| LV=County Championship, Nevil Highway, Bristol (day one): |
| Gloucestershire 333-6: O Value 125*, Van Buuren 78; Dal 3-42 |
| Derbyshire: But to bat |
| Gloucestershire 2 pts, Derbyshire 2 pts |
| Scorecard |
Ollie Value’s third first-class century put Gloucestershire in a robust place on the opening day of their contest with Derbyshire.
The 22-year-old followed-up County Championship a whole lot towards Yorkshire and Worcestershire this season with a career-best 125 not out.
He acquired glorious help from captain Graeme van Buuren (78) in a fifth-wicket stand of 157, which helped their aspect shut on 333-6.
Anuj Dal was essentially the most profitable Derbyshire bowler with 3-42 from 16 overs on a draining day within the subject for the guests in energy-sapping warmth.
Gloucestershire opted to bat first and the choice seemed justified when Ben Charlesworth and Chris Dent took the entire to 32 from the primary seven overs.
13 overs had been misplaced both aspect of an early lunch because of unhealthy mild and rain earlier than play resumed at 13:00 BST when batting circumstances improved and Dent started to play extra aggressively.
The skilled left-hander had moved comfortably to 41, off 72 balls with six fours, when he edged a back-foot defensive shot off Luis Reece to wicketkeeper Brooke Visitor, ending a gap stand of 80 within the twentieth over.
Left-arm seamer Reece struck once more in his second over when Charlesworth, on 30, seemed to play into the leg aspect and received a vanguard to Wayne Madsen at second slip.
At 85-2, Gloucestershire wanted to rebuild, with Value and James Bracey doing so to good impact, including 43 in 12 overs earlier than Dal bowled the latter for 23.
Value confirmed his confidence with a reverse sweep for 4 off Alex Thomson and Miles Hammond received off the mark with an edged boundary to 3rd man off Dal.
By tea, the pair had put collectively a fourth-wicket stand of 33, taking the entire to 161-3
Pat Brown notched his first Derbyshire wicket when Hammond top-edged a short-arm pull to Visitor for 21 and at 169-4 the hosts wanted stability.
Value provided it and moved to his fifth Championship half-century of the season, whereas Van Buuren moved the rating on effectively serving to to construct a half-century stand in 14 overs.
Van Buuren reached a 68-ball fifty along with his second six, lofted excessive over broad long-on off Thomson, earlier than Value introduced up the hundred partnership and shortly reached three figures individually, off 155 balls along with his thirteenth 4, handsomely struck off Thomson.
Dal ended Van Buuren’s enterprising knock by bowling him with lower than 4 overs left within the day and, with the second new ball, had Zafar Gohar caught behind to raise Derbyshire spirits.
Report provided by ECB Reporters’ Community.