Derbyshire vs Lancashire, at Southport, May 24 2015 - Points Table

Lancashire's spinners bowled 36.1 overs on the fourth morning, during which seven wickets fell at a cost of 43 runs to give them an innings victory

With seven balls to be bowled on the sunlit, if chilly, third evening of this game, Derbyshire's Ben Slater and Chesney Hughes had every reason to be happy with their work

Karl Brown and Steven Croft, two products of the Lancashire academy, sealed the Championship in 2011 but it is already clear that if the Division Two title is to be won this year, the achievement will not be solely, or even largely, the work of homegrown