da winzada777： Derbyshire’s seamer Tim Groenewald chose the rearranged match against Leicestershire, postponed after the death of Tim Poynton’s father in a car accident, to announce that he would be leaving the county at the end of the season
Press Association08-Jun-2014
ScorecardTim Groenewald will leave Derbyshire at the end of the season•Getty Images
Niall O’Brien top-scored with 89 as Leicestershire produced a spiritedfightback on day one of their Division Two match againstDerbyshire at Grace Road.Leicestershire found themselves 11 for 3 in just the third over but twocentury partnerships helped them to steady the ship and they eventually posted arespectable 311 all out.Mark Footitt recorded figures of 6 for 65 for the visitors before Derbyshirereached 12 without loss in reply.The home side got off to the worst possible start after winning the toss, withAngus Robson departing to the first ball of the day, his third golden duck ofthe campaign, as Marcus North took a catch off Footitt at gully.Tony Palladino trapped Greg Smith lbw for four in the next over and whenFootitt claimed his second wicket of the day with Ramnaresh Sarwan (five)finding Paul Borrington at short leg, Leicestershire were in trouble.Josh Cobb and Ned Eckersley then put on 100 for the fourth wicket as the hostsrebuilt either side of lunch.Cobb brought up his 50 with a four off Footitt but was gone two balls later,Scott Elstone taking the catch at point.Eckersley (44) was soon trapped lbw by Palladino to leave Leicestershire 113for 5 but Rob Taylor added 40 before Palladino had his third, Alex Hughesclaiming a catch at cover.That brought Ben Raine to the crease and together he and O’Brien added 118 tobring some respectability to the scorecard.O’Brien brought up his 50 off 65 balls before tea and Raine joined him afterthe interval, taking 112 balls to reach the mark.Derbyshire took the new ball and the result was almost instantaneous with Northand Foottit combining again to remove O’Brien when the Irishman holed out tothird man.There was not much wag in the Leicestershire tail and James Sykes went withouttroubling the scorers before Raine (55) and Alex Wyatt (six) soon followed.Tom Taylor recorded figures of 0 for 50 from his 13 overs after beingdrafted in on debut to replace Tim Groenewald who announced earlier on Sunday hewould be leaving the county.Stephen Moore (10 not out) and Borrington (two not out) then saw the visitorsthrough to the close unscathed.This match had originally been scheduled to be the season opener for both clubsbut was postponed due to the tragic death of Keith Poynton, father of Derbyshirewicketkeeper Tom, in a car accident on April 4.