TWO wickets shortly before lunch gave Derbyshire their deserved reward at the start of their LV County Championship match against Glamorgan at the Swalec Stadium.
Chasing their fourth successive victory in the competition, Derbyshire lost the toss in ideal batting conditions but held the home side to 81-3 at lunch.
They bowled well through most of the morning but only picked up the wicket of Jacques Rudolph for nine at the end of the 10th over. He was lbw to the nagging Tony Palladino at 25-1.
Palladino and Mark Footitt passed the edge several times but it was not until the 26th over that Derbyshire had their second breakthrough, Wayne White switching to around the wicket and getting Will Bragg lbw for 22 at 68-2.
Wes Durston, having taken five wickets to close out the win against Worcestershire last week, was into the action after an hour and caused problems. He followed White's wicket with one of his own in the next over when Gavin Rees pushed forward and was bowled for 28 at 76-3.
Chris Cooke (4) and Jim Allenby (5) took Glamorgan through to lunch.
Cheteshwar Pujara came in for his Derbyshire debut, replacing Chesney Hughes in the only change to the side that beat Worcestershire.
