Whittingham whittles through Derbyshire on home debut

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Derbyshire 142 for 9 (Thakor 44*, Magoffin 3-22, Shahzad 3-27, Whittingham 3-52) v Sussex Scorecard

Stu Whittingham enjoyed a dream home debut at Hove by taking a wicket with his first ball as Sussex’s seamers dominated a rain-affected opening day against Derbyshire.

The Derby-born 22-year-old removed Hamish Rutherford for the third time this season, having dismissed the New Zealander twice on his first appearance in the Specsavers County Championship at Derby three weeks ago.

Whittingham followed it up with the wickets of skipper Wayne Madsen and Matt Critchley either side of a penetrative spell from Ajmal Shahzad, who picked up three wickets in five overs as Derbyshire, who were put in, slumped to 97 for 7.

Shiv Thakor, who made 130 against Kent earlier this week, led a counter-attack with an unbeaten 44 but two late wickets for Steve Magoffin left Derbyshire reeling on 142 for 9 at stumps from 40 overs.

Sussex had won the toss and …

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