"Leus Du Plooy haunted his former county Derbyshire as his second hundred of the season led Middlesex to a slender first-innings lead on day two at Lord's. The Middlesex skipper, who spent five years with Derbyshire prior to joining the Seaxes, produced a stoic four-and-a-half hour effort with only eight boundaries as the hosts reached 298 all out. Josh De Caires (46) and Joe Cracknell (43) provided the main support, the latter sharing a stand of 80 for the sixth wicket with Du Plooy."
"Aitchison's probing opening burst provided a stern examination of the Middlesex openers and it was a test Sam Robson did not survive, this season's beneficiary trapped lbw by one which beat the outside edge. De Caires and Luke Hollman somehow negotiated the rest of the seamer's stump-to-stump spell, but in his endeavours to increase the tempo against some looser offerings from first change Chappell, the latter wafted lazily at a wide one to be caught at slip."
Leus Du Plooy scored a second hundred of the season, a patient 105 from four-and-a-half hours with only eight boundaries, to give Middlesex a slender first-innings lead at Lord's. Middlesex reached 298 all out, with Josh De Caires (46) and Joe Cracknell (43) providing key support and sharing an 80-run sixth-wicket stand. Ben Aitchison returned figures of 3-35 and Zak Chappell took three wickets for Middlesex. Aitchison removed Sam Robson lbw early, while De Caires was dismissed four short of fifty. Derbyshire reached stumps at 17 without loss, leading by two runs heading into day three.
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