6.56pm – That’s it for the day. What a day!
6.50pm – We’re off for bad light, with Yorkshire 283-5, a lead of 207. Wharton 116 and Tattersall 41 – they have shared 118 unbroken. Fernando 5-30 and Thompson 4-31 starred earlier in a sensational day one. That will almost certainly be it for the day.
6.41pm – At 272-5, after 56 overs, a lead of 196, we have 10 remaining in the day. Wharton 116 and Tattersall 32.
6.38pm – Century stand between Wharton 110 and Tattersall 31 has taken us to 265-5 in the 56th over. Fabulous.
6.17pm – HUNDRED! Wharton reaches his maiden first-class ton, his second in first-team cricket, off 101 balls with 18x4s and 2x6s. Sensational. We’re 245-5 in the 51st over, a lead of 169.
Picture by John Heald.
6.12pm – SIX! Wharton slog sweeps Thomson’s off-spin over wide long-on to move to 98. It’s 240-5 in the 50th over.
6.06pm – Wharton has moved to 87 out of 222-5 in the 48th over. Our lead is 146. Excellent.
5.46pm – SIX! Wharton pulls Dupavillon flat and hard behind square to move to 68. It’s 192-5 in the 44th.
5.42pm – Our lead is now 104, at 180-5 in the 43rd over. Wharton 58, Tattersall 8. We still have the best part of 24 overs remaining in the day.
5.21pm – WICKET! Revis caught behind off Chappell, 5. It’s 165-5 in the 38th over. Tattersall in now to join Wharton, who has 51.
5.18pm – Wharton reaches his fifty off 63 balls with 10x4s. We’ve moved to 165-4 after 37 overs. Our lead is 85 with 29 overs remaining in the day. Revis 5.
5.05pm – WICKET! Hill caught behind 20. It’s 152-4 in the 35th over, a lead of 76. Revis in now alongside Wharton, who has 43.
4.53pm – Wharton’s motoring now. He has just hit Chappell for two boundaries in the ongoing 32nd over, both wide of mid-on – one pulled, the other worked. He has 37 of 142-3 in the 32nd over.
4.42pm – Diamonds have won by four wickets chasing 240 at Scarborough against Sparks. Hearth finished 58 not out. That’s five wins from seven for the 2022 RHFT champions.
4.36pm – We’ve just had an all-run four. Hill guided Dupavillon to wide third-man to move to 5. Yorkshire 121-3 in the 28th.
4.29pm – WICKET! Masood trapped lbw playing across one from Dupavillon, 18. It’s 109-3 after 26 overs. Hill in now.
4.27pm – Wharton has clipped Dupavillon off his pads twice for four through mid-on in the ongoing over. He has 20 of 108-2 in the 26th over. Excellent.
4.24pm – Yorkshire 100-2 after 25 overs. Masood 18, Wharton 12. We have a lead of 24.
4.08pm – We’re up and running after tea. We’re 86-2 in the 22nd, leading by 10. Masood 10, Wharton 6.
The Diamonds are 185-4 after 37 overs chasing 240 to beat Sparks at Scarborough. Heath 26, Burns 16.
3.42pm – Tea. We’ve moved to 81-2 from 20 overs, a lead of five. We still have 46 overs remaining in the day, with Masood 9 and Wharton 2.
3.33pm – WICKET! Lyth caught and bowled by Reece, 38. We’re 72-2 in the 19th over. Masood in now alongside Wharton, who has 2.
3.09pm – WICKET! Bean trapped lbw by Reece, 29. We’re 61-1 in the 13th over. Wharton in now to join Lyth, who has 29.
2.57pm – We’ve moved to 50-0 in the 10th over. Lyth 27, Bean 20, The deficit is only 26.
2.43pm – We’ve moved to 30-0 in the seventh over, replying to 76. Lyth 15, Bean 12. At Scarborough, the Diamonds are 69-1 after 12 overs chasing 240 to beat Sparks in the RHFT. They’ve just lost Winfield-Hill for 46.
2.37pm – Vishwa Fernando bowls Sam Conners to claim his fifth wicket.
Picture by John Heald.
2.25pm – We’ve moved to 13-0 after two overs of our response to 76 all out. Lyth has all of them, including three boundaries.
2.19pm – Our reply to 76 has started, and Lyth has driven Dupavillon down the ground for four in the opening over. 4-0.
2.07pm – WICKET! Chappell caught at second slip by Lyth off Thompson, 18. Derbyshire are 76 all out inside 28 overs. Fernando brilliant for 5-30 and Thompson likewise for 4-31.
2.03pm – Derbyshire are 70-9 after 27 overs. Chappell has 12 and Dupavillon 8. These two have added 20 for the last wicket.
1.49pm – Diamonds are chasing 240 to beat Sparks (239-8) at Scarborough. Levick finished with 4-46.
Here at Chesterfield, Conor McKerr is missing this match with a quad strain.
1.42pm – WICKET! Fernando rips out Conners’ middle stump with another in-swinging yorker. It’s 50-9, and he has taken all five wickets without conceding a run. Stunning.
1.28pm – WICKET! Thomson caught at third slip by Bean off Thompson, 4. Derbyshire 49-8 in the 22nd over. That’s a loss of seven wickets for 14 runs from 35-1.
1.32pm – WICKET! Thompson takes a stunner at gully to give Fernando another as Whiteley falls. It’s 45-7. Outstanding.
1.29pm – The players are on their way back out to the middle. Derbyshire 45-6.
1.01pm – Jordan Thompson celebrates the wicket of David Lloyd this morning.
Picture by John Heald.
12.52pm – Sparks are 183-6 in the 41st over. Phoebe Turner has taken two of the wickets to fall.
12.51pm – The umpires have called an early lunch. It has just stopped raining.
12.35pm – Before that break, Derbyshire lost 5-10 in 23 balls to slip from 35-1 to 45-6. Fernando claimed three of them.
12.34pm – We’re off for rain. Derbyshire are 45-6 in the 21st over.
12.29pm – WICKET! Lloyd trapped lbw by Thompson, 10. Derbyshire are 45-6 in the 20th over.
12.24pm – WICKET! Donald trapped by Fernando, 0. Hat-trick ball incoming. Derbyshire are 45-5 in the 19th.
12.22pm – WICKET! Madsen trapped lbw by a big hooping in-swinger from Fernando, who has his second wicket. Derbyshire are 45-4 in the 19th.
12.18pm – Sparks are 139-3 after 30 overs at Scarborough. Wickets for Burns, Levick and Phoebe Turner.
12.05pm – WICKET! Thompson bowls Guest, 17. Two in two balls for Yorkshire. It’s 35-3 in the 16th.
12.04pm – WICKET! Reece caught at first slip by Hill off Fernando, 11. Derbyshire 35-2 after 15 overs. That wicket’s been coming.
12pm – Fernando returns in place of Coad. Derbyshire 35-1 after 14 overs.
11.55am – Ben Coad celebrates the early dismissal of Mitch Wagstaff lbw earlier this morning.
Picture by John Heald.
11.49am – Yorkshire have beaten the bat a lot in the opening 50 minutes of play without reward. Derbyshire have recovered from 2-1 to reach 31-1 after 12 overs.
11.31am – Early change for Yorkshire as Thompson is into the attack in place of Fernando. Derbyshire 24-1 after seven.
11.26am – Derbyshire have advanced to 24-1 after six overs. Guest 8, Reece 9.
Sparks, meanwhile, are 65-2 after 16 overs against Diamonds in today’s RHFT game at Scarborough.
11.06am – Fernando is sharing the new ball. Derbyshire 2-1.
11.03am – WICKET! Wagstaff trapped lbw by a full delivery from Coad, 2. Derbyshire are 2-1 after five balls. Super start.
11.01am – Captains Masood and Lloyd at the toss this morning.
Picture by John Heald.
11am – We’re underway. Coad bowling to Wagstaff.
10.57am – The live stream is available via the Match Centre tab at the top of the page.
10.44am – There has been a late change to Yorkshire’s team, made after the toss. Revis is in for McKerr.
Updated Yorkshire team: Lyth, Bean, Masood c, Wharton, Hill, Tattersall w, Thompson, Revis, Coad, Moriarty, Fernando.
10.34am – What a start for the Diamonds at Scarborough. Sparks are 2-1 in the first over. Erin Burns with the early wicket.
10.30am – Derbyshire won the toss and will bat first.
Yorkshire team: Lyth, Bean, Masood c, Wharton, Hill, Tattersall w, Thompson, Coad, McKerr, Moriarty, Fernando.
10.13am – Sparks have won the toss and will bat against Diamonds at Scarborough.
9.10am – An early shout. David Griffin, Derbyshire’s club photographer and heritage officer, has written a new book which is available on ground today. It’s called The Jewel in Derbyshire’s Crown – a history of cricket at Queen’s Park.
It contains memories from the likes of Azharuddin, Boycott and Holding amongst others.
9.05am – Good morning from Chesterfield, where it’s an overcast start to the day. There has been some overnight rain, but we are set for a start on time at 11am.
Yorkshire head into this fixture on the back of victory against Gloucestershire at Scarborough last week, by an innings inside three days.
It hoisted the county from second-bottom in the table to third, 25 points behind Middlesex in second with six games remaining.
Derbyshire are bottom of the Division Two table without a win in eight games. They’re the only winless side in the division.
The two counties played out a draw at Headingley in May. Yorkshire will be hoping this week provides more of a repeat of last year’s clash at Chesterfield, which they won.
Shan Masood returns from a week out with concussion to face his former county, while Ben Coad has returned to the squad following a back injury which has sidelined him since late last month.
You can read our preview for this match via the link below.
It’s a busy day in Yorkshire Cricket circles, with the Northern Diamonds resuming their Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy campaign. They face Central Sparks at Scarborough, aiming for a fifth win in seven matches to strengthen their position in the top four. That gets underway at 10.30am, and we’ll keep you updated.
As ever, the live stream will be available. Hopefully it should be accessible via the Match Centre tab at the top of the page. If not, we will advise closer to the start. Enjoy the day.
