"Toby Roland-Jones led Middlesex's fightback with his best County Championship bowling figures of the season after promotion rivals Derbyshire had threatened to dominate with the bat on the opening day at Lord's. Caleb Jewell and Harry Came both hit half-centuries as they forged a century partnership to give the visitors a strong platform at 124-1 before Roland-Jones struck back with four wickets in the space of 27 balls."
"The Seaxes' pace attack included two red-ball debutants in the shape of Olly Stone, signed on a short-term loan from Nottinghamshire, and 18-year-old Sebastian Morgan yet there were slim pickings for either when the visitors won the toss and chose to bat on a benign surface. Higgins achieved the solitary breakthrough of the morning session, pinning Luis Reece in front of his stumps with a ball that nipped back down the slope, but Jewell and Came batted through to lunch largely untroubled."
Toby Roland-Jones produced his best County Championship bowling figures of the season to spearhead Middlesex's fightback after Derbyshire posted 283 at Lord's. Caleb Jewell and Harry Came built a century partnership and took Derbyshire to 124-1 before Roland-Jones removed four wickets in 27 balls. Roland-Jones finished with 6-77 while Ryan Higgins and Zafar Gohar shared the remaining wickets. Derbyshire began the day with a 24-point deficit to second-placed Glamorgan. Middlesex reached 12 without loss at stumps, with Sam Robson and Josh de Caires unbeaten. Olly Stone joined on loan and 18-year-old Sebastian Morgan made his red-ball debut.
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