WAYNE White finally gave Derbyshire the rewards they certainly deserved on the opening morning of their LV County Championship match against Surrey at The Oval.
After more than an hour of Derbyshire bowlers beating the edge of Surrey bats, White found the edge twice and Harvey Hosein, making his first-class debut as wicketkeeper, took both catches.
At lunch, Surrey were 68-2 and Derbyshire could still feel a little hard done by after winning the toss.
Derbyshire also gave a first-class debut to Ben Cotton, in place of Tony Palladino, and he took the new ball with Mark Footitt but Surrey survived an occasionally rocky first hour in which there was enough seam and swing to keep the bowlers interested.
White came on as first change and continued the trend of near misses until Zafar Ansari got a nick to give Hosein an easy catch behind the stumps. He made 22 and that was 47-1.
Eight overs later, Rory Burns went the same way for 24 and, at 63-2, the scoreboard reflected the balance of play a little more accurately.
Some consolation for Ansari and Burns at lunch came when they, plus Jason Roy, were awarded their county caps.
