Derbyshire Cricket - Peakfan's blog

There was an interesting piece over on Cricinfo the other day, with regard to the Big Bash League in Australia. In 35 matches, including t...

It was good to read this week that Derbyshire's innovative and impressive membership campaign has thus far recruited over 150 new member...

"I will give a percentage of all the money raised this year to my three nominated charities – the Derby Hospitals Charity, LIV villa...

I picked up an interesting story on Twitter tonight, with the news that Daryn Smit of the Dolphins franchise in South Africa has announced h...

I tuned in to Sky yesterday afternoon to watch the second T20 international between South Africa and Sri Lanka. I was keen to see Imran Tahi...

It might just be me reading too much into it, but this week's media pieces emanating from the 3aaa County Ground gave me, at least, an i...

There was a time, when I started writing this blog, when I was baffled by some of the goings on at Derbyshire and said so on a regular basis...

It has been a quiet week on the Derbyshire cricket front. The players are now back in the nets and, from the club footage, looking good. S...

It has been a long day today, starting with a 4.30am rise and not ending until I get home around 11.30pm tonight, but I wouldn't have ha...

It was interesting to see the polarising effect that the announcement of Hampshire signing Rilee Rossouw and Kyle Abbott had on cricket fans...

Another sparkling performance today from Jeevan Mendis today, for his Tamil Union side against the Nondescripts in Sri Lanka. At stumps on...

Yesterday's news, with Billy Godleman signing a contract extension to the end of 2019, ensures that the goods times keep a-coming for ...

I don't know if any of you caught the interview with Kim Barnett yesterday, but if you didn't, our Director of Cricket said that the...

There were a couple of pertinent and fair comments below my last piece. Knack, thank you for your kind comments on the blog. The only answ...

Well, here we are, on the cusp of a new year. 2016 wasn't a great one, especially for a Derbyshire cricket fan. There were days in the...

I hope that you all enjoyed your Christmas and are looking forward to the festivities around the new year in a couple of days time. We had...

It isn't that long since Derbyshire separated the coaching function at the club and announced that the T20 role will in future be that o...

I was up early this morning and, surfing the net as I tend to do, came across a piece on a new album by our new T20 coach and former playe...

Following on from my piece on Jeevan Mendis the other day, you'd have to say that the Sri Lankan looks a left field but potentially insp...

Sad news to relate tonight that one of the legends of Derbyshire cricket, its last link with the pre-war county game, Walter Goodyear, h...