Openers shine in Derbyshire win

Derbyshire boosted their chances of reaching the quarter-finals of the Friends Provident Trophy by beating Lancashire by 100 runs at Derby.

An opening stand of 150 between Chris Rogers (94) and Steve Stubbings (95no) helped the home side to 288-5.

The visitors never looked like reaching their goal once Stuart Law and Mohammad Yousuf fell in the space of four balls.

There were 11.5 overs to spare when Derbyshire sealed their first win over Lancashire in the history of the

event.

Derbyshire, who have three North Division games left, have now gone ahead of Lancashire at the top of the group on run rate.

Lancashire must now win at Headingley against Yorkshire in their final game on Wednesday to stand any chance of making the quarter-finals.

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