Derbyshire Cricket - Peakfan's blog

Thanks to Mrs P for the festive title for tonight's piece, one that means more to those north of the border than elsewhere, no doubt. ...

I am no betting man, but I'd wager a shekel that mulled wine will have been required at Graeme Welch's house this festive season. ...

Sitting down in my favourite armchair this evening, I told the family that I was going to do one last blog pre-Christmas. My daughter sugges...

When I saw that the England Lions squad had been announced, I had every expectation of seeing the name of Mark Footitt among those named. ...

I was saddened to hear of the passing of Ian Gange yesterday. Ian has put a lot of time into Derbyshire County Cricket Club and it is sad ...

Christopher Sandford is a well-established author on both sides of the Atlantic, with twenty biographies published on such diverse subject...

One of the great thrills of my time in writing this blog has been the contact it has brought with former Derbyshire players. Having spent ...

There's a good question from Sam below yesterday's piece, asking what my line-up for the season's opening game might be. Picki...

After enjoying a successful loan spell at Derbyshire last summer, the return of Wayne White on a permanent deal, as announced today, is no...

It would be inappropriate to allow today to pass without reference to the tragic death of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes. The injury ...

The news breaking tonight is that Jonathan Clare has had surgery on a longstanding back issue. As reported by the BBC, the player had surg...

The news that broke yesterday regarding Wayne White's release by Lancashire should have caught the eye of most Derbyshire cricket fans. ...

There's not much happening down at Derby right now. Let me correct that and say that there's doubtless lots going on, but nothing th...

Earlier tonight, thankful for the help she has given me in the last couple of weeks with typing up this blog, I told my daughter that when a...

Thanks for your continued support of the blog and apologies for the lack of blogging in the past week or so. A hand problem continues to be ...

That was a warm day yesterday. While south of the border was reminiscent of down Mexico way as the sun shone, north of it was more overcas...

The first on field news for some time came today, with news that three young Derbyshire cricketers have been awarded summer contracts for 20...

Apologies for the lack of blog activity this week, but in all honesty there has been little to report. Aside from the encouraging news tha...

In the arts and  sport especially, golden eras are a known and common phenomenon. Ask any fan of opera about its golden era and most would...

An interesting comment came from next year's Leicestershire overseas star, Clint McKay, today. "The more Australians you get in t...