County Championship Division Two: Essex skittle Glamorgan for 260
Graham Napier returns impressive figures of 5-82
Monday 23 May 2016 09:26, UK
Essex, current table-toppers in the Specsavers County Championship Division Two, bowled Glamorgan out for 260 on day one of their clash in Cardiff.
Graham Napier returned impressive figures of 5-82 as the visitors took wickets at regular intervals, with the 79 Craig Meschede (33) and Andrew Salter (45no) put on for the eighth wicket the hosts' highest partnership.
Glamorgan did at least make an inroad themselves before the close, reducing Essex to 29-1 with Nick Browne out for nine.
Derbyshire fired 381 first-innings runs on day one of their game against Kent at Chelmsford, Wayne Madsen hitting 103.
Neil Broom also managed 96 and Shiv Thakor was not out on 86 from just 97 balls as Derbyshire reached 381-7 by stumps.
It was all the more remarkable a score considering Matt Coles (4-73) had helped Kent reduce the visitors to 35-3 in the morning session, with the Derbyshire top three all dismissed for single-figure scores.
Gloucestershire took control on day one against Northamptonshire in Bristol, reducing the visitors to 134-7, with Josh Shaw taking 4-38.
Shaw and Craig Miles (2-54) took two wickets apiece as Northants limped to 59-5 early in their first innings, before Steven Crook (43no) led a mini-revival, putting on 51 for the sixth wicket with Richard Levi (23).
Shaw bowled Levi and added a further wicket to his impressive haul before play was ended early due to bad light.
Leicestershire got the better of Worcestershire on day one of their meeting at Grace Road, with the hosts' top three all hitting fifties.
Paul Horton (89), Angus Robson (50) and Neil Dexter (50) set a terrific platform for the home side, who closed the day on 253-4.
Despite the strong start, Leicestershire did lose three wickets for 16 runs midway through the day, but Mark Pettini (45no) helped lead a recovery and is unbeaten overnight.
