Thursday 20th June 2013
By Paul Fisher

Yorkshire Bank 40, Group B. County Ground, Derby.
Derbyshire Falcons, 36-2 v Scotland Saltires. Match Abandoned Derbyshire 1 point, Scotland 1 point.

Derbyshire's home campaign in the Yorkshire Bank 40 over competition was once again interrupted by the rain. All three of the Falcons home games at the County Ground have been ruined by the wet weather. The only other game which completed a match was at Leek.

If 148 runs had been scored for the loss of three wickets after 21.3 overs, it would be a half decent score.

If I then told you that this was the total amount of runs scored, wickets lost and overs bowled in the three home games the Falcons had played in, then it just shows how you can't predict the British weather, or maybe you can!

Derbyshire had lost the toss and were sent into bat by their Scottish opposition, and Neil Carter, the South African born, ex-Warwickshire bowler was getting the ball to move sideways in the opening overs.

The Falcons had moved onto 29 when Wes Durston tried to hook a short ball by Carter, but only ended top edging to Moneeb Iqbal at fine leg for 4.

Chesney Hughes was 25 not out when Durston departed to be joined by Paul Borrington. In the next Carter over, a quick single was taken by Borrington after the ball only fell to the gully area and Richie Berrington fired a direct hit at the stumps sending Hughes was on his way for 29. Carter meanwhile had a miserly 1-7 from 5 overs.

The weather intervened at 5.21pm and the players went off, with the score on 36-2 from 9.3 overs, the match was eventually called off at 7.56pm.

This result takes Derbyshire's points tally to seven following the same amount of games. The Falcons would sit three points off the lead. This was Scotland's first point in the competition to date.

Derbyshire's next 40 over match won't be for a couple of months as they face Somerset tomorrow at the County Ground in a crucial battle at the foot of Division One of the County Championship (11am start).

Then the Falcons kick off their Friends Life T20 campaign versus Yorkshire Vikings at Headingley on Friday week, complete with new signing Albie Morkle, who signed for the duration of the competition.

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