Jon Clare transformed Derbyshire's fortunes on the first day

of their LV County Championship match against Glamorgan at the

County Ground.

With his first ball, the first of the 15th over, he broke the

Glamorgan opening stand which had frustrated Derbyshire after

they had won the toss and put their opponents in.

David Hemp was lbw for 16 to a ball that kept low at 45-1 and,

with his fifth ball, Clare should have added a second wicket

but Tom New dropped Gareth Rees on 25.

Graham Wagg took the second wicket with the first ball of his

second spell, with Tom Maynard lbw for eight at 72-2 and, in

the next over, Clare beat the defensive push of Michael Powell

and knocked over his off stump for nought.

Three balls after lunch, Tom Lungley, playing his first

Championship match since the beginning of May, took an

excellent diving catch at second slip off Wagg to remove Jamie

Dalrymple for five.

Clare then returned to make further in-roads as Mark Wallace

looped a catch to Ian Hunter at mid on for 23 and Alex Wharf

was lbw playing across the line for six to make it 159-6.

But Rees was still there at tea on 93 not out out of a score

of 179-6. Robert Croft was seven not out.