Ben Martindale and Francis Moore collected five wickets between them as an engrossing Second XI friendly between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire reached its halfway point at Notts Sports Club.
Having resumed on 12 without loss, trailing the hosts’ first-innings 326 by 314, the visitors went on to be dismissed for 308.
Martindale recorded figures of 3/25 to add to his day one 97 with the bat, while Moore and Freddie McCann also took two wickets apiece.
Mitchell Wagstaff hit 74 and Ben Aitchison made 54 off 44 down the order to rescue Derbyshire from 234-7, moving their first-innings score to within just 16 of the hosts’ total.
Aiming to increase that gap as Notts returned to the middle, Martindale again impressed with a fluent unbeaten 32, while McCann also scored freely for his 34 not out.
Together, they added an unbroken 67 for the second wicket, taking the hosts to 77-1 and an overnight lead of 95.
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