Lungley lifts Derbyshire

Tom Lungley brought up his maiden half-century at Derby

Derbyshire were rescued by an eighth-wicket stand between Jon Clare and Tom Lungley after Ian Bell had snapped up three slip catches for Warwickshire in the LV County Championship Division Two match at Derby.

The visitors reduced the home side to 128 for seven, with Neil Carter taking three wickets in 32 balls - but Clare and Lungley earned Derbyshire an unlikely batting point.

Skipper Rikki Clarke's decision to bat first on a bouncy pitch backfired when his team lost seven wickets for 81 runs - but Warwickshire could not polish off the tail.

Lungley and Clare both reached maiden first-class half-centuries before Darren Maddy finally broke through - but by then the partnership had put on 81 in 29 overs.

There was more resistance as Clare and Charl Langeveldt plundered the new ball to take Derbyshire to 270 and in reply the visitors were 14 without loss.

Derbyshire had started well on a warm, sunny morning with Chris Rogers and Steve Stubbings surviving an accurate opening spell from Monde Zondeki who conceded only 13 from nine overs.

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The openers had added 47 when Maddy speared a full-length ball through Rogers' defences to have the batsman lbw for 19 and the Warwickshire captain struck again in his next over.

Stubbings was tempted into driving at a wide ball and edged low to first slip, where Bell held a good catch and he took another in the next over when John Sadler was turned round by James Anyon.

Clarke and Dominic Telo prevented further setbacks before lunch but the innings crumbled when Carter came back for a second spell.

Telo was lbw for 29 to a delivery which nipped back and Freddie Klokker went first ball when he tried to play around his pad.

Jamie Pipe did well to survive the hat-trick ball but was caught off a lifting delivery from Anyon and Clarke was lbw when he played across the line at Carter.

But Clare and Lungley halted the Warwickshire advance with Lungley reaching his fifty, which included four balls, off 94 balls before Maddy trapped him leg before wicket three balls later.

Clare survived a dropped catch by Zondeki at cover on 30 to bring up a 50, which contained six fours, from 113 balls as he and Langeveldt punished some wayward bowling.

Langeveldt smashed 24 off 17 balls and the pair had taken 58 from seven overs when the South African carved Carter to third man, where Ian Salisbury held a swirling catch.

Clare's excellent 66 ended when he chipped Zondeki to deep mid-on - leaving Maddy and Ian Westwood to negotiate seven overs before the close.