da bet7k： Greg Smith hit a brilliant 130 as Derbyshire battled valiantly to stay in thegame on the third day at Bristol
10-Apr-2011
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Greg Smith hit a brilliant 130 as Derbyshire battled valiantly to stay in thegame on the third day at Bristol.The 27-year-old South African produced a dazzling array of strokes to hit 21fours in a 141-ball knock that threatened to turn the match after his side hadbeen reduced to 161 for 5 in their second innings, still 25 runs behind.Smith dominated a sixth-wicket stand of 128 with Luke Sutton (25), but boththen fell in quick succession and Derbyshire were bowled out for 331, a lead ofjust 145, Chesney Hughes contributing 60. By the close Gloucestershire hadreached 19 for one and need 127 more tomorrow for the win.Left-arm seamer David Payne claimed 5 for 76 on his first class debut, whileWill Gidman produced the most economical bowling with one for 29 from 16 overs.Derbyshire began the day on 30 without loss, needing a further 156 to makeGloucestershire bat again. Only three runs had been added when Garry Park wascaught behind fending at a lifting delivery from Jon Lewis.It was 54 for 2 when Wayne Madsen fell lbw for 34 to a delivery from LiamNorwell that nipped back and 86 for three when Wes Durston fenced at a deliveryfrom the accurate Gidman and wicketkeeper Jonathan Batty took the catch.By lunch the visitors had progressed to 113 for 3, with Hughes unbeaten on43. Five runs were added before Dan Redfern played down the wrong line to Payneand departed lbw for 8.The powerful Hughes reached a half-century soon after the interval with aflowing drive off Payne, his 11th boundary in facing 65 balls. But Payne soontook revenge by having Hughes caught behind off a good length ball with thetotal on 161.By then Smith was already counter-attacking with gusto, producing some superbcover drives. Sutton was happy to just hold up the other end, taking 45 minutesto get off the mark and contributing only two to the first 50 runs of thepartnership.Smith had one giant slice of good fortune when dropped by Chris Dent at secondslip off Norwell on 99 in the over before tea. He forced the next deliverythrough the off-side for two to bring up his ton off 104 balls.Tea was reached with the total at 251 for 5. Smith and Sutton stayedtogether until the fifth over with the second new ball, which saw Lewis knockback Smith’s off-stump. The stand was a Derbyshire record for the sixth wicketagainst Gloucestershire.Sutton fell four balls later as Dent redeemed himself with a diving slip catchoff Ian Saxelby and Payne quickly polished off the tail.