Chesterfield (day 2 of 4): Worcestershire 151 (G G Wagg 4-66, C K Langeveldt 4-44) & 18-1 v Derbyshire 356 (D J Pipe 133, G G Wagg 56, S P Jones 5-74).

Jamie Pipe struck the second fastest century of the season to take the spotlight away from Simon Jones and leave his former county Worcestershire facing an uphill battle at Chesterfield.

The Derbyshire wicketkeeper marked his return from a broken finger by smashing a hundred off 71 balls after Jones had taken four wickets in front of national selector Geoff Miller.

Derbyshire were struggling at 157 for seven, a lead of just six, but Pipe transformed the match with a brilliant display of batting that took the game away from Worcestershire.

He hit two sixes and 15 fours in his hundred and with Graham Wagg, added 145 in 25 overs, a Derbyshire eighth-wicket record against Worcestershire.

Pipe was last out after equalling his career-best 133 to give Jones a fifth wicket but Derbyshire's total of 356 secured a lead of 205 and Worcestershire lost Daryl Mitchell before bad light ended play early.

The visitors are now fighting to avoid a first LV County Championship Division Two defeat of the season but the game had been in the balance until Pipe launched his counter-attack with Jones continuing his recovery by blasting out the home side's top order before lunch.

Kabir Ali had Chris Rogers lbw for 14 in the fifth over of another cloudy morning but Steve Stubbings and Dan Birch rode their luck to take the score to 85 before Jones broke through after switching ends.

Stubbings was caught behind down the legside for 36 before Rikki Clarke went for four when he edged a defensive push to second slip.
Jones then found some movement and bounce to remove former West Indian batsman Wavell Hinds for a first-ball duck on his county debut and the bowlers continued to dominate after the interval.

Birch was lbw to Gareth Batty for 47, John Sadler was caught at gully playing away from his body for 12 before Jones got more lift to have Jon Clare pouched at first slip for a duck but then Pipe took centre stage.

He pulled Jones for his first six on his way to a half-century which came from 44 balls but that was almost pedestrian compared to his second fifty which came off only 27 balls.

Worcestershire were powerless to stem the tide of boundaries and by tea, Pipe and Wagg had added 141 in only 22 overs.
Wagg, who had reached his fifty off 71 balls, fell to a good slip catch by Graeme Hick for 56 but the last two wickets added another 54 to increase Worcestershire's frustration.

Pipe pulled Jones over the midwicket boundary and he had hit four sixes and 18 fours in his 121-ball innings when he was caught at slip off the Welshman who shook his hand to acknowledge what had been a sensational innings.  That left the visitors to negotiate 18 overs but Mitchell edged Wagg to second slip as they closed on 18 for one, still 187 behind.