THE second new ball brought Derbyshire County Cricket Club's charge to a potentially good first innings lead to a grinding halt on the third day of their LV County Championship match against Hampshire at the 3aaa County Ground.
From 273-2, with Stephen Moore and Shivnarine Chanderpaul putting on a stand of 163, Derbyshire tumbled to 312-7 as the Hampshire seamers made excellent use of the new ball on a surface that clearly still had a little life left in it.
At tea, the home side were 345-7, ahead by 17. Tony Palladino was 20 not out and Tim Groenewald 16 not out.
Overnight and early morning rain meant a delayed start but play was able to begin, following an early lunch, at 1pm.
There was one further brief hold-up for bad light but Moore and Chanderpaul were soon into their stride and added 70 in the first 21 overs of the day.
Unsurprisingly, Hampshire took the new ball straight away and it paid dividends. South African international Kyle Abbott was very sharp and, one ball after getting one to rise just past the end of Moore's nose, he found the edge of the bat and the opener was caught at first slip.
Moore's 128 came off 251 balls and included 17 fours and a six.
That was 273-3 but Chanderpaul was in supreme touch. In successive balls, he cut James Tomlinson and then clipped him off the legs for boundaries but the next ball was edged to first slip and the West Indian fell for 82, off 141 balls with 11 fours.
Tomlinson followed up by having Chesney Hughes caught at second slip for 9 before Abbott had Richard Johnson caught behind for one and Wes Durston lbw for 11 at 312-7.
