close, Derbyshire began their first innings on a more sedate but sturdy 12-0.
Following the blow of Tim Groenewald's impending departure from the 3aaa County Ground, Derbyshire needed a real lift and, having lost the toss, they had the home side 11-3 after only 13 balls.
Derbyshire struck with the first ball of the day as Angus Robson drove at Footitt and a thick outside edge flew straight to Marcus North at gully.
Palladino was driven for four off his first ball but his next beat Greg Smith's defensive push and the batsman went lbw for four at 6-2.
Footitt had his second wicket with the first ball of the third over as it nipped back into right-hander Ramnaresh Sarwan and the West Indian was caught at short leg by Paul Borrington for five.
It might have been 17-4 in the fifth but Josh Cobb drove firmly at Footitt and David Wainwright, at mid off, could not hold on to a tough one-handed catch as he hit the floor, diving to his left.
Tom Taylor, a 19-year-old right-arm seamer, got through a good six-over spell for 20 runs after coming in for his first-class debut as Groenewald's replacement and though he was still waiting for his first wicket at tea, he had not looked out of place.
Cobb and Ned Eckersley put on 100 for the fourth wicket. Cobb brought up his 50 in the second over after lunch but, two balls later, drove Footitt loosely to backward point at 111-4 and Eckersley followed three overs later, lbw to Palladino for 44 at 113-5.
Rob Taylor rode his luck to 40 before driving Palladino to extra cover but Niall O'Brien and Ben Raine put on 118 for the seventh wicket before the new ball brought a swift end to the innings.
O'Brien uppercut a catch to third man on 89, James Sykes was caught at first slip for nought, Raine holed out to mid on for 55 and finally Alex Wyatt was caught at short leg.
That left nine overs for Derbyshire to see out and they did so through Stephen Moore (10) and Paul Borrington (2).
