Former Oxfordshire seamer Matt Taylor took 5-89 for Gloucestershire – but it was Derbyshire’s Martin Guptill who stole the show with a sensational maiden first-class double century on day two of the LV= County Championship Division 2 clash at Bristol.
Taylor, who played for Great & Little Tew, completed his five-wicket haul when Guptill miscued a full toss to Peter Handscomb at extra cover, but by then the New Zealander had hit 227 off just 176 balls.
Guptill smashed 29 fours and 11 sixes, reaching his double hundred with three successive maximums off Liam Norwell as Derbyshire ran up 511-8 in reply to the home side’s 275.
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