Derbyshire captain Came leads response v Lancashire

Derbyshire captain Harry Came hit seven fours before he was bowled by Jimmy Anderson for 83 [Shutterstock] Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, Emirates Old Trafford (day two) Lancashire 351: Harris 125; Bashir 4-76 Derbyshire 235-3: Came 83, Guest 60*; Stanley 2-67 Derbyshire (3 pts) trail Lancashire (3 pts) by 116 runs Match scorecard Derbyshire skipper Harry Came made 83 to help his side reply strongly to Lancashire's 351 on a rain-shortened second day of the Rothesay County Championship match at Emirates Old Trafford. The visitors ended the day on 235-3, still 116 in arrears after a day of fine cricket, the highlight of which, for home supporters, was perhaps Mitch Stanley's six-over spell of genuinely fast bowling immediately after lunch. However, two rain breaks and frequent showers immediately after tea meant that 23 overs were lost on this second day.

Nevertheless, Derbyshire might still be well placed to embarrass Lancashire if they can bat on and build a lead on the third day. Brooke Guest was 60 not out and Martin Andersson unbeaten on 37 at the close In a high-quality first session, Derbyshire's second-wicket pair, Came and Matt Montgomery, scored 65 runs in 27. 3 overs either side of a 15-minute break for rain.

Lancashire's attack was dominated by their four seamers and there were several respectable lbw appeals before Marcus Harris dropped Came on 12 at midwicket, a miss that denied Paul Coughlin a wicket on his Lancashire debut. Otherwise, the Derbyshire pair played with exemplary care and skill to bring their side into lunch on 65-1, with Came on 36 not out and Montgomery unbeaten on 26. The afternoon session began in dramatic fashion with Stanley's six-over spell from the James Anderson.

Bowling at high pace and using the short-pitched ball intelligently, Stanley took only one wicket, that of Montgomery who thick-edged a drive to Coughlin in the gully when he had made 46. But he hurried Came and Guest, both of whom were probably content to watch the cricket from the bowler's end. Came was dropped again on 54 when Michael Jones shelled a straightforward chance at first slip off the unfortunate Coughlin but his luck ran out when he played on to James Anderson immediately after hitting the ex-England bowler for six – thanks to four overthrows.