County Championship: Mattie McKiernan’s maiden ton propels Derbyshire in the direction of victory

Mattie McKiernan compiled his maiden century from 189 balls with 11 fours and a six.

LV= County Championship Division Two, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester (day three)

Leicestershire 213 and 146-6: Kimber 33*; Thomson 3-36

Derbyshire 531: Masood 219, MacKiernan 101, Madsen 94, du Plooy 61*; Barnes 5-101

Leicestershire (2 pts) trail Derbyshire (7 pts) by 172 runs

Scorecard

Derbyshire moved within sight of a first Championship win of the season and left Leicestershire battling to avoid an innings defeat.

Seamer Ed Barnes (5-101) took his first five-wicket haul, taking all his wickets for eight runs in a 26-ball spell on day three, as Derbyshire lost their last six first-innings wickets for 27.

But a maiden ton from Mattie McKiernan (105) – building on Shan Masood’s superb 219 on Friday – helped the visitors to 531 for a first-innings lead of 318.

It left Leicestershire, who had to fight rearguard actions to draw both of their opening Division Two matches, having to survive two sessions…

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