Derbyshire Cricket - Peakfan's blog

Not just the title of a Who classic, but more an attempt to recognise the regular users of this blog. My resolution for the year ahead is ...

It's impossible not to be impressed by the goings-on at the County Ground over recent weeks. On and off the field, Derbyshire look lik...

You made a breakthrough at Yorkshire in 2001, having played in the Academy and Second XI for several seasons. That must have been a big m...

Thank you. That's really all there is to say tonight, as the blog reaches a special landmark of 500,000 hits. I'm very proud and n...

Thirty-five days to go... Today's the day that Daniel Redfern, erstwhile of this parish, secured pastures new and a two-year deal at o...

Thanks to David for alerting me to a message on the Forum from 'Sussex Shark', in response to my reference to that county's parl...

OK, from the start I will declare a specific interest in this book, as anything covering the so-called 'Golden Age' prior to the F...

A day off for old Peakfan today, as it is Mrs P's birthday. I'm not revealing the age, but, as she points out to me on such occasion...

In the absence of any Derbyshire cricketer whose name began with the letter U, we move quickly on to the V category. Unusually, in such a ...

Sorry about the lack of blogging since the weekend, but varying commitments have left me with precious little time to do anything outwith wo...

Aren't you excited about our season's prospects with just fifty days to go? I know I am and I am very positive about how well we c...

Of all the many comments and mails I have received in the past few days, almost all have been in support of the new coaching set up at Derby...

Plenty of e-mails for me tonight and not a single dissenting voice among them. Yes, the changes in the club's coaching set up make emi...

The new coaching structure at Derbyshire County Cricket Club is sound and well thought out, covering, as it does, all the bases in the count...

Thanks to a message I received from Jeff, there's a great video for you to watch this weekend - the footage of our Nat West semi-final w...

Just a quick word from me to prove that I am still in circulation... There's little happening on the county front at present, but we s...

Apologies if that headline sounds as if it was lifted from Tolkien, but I was quite saddened today to read the article on Cricinfo regardin...

The greatest thrill for me over the five years of writing this blog is the contact that it has brought me with Derbyshire supporters, as ...

It is always sad - and a sign of one's own advancing years - when reading of the death of someone whose cricket enlivened your boyhood. ...

69 days and counting...the season is approaching, my friends and aren't we all glad about it? Hope you like the countdown timer on the...