Date-stamped : 07 Jun97 - 06:16 Adams` apology is upstaged by Rollins By Neil Hallam at Chesterfield First day of four: Derbys 361-7 v Hampshire IT takes something extraordinary to move Derbyshire`s Chris Adams off centre stage at the moment, either as principal boy or villain, but Adrian Rollins produced it with an unbeaten 151 which lifted his season out of the doldrums and provided the foundation for his side`s commanding 361 for seven and full batting points. Adams, who staged a prolonged display of dissent towards umpire Vanburn Holder when given out lbw against the Australians on Sunday, made his first bid for attention yesterday by abandoning an appeal against a club fine and paying up with an "unreserved apology". As if by way of further atonement, he followed his muscular 91 in the victory over Australia with another demonstration of destructive force with 79 off 78 balls, including a six and 11 fours. Even so, it was Rollins who dominated. His seven previous championship innings this season had yielded a beggarly 51 runs but the evidence of returning form provided by his 66 against the Australians was confirmed with an innings of impressive discipline and stamina. He might have gone without scoring when a throw from cover almost beat him back to his crease as he toyed with a single, but there were few other alarms as he reached 50 off 96 balls, 100 off 176 and 150 off 280. Rollins`s authority off the back foot, missing of late, was there again as 22 fours sped across the fast outfield to bolster Derbyshire hopes of a first championship victory of the season. Hampshire`s decision to bowl first was rewarded with a wicket in the third over, when Kim Barnett glanced too finely to leg, but 124 runs were added in the next 24 overs before Adams miscued with another violent stroke and second slip palmed a catch to first. Karl Krikken was bowled by Kevan James and Phil DeFreitas`s romp ended with an inside-edge but Rollins`s concentration never wavered. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) Harris hits Hampshire By Neil Hallam at Chesterfield Second day of four: Hampshire (166-2) trail Derbyshire (523) by 357 runs HAMPSHIRE, facing a monumental total for the second successive championship game, are labouring to rebuild their innings af- ter having the foundations uprooted by Derbyshire`s England `A` seamer Andrew Harris. Hampshire staved off defeat after Warwickshire amassed 631 for seven declared at Southampton last week but their hopes of do- ing likewise in the face of Derbyshire`s 523 at Queens Park dipped when Matt Hayden and Jason Laney perished in one over af- ter an opening stand of 110. Hayden, the Australian left-hander who made 235 not out and 119 to frustrate Warwickshire, was the victim of a stunning slip catch by Chris Adams when Harris slanted one across him and Laney looked plumb in front when pushing half forward two balls later. Hampshire were still 208 runs short of the follow-on figure of 374 at the close but on this pitch much hard work lies between Der- byshire and a clear first-innings advantage. Derbyshire, resuming at 361 for seven, added another 162 runs for the last three wickets, 149 of them in 51 overs in an eighth- wick- et stand built on career-best scores from Adrian Rollins and Paul Al- dred. Of Rollins`s six centuries, two have been doubles, this 210 coming off 443 balls and including 29 fours. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) Smith leads Hampshire fightback By Neil Hallam at Chesterfield Third day of four: Derbys (523 & 56-0) lead Hants (422-7 dec) by 157 runs DERBYSHIRE, granted a first-innings lead of 101, had their arithmetic complicated by rain and bad light as they tried to work out what sort of declaration would not simply hand victory to Hampshire on a pitch which has made batsmen a protected species. Derbyshire must, ideally, be aiming to set something like the daunting 371 in 66 overs which they achieved with one wicket and three balls to spare against Australia on Monday but their room to manoeuvre was limited by stoppages which trimmed 21 overs out of the day. At 56 without loss they are 157 ahead but the severity with which Robin Smith dealt with variable bowling in making 154 off 215 balls did nothing to invite Derbyshire`s generosity. Smith, who shared a stand of 109 in 28 overs with Kevan James and another of 108 in 29 overs with John Stephenson, was at his most domineering when punishing width but after adding his 23rd four to two sixes he pushed at some away swing from Kevin Dean and was held at slip. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) Barnett`s best is not enough By Neil Hallam at Chesterfield Derbys (523 & 308) beat Hampshire (422 & 310-3) by 99 runs KIM BARNETT, who has diligently picked off one Derbyshire bat- ting record after another in 19 seasons in their service, gave his career statistics another polish yesterday with his 50th first-class century for the county. This made him by a clear 17 hundreds the most prolific century maker in Derbyshire`s 127-year history and took him close to 22,000 first-class runs for the county - but it was not enough to en- able them to set the demanding victory target their captain Dean Jones must originally have had in mind for Hampshire. Declaration at 208 for four asked Hampshire to make 310 in a minimum of 65 overs and though six overs were lost to rain it still represented something of a gamble by Jones on a flat pitch and with Devon Malcolm on Test duty and Dominic Cork a long-term injury absentee. At that stage a total of 1,153 runs had been made for the loss of only 21 wickets and Jones` gamble soon looked a long-odds bet as openers Matthew Hayden and Jason Laney took Hampshire past 150 without loss in only 31 overs. Hayden got away with a pawky jab between wicket-keeper and slip and one or two other miscued strokes did not quite go to hand but otherwise it was serene progress against a Derbyshire attack incapable either of penetration or of tightening the screw with adher- ence to an inhibiting line and length. Barnett`s one-day form has been good with a century, 95 and two other half centuries, but back and knee problems still limit his fluency and with Chris Adams and Jones falling cheaply Der- byshire never gained the impetus to produce a steeper demand. Barnett`s 101 came off 140 balls and contained two sixes and eight fours before he was run out seeking a risky second run to long-on. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)