London, July 3 -- George Balderson ended Lancashire's red-ball drought when he bowled them
to a crushing 261-run victory over Derbyshire in their County Championship match at Chesterfield.
The all-rounder took 4-54 and eight wickets overall in the match as the Red Rose finally celebrated a first championship victory of the season on Wednesday.
Derbyshire were dismissed for 251 shortly after lunch to end their unbeaten start in Division Two.
Set an improbable 513, skipper Wayne Madsen made an unbeaten 95 and Brooke Guest 46, but once the fourth-wicket pair were parted, the hosts collapsed with Tom Bailey taking the last two wickets to finish with 3-39.
The grey clouds over Queen's Park suggested the conditions were good for the bowlers,...