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News and views on Derbyshire County Cricket Club from a supporter of 60 years standing. Follow me on X/Twitter @Peakfanblog

Saturday, 28 March 2026

Pre- season thoughts

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What, if anything, can we read into the team selection for Derbyshire's pre-season friendlies? I suspect that there are places still up ...
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Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Squad announced for first pre-season friendly

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Mickey Arthur has announced his first Derbyshire squad of 2026, for the 3-day friendly against Leicestershire at the Uptonsteel County Groun...
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Wednesday, 18 March 2026

Assessing the competition

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

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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...
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Tuesday, 17 March 2026

Madsen 'spotting'

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Tidying up the blog this week - as well as writing the previous post about Wayne Madsen's longevity with the club almost matching mine -...
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Sunday, 15 March 2026

A lifetime hobby

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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...
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Friday, 13 March 2026

The opening eleven?

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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...
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Sunday, 8 March 2026

Weekend warmer

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It probably came as no surprise to anyone that Derbyshire's preseason tour to Zimbabwe has been cancelled. Other counties have had to do...
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Thursday, 5 March 2026

Spring is here!

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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...

David Wilde

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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'...
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Friday, 20 February 2026

Donald takes on T20 captaincy

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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...
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Monday, 16 February 2026

Mike Page

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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...
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Monday, 9 February 2026

Madsen injury blow

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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...
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Sunday, 8 February 2026

Overseas players

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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...
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John M Brown

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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 ...
Thursday, 5 February 2026

Arthur signs new two-year deal

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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...
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Wednesday, 4 February 2026

Midweek warmer

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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...
Friday, 23 January 2026

Ghazanfar returns for second half of Blast!

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After his successful spell with the county last year, I didn't expect to see Mohammad Ghazanfar return in 2026. He did very ...
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Derbyshire swoop for Pakistan mystery bowler, Sufyan Moqim!

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First there was Zaman Khan, he of the slinging action and toe-crushing yorkers. Then came Mohammad Ghazanfar, of the hard to rea...
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Wednesday, 21 January 2026

Midweek update

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