Three wickets before tea put a blot on a decent position for

Derbyshire on the first day of their LV County

Championship match against Northants.

Half-centuries from Wavell Hinds and Greg Smith took them on

to 202-3, after Paul Borrington had scored 57 on his first

Championship appearance of the season, but David Wigley took

three wickets to leave them 239-6 at tea.

Chris Rogers, standing in for Rikki Clarke, won the toss and

decided to bat but he was caught at gully for one by Rob White

trying to drive at David Lucas.

The second wicket fell in the 16th over when Dan Birch elected

to leave a ball from Lucas that clipped the top of his off

stump. He made 15 and the score was 36-2.

The seamers were making life difficult but Borrington and

Hinds put on 74 for the third wicket before Borrington was

caught at third slip, having played with great poise in facing

125 balls with nine fours.

Smith moved swiftly to his 50 off 55 balls with seven fours

but was then caught behind and Jamie Pipe followed first ball,

bowled by Wigley.

Hinds brought up his 50 with his third six and moved on to 76

when he hit Wigley fiercely straight to extra cover. There were

also nine fours in his 112-ball innings.