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Friday, 26 June 2026

Fine win for Seconds against Lancashire

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In a return to winning ways, Derbyshire's second team beat Lancashire by eight wickets at Westhoughton CC this afternoon. Lancashire got...
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Thursday, 25 June 2026

Derbyshire replace Ghazanfar with Moqim

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So we will not now be seeing Mohammad Ghazanfar in Derbyshire colours this summer. The Afghanistan cricket board have withdrawn ...
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Wednesday, 24 June 2026

Seconds lose at Belper

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There was a disappointing defeat for a strong  Second XI at Belper today, when they went down to Leicestershire by three wickets. Nye Donald...
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Sunday, 21 June 2026

Derbyshire v Lancashire day 3

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Lancashire 161 and 226 (Harris 58, Moores 57 Aitchison 5-49, Haydon 3-71) Derbyshire 364 and 25-1 Derbyshire won by nine wickets ...
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Saturday, 20 June 2026

Derbyshire v Lancashire day 2

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Lancashire 161 and 140-6 (Harris 57* Jones 29, Aitchison 3-25, Haydon 3-38) Derbyshire 364 (Aitchison 75, Madsen 41, Dal 41, Sta...
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Friday, 19 June 2026

Derbyshire v Lancashire day 1

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Lancashire 161 (Balderson 37, Dal 3-49, Abbas 3-49) Derbyshire 197-5 (Montgomery 86, Madsen 26*) Derbyshire lead by 36 runs Sixty years on, ...
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Thursday, 18 June 2026

Seconds set for defeat

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Lancashire seconds need 121 runs to beat Derbyshire at Liverpool tomorrow.  The young Derbyshire side battled down the order, Bin Naeem maki...

Derbyshire v Lancashire preview

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I'm writing this from my room in Chesterfield, after a train journey down today.  It wasn't the best, as the air conditioning wasn...
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Wednesday, 17 June 2026

Seconds toil at Liverpool

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A young second team attack was put to the sword at Liverpool today, as Lancashire racked up 447-7 by the close. Kesh Fonseka, from England U...
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Chesterfield-bound!

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At 8.15 am tomorrow morning I will head to the local railway station, courtesy of my chauffeur, Mrs P, to catch the train to Edinburgh. From...
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Morley signs contract extension

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I am delighted with today's news that Jack Morley has signed a new two-year deal with Derbyshire, taking him until the end o...
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Tuesday, 16 June 2026

Seconds bat first at Liverpool

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A young Derbyshire second team was all out for 291 against Lancashire at Liverpool today.  Yusuf Bin Naeem won the toss and opted to bat but...
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Monday, 15 June 2026

Apologies

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Please accept my apologies for your recent comments failing to appear on the blog. Having looked into it, it appears that the setting which ...
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Alan Ward (1947-2026)

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It is always sad when your heroes die.  As one gets older, it perhaps makes you more aware of your own mortality and the fact th...
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Monday musings

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Despite the defeat in the northeast, I am especially excited at making the trip down to Chesterfield this week. It will be an homage to my o...
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Sunday, 14 June 2026

Durham v Derbyshire day 3

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Durham 377 Derbyshire 118 and 237 (Came 105*, Potts 42, Potts 8-66) Durham won by an innings and 22 runs As everyone expected, Derbyshire lo...
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Saturday, 13 June 2026

Durham v Derbyshire day 2

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Durham 377 (Raine 63, Aitchison 5-74) Derbyshire 118 (Jewell 37, Aldridge 5-19, Raine 3-31, Potts 2-27) and 99-4 (Came 48*, Potts 4-32) Derb...
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Friday, 12 June 2026

Durham v Derbyshire day 1

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Durham 302-7 (Clark 51, Bedingham 49, Robinson 48 Aitchison 4-57) v Derbyshire  It was a day of hard graft at The Riverside for Derbyshire t...
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Thursday, 11 June 2026

Durham v Derbyshire Championship preview

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It's great to see Anuj Dal back in the Derbyshire squad for the game at The Riverside tomorrow. He hasn't played since that nasty in...
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Wednesday, 10 June 2026

A good news day!

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Derbyshire will be announcing their squad tomorrow, for the visit to The Riverside to play Durham in a four-day red ball game. The squad wil...
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I've been a fan of Derbyshire since 1967, experiencing the highs and lows in that time. Please get in touch if you need a speaker for a cricket dinner or society meeting. Contact me at peakfan36@yahoo.co,uk or through X/Twitter @Peakfanblog
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