Derbyshire close in on win over Gloucestershire

LV County Championship Division Two, Derby
Close, day three: Derbyshire 413 & 30-2 v Gloucestershire 220 & 302
Derbyshire 8pts, Gloucestershire 4pts
Match scorecard
LV County Championship

Derbyshire will begin the final day needing another 80 runs with eight wickets left to complete victory over Gloucestershire at Derby.

The visitors had resumed on 7-1 and looked poised to set Derbyshire a bigger target as Kane Williamson (75) helped them to 220-4.

But Mark Turner (4-79) sliced through the lower order as Gloucestershire were dismissed for 302.

Wayne Madsen and Chesney Hughes fell to Jon Lewis as Derbyshire closed on 30-2.

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