Quarndon's Run Comes to an End As Familiar Faces Impress for Ilkeston in Home Triumph ; Cricket by Colston Crawford

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QUARNDON'S resurgence came to a grinding halt as they lost their first Beechwood Derbyshire Premier League match in six to slip back to third from bottom.

But for Ilkeston Rutland, a first win in seven - and a comprehensive one at that - pointed them back in the direction of mid-table security. Such fluctuations are becoming commonplace for half of the teams in the division in what is turning into an especially tightly-contested season.

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Quarndon's Run Comes to an End As Familiar Faces Impress for Ilkeston in Home Triumph ; Cricket by Colston Crawford

For Ilkeston, there was the unexpected bonus of welcoming back Chesney Hughes, who inspired them early in the season before doing so well for Derbyshire that he was required more regularly on the bigger stage.

But, although Hughes helped himself to three wickets with his innocuous-looking slow left arm spin and scored a careful 29 in his quest to rediscover some form, it was long-establ...

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