Derbyshire Cricket - Peakfan's blog

I got an e-mail last night that asked how I could choose Eddie Barlow, who only had three years at Derbyshire, over Kim Barnett, who spent m...

Full credit to Nathan Fearn at Derbyshire Cricket Club for the idea of the Derbyshire A-Z. It makes for some stimulating thought and is much...

There was an extraordinary innings by Loots Bosman for the Dolphins in the MTN40 competition in South Africa yesterday. Bosman scored 150...

The hunt for Saffers is on, with Kent declaring an interest in re-signing Wayne Parnell as their overseas player next season. Given that ...

That’s pretty good! That was my initial reaction on seeing this afternoon’s CB40 draw for 2011, at least until I realised that we had aga...

It has again been a fairly quiet weekend on the news front, with little cricket news of real consequence to report. Colin Ingram scored a...

Former Derbyshire player Dominic Telo was in the runs for Western Province yesterday, making what was called a ‘sparkling’ 96 before being d...

An article in the Coventry Telegraph today explained the reason behind Tim Ambrose’s wretched season at Warwickshire and is a salutory lesso...

Sorry its been a little quiet over recent days but a potent combination of family commitments and little news has created a brief hiatus. ...

There was an array of season statistics in the Wisden Cricketer this month, but nothing, to my disappointment, on the performance of oversea...

The more I think about it, the more I am convinced that Derbyshire don’t need much more this winter to complete the side. For one thing, ...

Excellent start to the day for Derbyshire fans this morning with the news that Wayne Madsen and Mark Footitt have both signed new two-year c...

With excuses to Rodgers and Hammerstein, that’s perhaps the song going through the minds of Somerset fans this morning, after Gemaal Hussain...

Sorry it has been quiet on the blogging front but this is a Derbyshire cricket blog and there’s not all that much happening in Derbyshire cr...

Had to laugh at the comments of Will Porterfield on signing for Warwickshire. Usual stuff about England ambitions, not at all harmed by cous...

I’m not sure whether they have installed revolving doors or ejector seats at Bristol, but the speed with which players are leaving the club ...

No doubt like a few of you, I have been watching the events of the second Test between India and Australia this weekend with considerable in...

Just to clarify my comment from yesterday, following (and thanks again to) Master Villain's response below. The regulations now will p...

Back in the days when I was a lad, South African cricketers were among the very best in the world and their presence enriched county cricket...

As you've probably noticed, I've given the blog a revamp, thanks to the assistance of my glamorous designers - aka my wife and daugh...