County Championship: Nottinghamshire beat Derbyshire to finish virtually three-year win drought

Nottinghamshire seam bowler Luke Fletcher

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Luke Fletcher helped push Nottinghamshire to a comprehensive win in seven sessions
County Championship Group One, The Incora County Ground, Derby (day three):
Nottinghamshire 256 & 318: Hameed 94, Duckett 87, Clarke 53
Derbyshire 105 & 159: Aitchison 50; Broad 4-37
Nottinghamshire (21 pts) beat Derbyshire (3 pts) by 310 runs
Scorecard

Nottinghamshire emphatically beat Derbyshire to record their first County Championship win since June 2018.

Notts bowled Derbyshire out for just 159 in their second innings to win by 310 runs having set an unlikely 470.

Stuart Broad (4-37) took two wickets in two balls at the top of the order to start the collapse before returning to claim two of the last three wickets.

They included a spectacular one-handed catch from Dane Paterson running around from fine leg to dismiss Sam Conners.

It was Nottinghamshire’s first four-day victory in 31 attempts since beating the then county champions Essex at Chelmsford in the summer of 2018.

They failed to win again in the…

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