Palladino’s just like a fine wine for Derbys

By Nigel Gardner
DIVISION TWO STAR GAME

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IT was hard to believe as the mercury climbed towards 30 degrees at the Costa Del Derby that Tony Palladino will be celebrating his 35th birthday today.
In heat that would have sapped the energy of a younger man, the seamer used all his skills and experience to bowl Derbyshire back into a game that Paul Horton and Colin Ackermann were threatening to take control of. A ball that moved back just enough did for Ackermann and late swing accoun...

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