Jarvis rips out Derbyshire stuffing

Kyle Jarvis delivered his best bowling performance for Lancashire, who cruised to a crushing 250-run victory over Derbyshire on the final day of their clash in Championship Division Two.

The 26-year-old Zimbabwean produced an inspired spell of swing bowling from the City End at the 3aaa County Ground to take 5 for 10 in 39 balls as Derbyshire were routed for 114 in pursuit of a distant victory target of 365. Only Martin Guptill and skipper Wayne Madsen reached double figures.

Resuming the final morning on 27 for 2, any slim victory hopes Derbyshire entertained vanished when Jarvis blew away the top order to finish with the excellent figures of 5 for 13 in nine overs.

Derbyshire needed a solid start to sow some seeds of doubt in Lancashire minds, but they quickly lost nightwatchman Tom Taylor who edged Tom Bailey to third slip in the third over of the day. Guptill pulled and cut Peter Siddle for boundaries and the New Zealander was shaping well until Jarvis started the spell that undermined the home side so dramatically.

His first ball found the edge of Guptill's defensive bat, and Wes Durston chipped a gentle catch to square leg to leave Derbyshire's chances of avoiding a heavy defeat resting on Madsen.

He was fortunate to survive what looked an excellent lbw appeal from Jarvis, but the bowler had the last word when Madsen was trapped half forward by another swinging delivery. Shiv Thakor had narrowly avoided being caught off his first ball but he never settled and was lbw shuffling across after Alex Hughes offered no shot.

Lunch was delayed when Harvey Hosein had his off stump plucked out by Bailey but Lancashire needed only two balls to complete an impressive session's work with Simon Kerrigan trapping Mark Footitt.

It was an impressive performance by Lancashire and Jarvis, who said: "It was great to finish the game off like that and great to get our season under way in such a good fashion. It all happened pretty quickly. I got a bit too full in the first innings and I knew I had to sort it out and that's what I concentrated on, getting my lengths right.

"I have been dying to play my part for Lancs and I'm happy to have got under way now. I never got going last season and I'm just desperate to help out the team in any way."

A heavy defeat for Derbyshire was compounded by the loss of a point for a slow over rate, but elite performance director Graeme Welch was able to take encouragement from the match.

"Three hundred and sixty was always going to be a difficult chase and I think we could have bowled them out for around 220 in the first innings," Welch said. "In the second innings we got three [early] wickets and when we identify passages of play it could have been a different story. Basically, out of the 10 sessions we've played, we've lived with one of the favourites to go up this year, so there are some positives to be taken out of this and some good performances.''