DESPITE a record stand between Alex Hughes and David Wainwright, Derbyshire were beaten by 10 wickets on the third day in their LV County Championship match against Kent at Canterbury.
From 32-3 following on overnight, still trailing by 186, Derbyshire slipped to 102-7 before lunch but Hughes and Wainwright added 129 to at least make sure Kent had to bat again.
Hughes beat the previous career-best 60 he scored at Leicester this month before he was out for 82, with Wainwright finishing 60 not out. Together, they had passed the 83 made by Eddie Gothard and Cliff Gladwin at Gillingham in 1948 which was the previous best eighth-wicket stand for Derbyshire against Kent.
It was a cheering sign of resistance for Derbyshire but they were all out for 256 and Kent easily knocked off the 39 they needed for victory.
Darren Stevens continued his domination of Derbyshire this season with 6-64 in the innings, nine wickets in the match and 14 this season against the county.
There was more evidence for the pitch inspectors to consider in their post-match meeting as Wayne Madsen (17) was first out in the morning to an Adam Riley ball that spun and bounced plenty to take the glove and go to leg slip.
Marcus North followed, lbw for 16 to a Stevens ball that kept low at 57-5, and Scott Elstone was caught behind off Stevens for 13 at 70-6.
Gareth Cross decided there was no point waiting for the ball that was going to get him out and hit two sixes and a four before he was lbw to Stevens for 21 at 102-7.
Hughes reached his 50 off 102 balls with five fours and Wainwright off 101 balls with five fours but Hughes was out in the second over after tea, the sixth with the new ball, lbw to Stevens.
Tony Palladino was lbw to Riley for one and Mark Footitt was last man out, stumped for 10 off Riley.
Rob Key (26) and Daniel Bell-Drummond (13) completed the formalities for Kent.
