huge sixes. However, wickets tumbled, leaving Tom Lungley with the last ball to score six. To his credit, he went for it and could have won, but the ball fell short of the boundary and he was run out. (Cricinfo scorecard) County Championship: Derbyshire v Northamptonshire (27–30 April) Northamptonshire (12pts) drew with Derbyshire (6pts) Northamptonshire batted first at Derby against last-placed Derbyshire, and openers Bilal Shafayat and Martin Love finished the day without loss, though Derbyshire dropped them both. Shafayat finished the first day unbeaten on a career-best 156 from 267 balls; Love was on 129 off 233 balls; Northants were on 292. Shafayat added only 5 to his overnight score before being lbw, but Love went on to 168, and Northamptonshire finally declared on 451 for 7. In reply, Derbyshire regularly lost wickets, finishing the second day on 135 for 4. On the third day, Johann Louw completed a haul of 6 for 71 and forced them to follow on 210 in arrears. However, Derbyshire fared much better in their second innings – with both openers undefeated and their score on 119, 91 behind with one day to play. Rain then wiped out the final day's play, leaving Derbyshire at the bottom of the table despite the six points earned. (BBC scorecard) May May saw Derbyshire record their first victory, as they edged into the Second Round of the C&G Trophy by defeating Durham on the last ball with one wicket to spare. However, five successive losses followed. First, they were defeated by an innings and 72 runs by Lancashire in the County Championship, and five days later they suffered a nine-wicket loss to Worcestershire. On 17 May they lost by 127 runs to Kent in the Second Round of the C&G Trophy, and the one-day League loss three days later to Warwickshire was their fourth in succession. May was rounded off with two matches at home against Leicestershire – the Championship encounter was lost, but they ended May on the same way as they had begun it, with a win. C&G Trophy Round One: Durham v Derbyshire (4–5 May) Derbyshire beat Durham by one wicket to progress to Round Two of the C&G Trophy Durham put on 234 in their 50 overs at Chester-le-Street, mostly thanks Paul Collingwood, who scored 82 from 83 balls. Derbyshire's Spin bowler Ant Botha took four for 44 from his ten overs, with