Rookie Ed and skipper spare blushes at Bristol

By Richard Latham

“I’m very proud of how we played this week. The belief in our dressing room was really good and we were looking to force a positive result all the time.”DERBYSHIRE COACH MICKEY ARTHUR ED MIDDLETON marked his first-class debut with a composed innings to ensure Gloucestershire a draw on the final day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match with Derbyshire at the Seat Unique Stadium. After bowling their opponents out for 403, the hosts had slipped to 131-6 in their second innings, a precarious lead of 105, when 22-year-old Middleton walk...

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