Cockbain feathers this delivery from Palladino to 'keeper Poynton and Derbyshire have their first wicket of the morning on the second day at Bristol

Batting over 5 hours for Gloucestershire, captain Alex Gidman was the mainstay of their innings scoring 129 in their first innings total of 294

Will Gidman falls LBW to Tony Palladino at Bristol on Thursday

George Sharp has given Will Gidman out and Palladino celebrates. Derbyshire's opening bowler ended the innings with 4-84, taking his tally for the season to 27 - equal with David Wainwright as Derbyshire's leading wicket taker in 2012 - and his career total to 196

Twelfth man duties were carried out by another of Derbyshire's Academy cricketers, Peter Burgoyne, at Bristol on Thursday

Alex Gidman's vigil is ended by this delivery from Tim Groenewald at Bristol on Thursday, the Gloucestershire captain dismissed LBW for 129

Tim Groenewald in action at Bristol on Thursday when the Derbyshire opening bowler took 3-66 in Gloucestershire's first innings

Tony Palladino removes Payne to bring an end to the Gloucestershire first innings

Facing a first innings deficit of 199 runs, Derbyshire needed a good start to their second innings at Bristol. After the early loss of Lineker, Wayne Madsen top-scored with a defiant three-hour innings of 72. Here, he plays this forcing shot through the offside off Payne

Martin Guptill drives powerfully for 4 during his innings of 42 against Gloucestershire on Thursday

Wayne Madsen miraculously manages to duck almost below stump height whislt avoiding this delivery from Saxelby during his innings of 72 at Bristol

After a short spell of superb, summer sun, the cold and windy weather returned on the second day at Bristol, as umpire George Sharp demonstrates with this makeshift windbreak

Madsen plays this delivery through the onside at Bristol on Thursday

Wayne Madsen acknowledges the crowd upon reaching his half century at Bristol

Dan Redfern puts bat to ball during his attacking half century against Gloucestershire on Thursday

Redfern brings up his half century with this boundary at Bristol

Dan Redfern leaves the field at Bristol at the close of play on Thursday with 64 runs to his name knowing that with Derbyshire effectively 12-5 in their second innings, he remains the main hope of setting Gloucestershire any sort of target. This was Redfern's 17th first class 50 (in addition to 2 centuries), and only Madsen, Guptill and Durston, of Derbyshire's current side, have scored more. His 59 boundaries in 2012 puts him second only to Guptill as does his aggregate of 452 runs. His average of 50.22 is the highest to date of all the Derbyshire players

Gloucestershire's ground development plans were finally approved by Bristol City Council on Wednesday evening meanng that Derbyshire's next visit to the Nevil Road ground will see a much different landscape to this current one