DERBYSHIRE moved into a position of absolute domination at the end of day two in their final LV County Championship match of the season against Leicestershire at the 3aaa County Ground.
They were made to bat again – just – when they bowled sorry Leicestershire out for 141 and were 162-1 at the close in their second innings for a lead of 310.
Ben Slater was 73 not out and Wayne Madsen 66 not out.
Ben Cotton showed the way with an excellent 4-20 as Leicestershire made it past the follow-on target by one run in reply to Derbyshire's 289.
It was good seam bowling but dreadful batting from a Leicestershire side who seemingly cannot hurry along to the end of the campaign quickly enough. They are heading to a second full season without a single first-class victory.
From 25-2 overnight, Leicestershire were soon 29-4 when Ned Eckersley (4) chased a Palladino ball and steered it to second slip, then Dan Redfern marked his return to Derby by playing a Palladino ball on to his leg stump and following for nought.
Angus Robson and Tom Wells added 34 before three more wickets went down with the score on 63.
Wells was caught down the leg side off Cotton for 15, then Niall O'Brien edged a slashing cut at Cotton and was caught behind without scoring and Robson, having played and missed countless times, carved Alex Hughes' first ball to gully and went for 26.
Ben Raine and Rob Taylor added a little stability with 42 in 16 overs for the eighth wicket before Taylor played on to Footitt for 14 at 105-8.
Raine and Charlie Shreck carried their side to the brink of the follow-on target when Raine skied a drive at Cotton and was caught at cover for 34, still two runs short.
After Shreck hit a single to go on to 24, Atif Sheikh carved one just over the head of cover for two to make Derbyshire bat again, only to be bowled by Cotton off the next ball.
Derbyshire moved on to 35 in their second innings before Billy Godleman gave James Sykes the charge and was stumped for 12 but Slater and Madsen took an unbroken stand of 127 into the third day to pile on the pain for Leicestershire.
