Derbyshire Cricket - Peakfan's blog

Even for me, not really a fan of T20, there was much to admire in the Big Bash game between Sydney Thunder and the Melbourne Renegades today...

I hope you all had a good Christmas and are now ready for the fun and frolics of the New Year. Chez Peakfan that generally means staying up ...

In a few short hours, the man with the long white beard (Santa, not WG Grace) will be winging his way across the skies bringing Christmas go...

Thanks to those nice people at Bet 365 I've watched a few of the games in the Aussie T20, the so-called Big Bash. For those who don'...

At a time when many counties are facing financial difficulties, it is nice to read Keith Loring saying that "large sums"  are avai...

Again, apologies for the lack of posts this week but a combination of little news and too much work has been the reason. Anyway, I'm bac...

I'd a smile this morning when looking at the report of an extraordinary Test between Australia and New Zealand, which the visitors ended...

I'm working this weekend so won't have as much free time as usual. Yesterday's gales slowed the retail trade down but the busies...

Full credit to Chris Grant and Karl Krikken in announcing a successor to Luke Sutton with impressive speed. That the new skipper is Wayne ...

To my knowledge, there are only a handful of seam bowlers who have been released by counties and are currently unattached. Of course, there ...

Given that we now know he was battling depression, had a hand injury and faced, with his wife, concerns over the health of their daughter, t...

If the Daily Mail's assertion that Luke Sutton is set to retire is correct, then Derbyshire will lose a good cricketer, a solid captain ...

The latest book that I have been sent for review requires me to express an immediate interest. Recently I was asked to name my three desert ...

For fans of Derbyshire cricket, there was something fascinating in seeing Martin Guptill bowl to Usman Khawaja in the Test match between the...

No doubt a few of you, like me, were disappointed to see Scarborough once more overlooked for the Yorkshire v Derbyshire matches. I suppose ...

There's a round of applause this morning for the mercurial talent of New Zealand cricket, Jesse Ryder, who equalled the record for sixes...

Sorry about the lack of blogging this week but one thing I've learned about retail since I changed the course of my career is that the C...

I've seen a few critical comments around the web about the decision made by Martin van Jaarsveld to pull out of his contract with Leices...

There's perhaps a partial answer to yesterday's piece in the Derby Evening Telegraph this morning, when Mark Eklid suggests that Usm...

On any level, the announcement of Martin Guptill's return to Derbyshire next season is excellent news. Without doubt, the player is a ...