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Defiant Cosgrove battles the pain but Derbyshire ahead
- Updated: September 13, 2016
Leicestershire 228 for 8 (Cosgrove 81*, Davis 4-60) trail Derbyshire 307 (Hosein 83*, A Hughes 55, Shreck 4-78) v Leicestershire by 79 runsScorecard
Mark Cosgrove defied the pain of a damaged hand to hold Leicestershire together but a late burst from Will Davis gave Derbyshire the edge before bad light ended play early on the second day of the Division Two game at Derby.
The Leicestershire captain was forced to retire hurt on 77 but returned and was unbeaten on 81 but Davis took three wickets in two overs to reduce the visitors to 228 for 8, 79 behind.
Derbyshire had earlier been bowled out for 307 with Harvey Hosein unbeaten on 83 as Charlie Shreck took 4 for 78, but Davis claimed 4 for 60 to tilt the balance towards the home side.
The fast bowler said: “I think we bowled well all day, there were times when wickets were harder to come by but I think we got our reward for a full day’s work.
“We worked hard in the afternoon session and we all noticed the opportunity to try and make the most of the unfortunate injury so that gave us a bit of a lift and worked well for us.
“Hopefully we …
