Brett Hutton claimed the third five-wicket haul of his career as Nottinghamshire took the spoils on the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship match against Derbyshire at The 3aaa County Ground, Derby.

Hutton took five for 52 from 16 overs as the hosts were bowled out for 220 in 59.2 overs, with Alex Hughes finishing on 54 not out.

Nottinghamshire recovered from the loss of two early wickets to reach stumps on 93 for two, with Steven Mullaney unbeaten on 35 and Samit Patel on 21.

Hutton was understandably delighted at his haul of wickets, despite having to bowl his overs into the wind. “It probably wasn’t as bad as it looked and the breeze helped me swing it and helped with the away swing, my natural ball.”

The seamer confirmed that he has been itching to get back into the side, having frequently been twelfth man for the T20 matches.

“It’s obviously a little frustrating because everybody wants to play in every game but it’s always nice being in the squad and being close to the team.

"The second team haven’t had that much cricket but I had a good bowl in the game this week and that was pretty good preparation for this.”

Head Coach Peter Moores said that he was quietly satisfied with hoe the day had gone.

“I thought it was a really good performance, I thought we did well in the morning session because, being fair to Derbyshire, they did well for the first 45 minutes but then we got a breakthrough and kept going.

"We chipped away, kept the economy down and all credit to Brett for coming back into the side and getting five wickets.”

The 200th first class meeting between the two neighbouring counties began under heavy cloud cover with Chris Read, as visiting skipper, opting to bowl first.

Nottinghamshire gave a second debut to Mark Footitt, the left-arm pace bowler who had made eight first class appearances for the county between 2005 and 2009.

Neither Ish Sodhi, nor Harry Gurney, who were both named in the squad were included, with all-rounders Hutton and Luke Wood both included.

Footitt shared the initial bowling duties with Jake Ball but it was the introduction of Hutton that created the first breakthrough as Ben Slater, who made 23, nicked the first ball of the eleventh over low down to Riki Wessels at first slip.

Derbyshire skipper Billy Godleman made 11 but was then castled by Ball, who sent his off stump cartwheeling out of the ground. Ball struck for a second time when Wayne Madsen 12, nicked a legside delivery through to Chris Read.

Shortly after lunch Footitt picked up his first Nottinghamshire wicket since playing against Oxford University in June 2009, when he gained a positive verdict to have Luis Reece lbw for 45.

Hutton then got on a roll and twice found himself on a hat-trick. With successive deliveries he removed Gary Wilson lbw for 13 and Harvey Hosein for nought – and then had Tom Taylor caught behind for seven and Hardus Viljoen lbw for nought.

From 172 for nine Derbyshire fought back via an unexpected route with their last wicket pairing of Hughes and Ben Cotton putting on 48.

Hughes reached his 50 from 91 balls, with eight fours and a pulled six off Hutton but lost his partner when the number eleven was bowled by Footitt for 32.

Nottinghamshire’s reply had to contend with some erratic bowling from the home side, particularly from Viljoen, who speared a couple down the leg side, one going for five wides and another being harshly called as four byes.

With Palladino bowling a succession of no ball also, the Notts total has so far benefitted from 26 extras out of the 93 runs on the board.

The two batsmen to be dismissed were Jake Libby, caught behind, glancing one of the many Viljoen leg side deliveries, for seven, plus Taylor, pinned lbw for four by Palladino.

Gloomy conditions brought a premature end to the day, leaving Notts only 127 runs adrift, with eight wickets in hand.