ANOTHER big County Ground crowd was sent home disappointed as Derbyshire were on the wrong end of a second one-sided contest at home.

Nottinghamshire claimed more than adequate compensation for their last-ball defeat when the teams met at Trent Bridge on Monday, as they routed the Phantoms by eight wickets in last night's return match.

It was every bit as emphatic a defeat as the hammering by Lancashire a week earlier and every bit as embarrassing for Derbyshire, as they failed to give their home fans, in a crowd of around 4,500, enough to cheer.

In common with the Lancashire defeat, Derbyshire could not make the runs batting first, after being put in, to give themselves a fighting chance of troubling good opposition.

Their 114-8 was largely down to a battling 45 from Jamie Pipe in the second half of their innings but all the Outlaws had to do to overcome it was nothing stupid.

Will Jefferson and Adam Voges, under no pressure at all, set the table with an opening partnership of 84 and the away side knocked off the rest of the runs in 16.3 overs.

Derbyshire made a decent start on a slow wicket, with Dominic Telo outpacing partner Greg Smith and hitting the first two boundaries of the night.

But, when Telo was well caught in the gully by Mark Ealham for 19 at 29-1 at the end of the fifth over, it quickly began to go horribly wrong.

Unheralded Australian bowler Darren Pattinson, who is having an outstanding first season for his club, started the slide with three wickets in six balls.

Telo was his first, then he bowled Smith with the first ball of his next over and lured Wavell Hinds into a mistimed dab, which looped up for Samit Patel to take a simple catch at backward point.

That was 36-3 and, by the end of the 10th over, Derbyshire were 47-6, staring a hopeless position in the face.

Notts bowled well, with Pattinson and Charlie Shreck going straight through their four-over allocations, for 18 runs each, but it was an undistinguished batting performance.

Dan Birch was run out by a Voges direct hit from mid on at the non-striker's end, John Sadler was completely beaten by Andre Adams and Rikki Clarke top-edged a pull, which was caught by wicketkeeper Chris Read after running to make up around 15 yards.

Derbyshire needed a huge partnership from Pipe and Monday's hero Graham Wagg but the precarious position of six wickets down meant they also had to play a more reserved game.

They put on 31 in four-and-a-half overs until Wagg was lbw to Adams for 12 and so it was left to Pipe to give the Outlaws as much to think about as he could.

The wicketkeeper launched into the 19th over, striking Ealham for 16 to give the Phantoms their only double-figure return off a single over, which is so rare in this form of the game.

But he was bowled by the third ball of the last, from Paul Franks, having faced 38 balls with four fours and the only six of the Derbyshire innings.

A score of 114 was nothing like enough to give the bowlers a chance and, although Voges was bowled by Jake Needham for 45, then Jefferson followed for 43, very well caught by Pipe off Clarke, the outcome was never in doubt.

Derbyshire have lost as many games as they can realistically afford to and another failure such as this will mean an end to any lingering hope of progress.