Derbyshire Cricket - Peakfan's blog

No surprise that eh? As I said the other night, I don't think he ever intended to come and simply used our interest as a stepping stone ...

My lovely wife Sylvia, or Mrs P as I like to call her on this blog, came up to me last night when I was typing the blog and put her arms aro...

Last week I wrote that Derbyshire would be busy offering contracts to players right now. Karl Krikken will have identified players that he w...

You'd have to say that, all things considered, we made a real mess of that tonight. After fighting back well in the last overs of the ...

There was an interesting day at Belper today for the Second XI, with Wayne Madsen, Matt Lineker and Paul Borrington in the Derbyshire line u...

Comments on the Falcons Forum tonight suggested that I made a 'disgraceful personal attack' on Greg Smith last night, which is nonse...

I sat at my desk at work today and almost burst out laughing. I was reading the DET account of Greg Smith's departure from Derbyshire ...

What most people have suspected will happen at the end of the season - Greg Smith will leave Derbyshire to pursue a career elsewhere, almost...

Unless Derbyshire come out tomorrow like men inspired, or alternatively it hoses down all day, we should lose this match sometime before lun...

At 80-3 Derbyshire are rebuilding after early disasters but still face an uphill task to take this game into a final day. I know a few peo...

Busy day chez Peakfan yesterday so I flitted in an out of the match, which was perhaps as well given the score. To be fair, we seem to hav...

By that, I mean this landmark signing. Like a good few of you I've given it considerable thought over recent weeks since Chris Grant f...

This week I wrote blog piece number 1300 in just over three years and the visit counter went past 170,000. Last year's 80,000 hits is al...

As regular readers will know, I have a lot of time for Karl Krikken. He has done a terrific job with the young players at the Academy and ...

Call me Psychic Peakie, but after writing about Paul Borrington and a likely contract last night, it was today announced that he has signed ...

It is the time of year when counties across the land are trying to sort out who they wish to retain for next year and who they will release ...

The long and short of it is that we played poorly tonight. The batting was, Durston apart, fairly average, although Steve Finn bowled a good...

A great win for the Seconds today, bowling out Leicestershire to win by a good distance. I don't yet know the full scores but there we...

Regular readers will know that I was more hopeful of Tim Groenewald staying at Derbyshire than Greg Smith and I am delighted to see that he ...

Sorry about the lateness of the blog tonight but I've had my first game of the season tonight and showed the old magic was still there w...