Derbyshire end two-year drought - and it's down to a 16-year-old debutant

Derbyshire 288 (Madsen 70, Milnes 53) and 160 (Reece 55, de Lange 3-53, Salter 3-60) beat Glamorgan 237 (Selman 50, Palladino 4-36) and 172 ( Selman 43, Cooke 39*, Qadri 5-60) by 39 runs
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Hamidullah Qadri, at 16 the youngest Derbyshire debutant in a Championship game, staged a dream finale as he took five wickets to lead Derbyshire to their first four day win since beating Leicestershire in July 2015 - 710 days ago.

On a turning Cardiff pitch, where the spinners bowled 57.3 of the 69.3 overs in the second innings, and took 9 wickets, Glamorgan batsmen struggled throughout.

Qadri, born in Kandahar in Afghanistan, returned figures of 5 for 60 on debut, including the final wicket, to help dismiss Glamorgan for 172. It was their first championship victory since Derbyshire defeated Northamptonshire at Wantage Road and completed one of the most heartwarming stories in Championship history.

The Millennium child - the first player from the 21st century to make a Championship appearance - had done the trick.

Even in Wales, land of the story-tellers, they might manage a tale or two.

His excellent figures reflected how well he bowled. Kim Barnett, the former Derbyshire captain who made a surprise reappearance as head coach at the start of the season, and renowned as a good judge of a young cricketer, certainly made the correct choice when he first saw him perform and pronounced he was "ready for the first team".

Qadri said: "It was an honour to be asked to lead the team off, especially as it was my debut and we hadn't won for two years. I haven't played on a turning pitch for some time, and I took every opportunity to back my skills. I know that I am good enough to play without fear, and I can't wait for my next game.

He is now looking forward to meeting Imran Tahir, one of the leading legspinners of the past decade, who joins Derbyshire for the remainder of the season.

"He is world class, and he will be able to teach me a lot, although I must thank Jeevan Mendis, who was very supportive during the game, and it was fitting he took the final catch off my bowling in his last game of the club," Qadri said. "I took the game in my stride, and,if selected, will look forward to the next game at Chesterfield, where I have taken 2 five fors."

Qadri, who plays for the Alvaston and Boulton club, where former Derbyshire batsman Steve Stubbings is the captain, was well supported by Mendis, the Sri Lankan allrounder in his farewell game, and the Derbyshire stalwart Wayne Madsen, an occasional off spinner who took two crucial wickets in mid-innings.

Glamorgan had started the day on 0 for 1 and approached the start of the day with caution in the face of some tight bowing from the Derbyshire spinners.

Only nine runs were added in 11.4 overs when the first wicket went down. Nightwatchman Timm van der Gugten was caught by an excellent running catch at midwicket by Luis Reece off Qadri.

Owen Morgan was snaffled at slip and when Glamorgan's leading run scorer Colin Ingram holed out at mid- on, the home team were struggling on 42 for 4.

Nick Selman and Aneurin Donald consolidated,and added 50 for the fifth wicket, before Madsen, with the last ball of his first over, had Donald caught at short leg by Alex Hughes who had previously dropped three chances in that position: Derbyshire;s hopes flared again.

Two overs later, Madsen took his second wicket when Selman,who made a patient 43 from 122 balls, was stumped down the leg side after the bowler had seen him advancing down the pitch.

After Selman and Donald's partnership, Glamorgan had recognised batsmen left, but Andrew Salter and Graham Wagg were both dismissed by Qadri. Salter was LBW sweeping, while Wagg was not happy to have been given out caught down the leg side, when replays suggested the ball came off his chest.

Marchant De Lange threatened with a few lusty blows, before he was needlessly run out, and Chris Cooke, who never looked in any trouble, was left stranded on 39 not out, when Michael Hogan chipped Qadri to mid wicket. It was the perfect conclusion to one of the most remarkable debuts in the history of the Championship,