Derbyshire Cricket - Peakfan's blog

Perhaps Derbyshire would have preferred to bowl first today, but after losing the toss against Leicestershire, they will be pleased with a...

For the last time this summer, a match preview, before the long winter nights draw in and we have to make do with anticipatory thoughts of n...

The granting of planning permission for development work at the  3AAA County Ground is welcome and further proof of the increased profession...

This time tomorrow, I could quite easily be posting this blog from a foreign country, depending on the result of today's referendum of t...

Professional. I like that word and from me it represents the ultimate in praise. It is someone doing the job that they are trained and q...

You would have to say, after two days of this game, that the word 'pulsating' is pretty apposite, though not if you bought an adva...

Surrey 181 all out (Wilson 70, Footitt 6-69, White 3-39, Cotton 1-32) Derbyshire 164-5 (Madsen 48 not) Writing tonight's blog sees ...

And so we come to the penultimate game of the season and a trip for Derbyshire down to the big smoke for a game against Surrey. At t'Ova...

With just eight days of first-class cricket to go, Yorkshire have won the first division, which they thoroughly deserved as a very strong un...

Today's news that Gareth Cross had been released  by Derbyshire perhaps came as no surprise to many followers of the club. He came in ...

The end of the game came pretty much as was expected. The winning of the toss proved crucial and Derbyshire ended up losers in a game where ...

Most eyes were on Cheteshwar Pujara today, as he made his batting bow for Derbyshire, but it was our other new boy who took centre stage a...

Congratulations tonight go to Mark Footitt, now officially public enemy number one for batsmen around the country. The left-arm pace bowle...

It was good to see Cheteshwar Pujara (pictured), recently arrived in this country, straight into PR work at Dale Primary School today. T...

Good news from the County Ground this morning, as Billy Godleman has signed a new, one-year contract. I'd suggested that this might be a...

There's a very good article by Mark Eklid in the Derby Telegraph today in which Graeme Welch states that he's 'almost there...

As I mentioned the other day, I attended the club member forum at lunchtime on Sunday. After an excellent presentation, only slightly ruin...

That was as close to the perfect day as you could wish for as a Derbyshire fan. A day that opened with news of the signing of Shiv Thakor ...

The announcement this morning of the signing of Leicestershire's Shiv Thakor on a two-year deal may not seem massive for too many peop...

I'm not sure if this is the day when we let Worcestershire off the hook, or if it is one in which they underlined the fighting qualities...