da supremo： Hampshire are on course for victory at Derby whereDerbyshire collapsed to a combination of seam andspin
da brwin： Nigel Gardner27-May-2001Hampshire are on course for victory at Derby whereDerbyshire collapsed to a combination of seam andspin.Alan Mullally, who had condemned the home side tofollowing on with three wickets in four balls, tooktwo more and Shaun Udal also struck twice to leaveDerbyshire facing defeat.When bad light ended play five overs early, they were69-4, still 98 runs behind and look certain to loseunless the weather intervenes on the final day.Nathan Dumelow, on his championship debut, did his bestto keep Derbyshire in the match with an accomplishedhalf century that came close to averting the threat ofthe follow on.With Karl Krikken, he added 72 for the eighth wicketand the target of 315 was only 18 runs away whenMullally roared in with the new ball to demolish thetail.He took three wickets in four balls, all to slipcatches by Neil Johnson who was also back in businesswhen Derbyshire went back in again.Luke Sutton edged low to second slip and Mathew Dowmanwas snared by the all-rounder as he pushed forward atUdal after resisting for 11 overs.The collapse gathered momentum when Steve Stubbings,who had fallen seven short of a century earlier in theday, edged Mullally and Adrian Aymes took a tumblingcatch.Udal then trapped Rob Bailey lbw for a duck in thenext over and only batting heroics from Michael DiVenuto are likely to deny Hampshire on the final day.
