Derbyshire Cricket - Peakfan's blog

No complaints from me about the latest bit of tinkering from the ECB, where in county championship matches next season, the away captain wil...

A 64% increase in the overall attendance in Derbyshire's T20 attendances reflects the a national boom for the format and amply illustrat...

Part cricket book, part social history and part homage to popular music, Tim Quelch's latest book is the story of a life spent following...

I read a couple of pieces on Mark Footitt's England call-up yesterday. One was from Graeme Welch, who said that Mark's selection f...

Not much news emanating from the 3aaa County Ground this week, as the winter really set in, at least north of the border. I was on the verge...

I was absolutely thrilled tonight to get home to a tweet, with a link to a review of my book on Edwin Smith. That it came from one of my...

I wasn't going to miss out on a potential headline like that now, was I? The engagement of Tom Knight (pictured) and Harry White on o...

Another fine innings by Neil Broom has given Derbyshire fans a tantalising taste of what they might expect next summer. Broom opened the b...

I have been looking for the chance to write about this for a while, but my recent hectic schedule at work and home has prevented me commenti...

Congratulations to Huw Lloyd, who was the first name pulled out of the hat by my daughter and wins one of the Lashings CC signed cricket shi...

How would you like to get your hands on a signed piece of cricket memorabilia? I have two signed Lashings CC cricket shirts to give away...

It has been a fairly quiet week cricket-wise, but I had the pleasure of a trip down to the 3aaa County Ground yesterday for a lunch and talk...

Good news tonight in Chesney Hughes signing a contract for another year, which will keep him at the club until at least the end of 2016. ...

I awoke this morning to a tweet, acknowledging it is a hundred years today since the death of WG Grace. The first 'great' crickete...

Forget Kevin Pietersen, this was the book that I had eagerly awaited since hearing of its forthcoming publication, some time back. Chris Ada...

From the press release that emanated from the club today, it would appear that Ryan Pringle - or perhaps, more specifically, his agent, may...

A fine century by Neil Broom saved the match for Otago, after they were largely outplayed by Central Districts over the past four days. ...

Durham all-rounder Ryan Pringle is, according to the North East Chronicle, set to be confirmed as a Derbyshire player this week, after contr...

Better news from the 3aaa County Ground today, as Ben Cotton signed a contract extension that will keep him at the club until the end of 2...

And so it came to pass that Mark Footitt, as I suggested on this blog a couple of weeks ago, has headed for the bright lights and Big Smok...