10th September 2020: Derbyshire vs Worcestershire
Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat first.
van Beek returns from his international duty, in which he made his Test debut for New Zealand against Bangladesh, taking five wickets across both innings, including 4-66 in the second.Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat first.
XI: Luis Reece, Billy Godleman*, Luke Wells, Wayne Madsen, John Copperfield, Ed Pollock, Steven Davies+, Logan van Beek, Simon Harmer, Chris Bannister, Ravi Rampaul
Worcestershire 1st: 344 (104.4 overs - D'Oliveira 65, Fell 62; van Beek 5-76)
Derbyshire 1st: 237 (74.3 overs - Davies 86; Pennington 4-69, Moeen 3-49)
Worcestershire 2nd: 208 (61 overs - Moeen 60, D'Oliveira 51; Rampaul 4-48, Harmer 3-41)
Derbyshire 2nd: 231 (53.4 overs - van Beek 70; Pennington 5-70)
Worcestershire won by 84 runs
Points: Derbyshire 4, Worcestershire 22
MOTM: Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
Another generally poor performance. We were very average with the ball, relying heavily on LvB once again, before a collapse with the bat saw us in a tough position, though Davies and Copperfield rescued us somewhat. We were better with the ball second time around, Rampaul stat-padding by removing the tail :P However, another top-order collapse saw us fall short of the target, despite a spirited 70 from van Beek.Points: Derbyshire 4, Worcestershire 22
MOTM: Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
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