da cassino： Derbyshire recorded their second highest score in the T20 competition when they thrashed local rivals Nottinghamshire by 34 runs to leave one of the pre-season favourites facing likely elimination at the group stage
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ScorecardChesney Hughes played a leading role in Derbyshire’s second highest T20 score•Getty Images
Derbyshire recorded their second highest score in the T20 competition when they thrashed local rivals Nottinghamshire by 34 runs in the NatWest Blast game at the 3aaa County Ground to leave one of the pre-season favourites facing increasingly likely elimination at the group stages.Add their position at the foot of the Championship and Nottinghamshire are fast descending into their biggest crisis for years.Chesney Hughes led the way with 52, including three sixes from 29 balls and although Ben Hilfenhaus took 3 for 29 from his four overs, the Falcons racked up an imposing 201 for 7.England batsman Alex Hales was bowled first ball by Nathan Rimmington who took 3 for 24 and although Riki Wessels smashed 66 from 33 balls, the Outlaws lost seven wickets in 29 balls to be bowled out for 167.The start was delayed by 30 minutes but Hamish Rutherford wasted no time in launching the third ball from Harry Gurney over the sightscreen for six and driving the fifth straight for four.Insights
It is not unusual for teams as resplendent with star-quality as Nottinghamshire to struggle in T20. While T20 is the format of the game most likely to be shaped by one individual performance it is also the format in which individual form is most contagious. While longer forms offer players, particularly batsmen, opportunities to consolidate weak positions and rebuild, T20 is less forgiving: if one or two players are struggling in key roles it unsettles the role of another key player, forcing them to play out of position. Often in such teams individuals seek moments of brilliance to solve problems when in reality more foundational, coordinated team improvement is more likely to bring consistent success.
Rutherford took two fours off the first over from Hilfenhaus but Wes Durston top edged a pull at the Australian and was caught by Fletcher running back from leg slip.Hillfenhaus struck again in the last over of the powerplay when Rutherford mistimed a pull to mid-wicket but Derbyshire had taken 59 from the first six and Hughes maintained the tempo by twice driving Samit Patel over the long on ropes.Hughes pulled Steven Mullaney for a third six to bring up the 100 and at the halfway stage, The Falcons were soaring at 110 for 2 with Hughes reaching his 50 from 27 balls.The Outlaws needed wickets and they got two in five balls when Wayne Madsen top-edged a return catch to Mullaney to end a stand of 64 from 35 balls and Hughes was caught behind cutting at Daniel Christian.Hilfenhaus returned to bowl Scott Elstone and both Shiv Thakor and Alex Hughes picked out deep mid-wicket but Tom Poynton swung Christian over long on to make sure Derbyshire passed 200.Michael Lumb started the chase by driving Wayne White high over long on for six but Nottinghamshire were rocked when Hales was bowled first ball by Rimmington.Wessels responded by pulling and driving White for sixes as 22 came from his second over and the Outlaws were well on course at the end of their powerplay on 72 for 1.Alex Hughes and Durston conceded only eight from the next two overs with the Falcons skipper having Lumb caught at long on and Patel should have been run out on one but Hughes fumbled the return.Wessels pulled Durston for six but then failed to clear deep mid-wicket and Nottinghamshire had a lot to do going into the last 10 overs with 104 needed.Hughes had cranked up the pressure by not conceding a boundary in his four over spell and although James Taylor pulled White for six, Patel drove Thakor into the hands of extra cover.With 64 needed from 30 balls, Derbyshire only had to keep their discipline to close the game out and they moved closer to victory when Christian was stranded by Chesney Hughes’s throw from cover.Greg Smith was run out going for a second and the end came quickly after Taylor swung Thakor into the hands of deep mid-wicket.
