AFP, Derby :
Australia’s Mitchell Marsh took three wickets in quick succession against Derbyshire on Saturday ahead of next week’s third Ashes Test against England at Edgbaston.
At lunch on the final day of three, the lively all-rounder had figures of three for 29 in 11 overs in a rain-marred match in Derby.
Derbyshire were 179 for seven in reply to Australia’s first innings 413 for nine declared, which featured hundreds by openers David Warner and Shaun Marsh, Mitchell’s older brother.
David Wainwright was 17 not out and Tony Palladino 37 not out, the Derbyshire duo having added an unbroken 50 for the seventh wicket.
But that still left the Second Division county with a deficit of 234 runs.
Derbyshire resumed on 81 for two after rain meant no play was possible after lunch on Friday.
Wayne Madsen, the Derbyshire captain, was 14 not out and Scott Elstone 13 not out.
