Australia versus Derbyshire tour match at Derby

Thursday 23 July was a rest day so we decided to travel to Derby to watch the first day of the Australian test team tour match against Derbyshire at Derby.

When we arrived the players were doing their warm up exercises.

We walked around the ground before the game and a quick look at the cricket book and merchandise store.

Australia batted first and the day was spent watching the Australian players score 413 runs. David Warner and Shaun Marsh both retired after making their centuries. Mitchell Marsh made 53 and Shane Watson compiled 61 runs.

It was a great day's cricket. Fortunately the weather remained fine but it was cold.

Some of the crowd watching the game

At lunchtime groups of children played cricket games at one end of the ground.

We thoroughly enjoyed watching the Australians bat. We were lucky with the weather as only a few overs were played on the second day due to rain.