TWENTY20 CUP, NORTH, Grace Road:
Derbyshire 129-2 beat Leicestershire 127-9 by eight wickets (Derbys 2pts, Leics 0pts)

Rogers struck eight fours and three sixes in his 36-ball 58

Chris Rogers and Tom Lungley starred as Derbyshire cantered to an eight-wicket victory over Leicestershire in the Twenty20 Cup at Grace Road.

Batting first, Leicestershire were restricted to just 127-9, with Lungley picking up 5-27.

The visitors then reached their target in 19 overs, with captain Rogers making 58 and Greg Smith 47 not out.

The result is Derbyshire's second victory in as many games, while Leicestershire are still without a win.

After the Foxes won the toss, it needed a third-wicket partnership of 49 between James Taylor (40) and Paul Nixon (25) to rescue them from 28-3.

Lungley's figures are a county best for Derbyshire in the Twenty20 Cup, while Rogers' second half-century in this season's competition is his highest score in the shortest form of the game.

Derbyshire director of cricket John Morris told BBC Radio Derby:

"We want to get on a roll and show everyone around county cricket that we are here to compete.

"If we play as well as we can play we'll have a good chance of beating Nottinghamshire (on Friday) and if you can come away with three out of three then you might even have one foot in the quarter-finals.

"But there is a long way to go. We've started well and have two wins out of two but by Sunday we might have won two and lost two."

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