Nottinghamshire seconds face an uphill battle going in to the final day of their Second Eleven Championship match against Derbyshire following a tough day two.

After finally dismissing hosts Derbyshire for 445 in their first innings, the seconds were skittled for 132 in reply.

They then closed the day 33-1 in their second innings after the Derbyshire had added a further quickfire 132-6 to their advantage.

The hosts resumed day two on 380-8 and the ninth wicket partnership between Billy Godleman and Tom Taylor had realised 240 before Notts got the breakthrough.

With the score on 426, Taylor edged to Sam Wood at first slip off captain Steven Mullaney to fall for 76 and Godleman was stranded on 249* after Harry White was removed for three by Wood, Derbyshire 455 all out.

Nottinghamshire opened their reply with Greg Smith and Jake Libby, his first match since he injured his knee in Australia in the winter.

The reply didn’t start as planned with three wickets falling before lunch, Smith (1), and Mullaney (0) both falling to White and Libby (11) edging behind off Greg Cork, Notts 35-3 at the interval.

Wood and Will Root progressed the score to 76 before the latter became the fourth wicket to fall, caught behind off Taylor for 49.

His dismissal sparked a collapse for the visitors as they fell to 132 all out when Simon Webster was the last man out for four, White (4-40) and Cork (3-22) the pick of the bowlers.

Derbyshire did not enforce the follow-on, instead choosing to add quick runs in a bid to bat the visitors out the game.

They lost regular wickets, Ben Slater (5), Jonathan Clare (4) and first innings double centurion Godleman (20) all falling early on.

Harvey Hosein guided the hosts push though, ending unbeaten on 52, despite wickets falling around him, as Derbyshire declared with a lead of 445 runs.

The visitors were left to face 12 overs before the close of play and lost just the one wicket, opener Smith falling for eight to the bowling of Taylor.

However, Libby (11*) and Root (12*) guided their side to the close without any further loss, finishing on 33-1, still requiring an unlikely 413 runs to win.