The 25-year-old wicketkeeper batsman made 103 not out in just under six hours as Derbyshire reached 417-6 dec with Jonathan Clare making an unbeaten 64, the pair sharing an unbroken stand of 94.Warwickshire, set 378 to win, closed on 160-4.

n Notts lost by three wickets to Kent at Trent Bridge after a seventh-wicket stand of 71 between Ryan McLaren, 37no and Yasir Arafat, 36no, enabled the visitors to reach 244-7.

Yesterday, Notts beat Leicestershire by two wickets in the Friends Provident Trophy. Paul Nixon made 75 and Darren Pattinson took 4-58 before Matthew Wood led with 50 in Notts' reply of 198-8.

Friends Provident Trophy: Old Trafford Yorkshire 204-7 (J A Rudolph 65) v Lancashire 216-7 (F du Plessis 77 no) Lancashire beat Yorkshire by 3 wkts (D/L Method)

Durham 181-9 v Scotland 52-5 Durham beat Scotland by 46 runs (D/L Method)

Leicestershire 197 (P A Nixon 75, H H Dippenaar 51, D J Pattinson 4-35) v Notts 198-8 (M J Wood 50, J Allenby 4-27) Notts won by 2 wkts

Warwickshire 232-8 (I J L Trott 120 no) v Northants 236-5 (S D Peters 97 no, M H Wessels 78) Northants won by 5 wkts Somerset 290-6 (J L Langer 112 no, P D Trego 56 no) v Gloucs 294-6 (C M Spearman 140 no) Gloucs won by 4 wkts

Hampshire 209 (G A Lamb 84, S P Jones 5-32) v Worcs 211-1 (V S Solanki 81, S M Davies 76 no) Worcs won by 9 wkts Sussex 218-9 (M H Yardy 54) v Kent 219-1 (M van Jaarsveld 109 no, J L Denly 83 no) Kent won by 9 wkts

Essex 391-5 (M L Pettini 144, J E R Gallian 117, R N ten Doeschate 60) v Surrey 235 (M R Ramprakash 98, D D Masters 5-17) Essex won by 156 runs

Tour Match: The Rose Bowl England Lions 280 (L J Wright 120) & 360-8 dec (M A Carberry 108, G P Swann 52) v New Zealand 273 (A J Redmond 146) & 201-4 (J M How 74, A J Redmond 64) England Lions drew with New Zealand.

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