Gloucestershire 62 for 5 (Randell 2-11, Bashir 2-14) vs Derbyshire
Gloucestershire's decision to bat first backfired as Derbyshire assumed the upper hand on the opening day of their Rothesay County Championship Division Two fixture in Bristol.
On a day when only 31 overs were possible due to rain, bottom-of-the-table Gloucestershire struggled to 62 for 5 after captain Cameron Bancroft won the toss and opted for first use.
Brett Randell and Ben Aitchison took 2 for 11 and 1 for 23 respectively, while England's Shoaib Bashir finished with 2 for 14 before rain moved back in to bring a premature close to proceedings.
James Bracey battled his way to 25 not out and Ed Middleton scratched an unbeaten 8 from 39 balls. Gloucestershire will require their sixth-wicket pair to offer further stubborn resistance when play resumes on day two.
Gloucestershire's batting travails continued as they were reduced to 37 for 5 after winning the toss and electing to bat on a drying pitch beneath lowering skies.
Having been dismissed for first-innings scores of 137 and 150 in their previous two matches, Gloucestershire were understandably low on confidence, something Derbyshire exploited ruthlessly when play finally got underway at 1.45pm.
Rooted in his crease and flashing at a Randell delivery outside off stump, Bancroft fenced to Martin Andersson at second slip to set the tone. Aitchison then bowled Ollie Price for a 14-ball duck with a delivery that straightened and clipped the top of off stump.
Joe Phillips never looked comfortable and was twice dropped in the cordon before edging Randell to Aitchison at second slip and departing for 10 as Gloucestershire subsided to 20 for 3 in the tenth over.
Having selected only three seamers, Derbyshire called Bashir into the attack in the 14th over. Not content with merely holding up an end, the England spinner took two wickets in as many overs with his offbreaks, Miles Hammond and Tommy Boorman both playing back to the turning ball and falling lbw.
One of only two players to register a Championship hundred for Gloucestershire this summer, Bracey represented their best chance of stopping the rot. He found a willing ally in spinning allrounder Middleton, these two digging in to survive a probing examination at the hands of Bashir and advance the score to 62 for 5 at tea.
That was the cue for the rain to move back in and umpires Naeem Ashraf and Paul Pollard decided to call an early halt to proceedings at 4.45pm.