Derbyshire Cricket - Peakfan's blog

What, if anything, can we read into the team selection for Derbyshire's pre-season friendlies? I suspect that there are places still up ...

Mickey Arthur has announced his first Derbyshire squad of 2026, for the 3-day friendly against Leicestershire at the Uptonsteel County Groun...

In assessing Derbyshire's prospects in red ball cricket, one has to consider the opponents that they will face. Here is a brief 'sta...

At this time of year, there isn't a cricket team in the country that doesn't think this might be 'the' season. I have felt t...

Tidying up the blog this week - as well as writing the previous post about Wayne Madsen's longevity with the club almost matching mine -...

Sixty years ago in July, a young boy accompanied his father to a cricket match for the first time. Little knowing that visit had created a h...

I have been asked several times in the past few weeks what my side would be for Derbyshire's opening first class game, against Worcester...

It probably came as no surprise to anyone that Derbyshire's preseason tour to Zimbabwe has been cancelled. Other counties have had to do...

Meteorological Spring has arrived. We have made it through the winter and I take great pleasure in saying that we will see some cricket, lat...

It is always sad when a player you associate with your formative years of cricket watching passes away. Perhaps it is a reminder of one'...

So Nye Donald is the new T20 captain for Derbyshire. I had suggested it likely a few times over the winter. He had signed a new contract wit...

Mike Page passed away over the weekend, another link gone from the team that I saw in my first viewing of Derbyshire County Cricket Club, in...

Very sad news this morning for Wayne Madsen, whose World Cup campaign has ended almost before it began.  He injured his shoulder diving to t...

There has been some interesting to and fro in the comments regarding overseas players and I thought I would take a look at that today. I sta...

Sad news today, with the announcement of the death of John M Brown, the county scorer for many years. John was 89 and had taken on the role ...

Despite the fact that I have been critical of Mickey Arthur in his time as Head of Cricket at Derbyshire, I am neither surprised nor disappo...

It has been a fairly quiet week - what can we expect after all of the excitement of signings throughout the winter months? I have carried on...

After his successful spell with the county last year, I didn't expect to see Mohammad Ghazanfar return in 2026. He did very ...

First there was Zaman Khan, he of the slinging action and toe-crushing yorkers. Then came Mohammad Ghazanfar, of the hard to rea...

Derbyshire announced their preseason schedule today and it probably gave a warm, fuzzy glow to supporters everywhere.  Because in just eleve...