CLYDESDALE BANK 40, Derby:
Derbyshire 192-7 beat Middlesex 110 by 81 runs (D/L method)
Match scorecard

Wayne Madsen produced an important innings for Derbyshire

An unbeaten 71 from Wayne Madsen helped Derbyshire overcome Middlesex in the Clydesdale Bank 40 as they recorded their 1,000th win in one-day cricket.

Graham Wagg and Mark Footitt each bagged three wickets to blow away the Panthers who never threatened to reach a revised target of 192 in 38 overs.

Derbyshire had recovered from an unpromising position when slumping to 49-4 after being put in by Middlesex.

But Madsen got them to 192-7 after Pedro Collins had taken three wickets.

Collins got the ball to swing late to bowl Stephen Adshead and Chesney Hughes before skipper Greg Smith gloved an attempted pull to the wicketkeeper.

A stunning one-handed slip catch by Owais Shah removed Wes Durston for 18 but Madsen supervised an impressive recovery.

Dan Redfern started the revival by scoring 23 out of a 51-run stand in 10 overs with Madsen before Wagg and Jon Clare provided some acceleration in the closing overs.

Madsen anchored the fightback with a 61-ball half-century and with Wagg and Clare he shared stands of 48 and 41 in the last 12 overs.

When the Panthers began their chase, Wagg matched Collins's opening spell to shatter their top order.

Scott Newman was caught behind for a duck off the second ball of the innings and Shah made only eight before he dragged the ball into his stumps.

Dawid Malan drove away from his body to be caught at point, and the visitors were on the slide when John Simpson drove Smith tamely into the hands of short extra cover in the next over.

There was no way back now for the visitors, who continued to haemorrhage wickets as they were bowled out in just 28 overs.

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