Derbyshire Cricket - Peakfan's blog

The signing of Tom Lace announced today on a season-long loan, pretty much sorts the batting as far as I am concerned for 2019. Lace did p...

Those of you who heard me on BBC Radio Derby on Tuesday night will know that I have mised feelings on the season's fixture announcement....

Thanks to Adam for the excellent write up of the forum earlier in the week, which made for very interesting reading. The main thing that c...

I attended the members forum at Derby last night and I just thought that I would give a brief report from the questions raised.  Despi...

It's been another busy week up north for me, with  a couple of engagements at cricket dinners thrown in, so there was no opportunity t...

I was quite disappointed to read, five weeks after the event, a mere five-line note on the passing of Chris Wilkins on the club website yest...

To be picked for your country's national side at age group level is an indicator of a cricketer of talent. When you take the field, it c...

After the announcement of the new format for county cricket from 2020, the ECB may have hoped for encouraging words from the people who watc...

As I wrote last week, Steve Kirby was duly announced as Derbyshire's assistant and bowling coach on Friday and the team that will hopefu...

The fact that Times journalist Lizzy Ammon tweeted on Thursday the name of our new bowling coach, coupled with it matching the name given ...

A scour of the overseas media outlets revealed this little gem on Tom Wood, from the Victorian press. WOOD FIRES IN OZ!! Derbyshire...

I have had two or three emails and messages asking if Derbyshire County Cricket Club has major issues now that Aspire, Achieve, Advance (3aa...

It has been another quick week and one without a lot of news from a Derbyshire cricket angle. Doubtless there has been plenty going on beh...

Yesterday's interview with Dave Houghton on the club website gave some interesting pointers for the future. “We will look at a couple ...

The opening week of David Houghton's return to Derbyshire is coming to an end and supporters must be very happy with the way things are ...

The passing of Chris Wilkins, announced today, at the age of 74  is the passing of part of my childhood. We all have our heroes, and the S...

Yesterday's news of a new two-year contract for Harvey Hosein, taking him to the end of 2020, reinforces the opening day of his tenure s...

The departure from Derbyshire, announced today, of Gary Wilson comes as no real surprise. I had a feeling, when he  was left out of the sq...

Thirty-six teams were in this summer's Peakfan Blog League, the biggest number ever and I hope that you all enjoyed it. I see my role ...

The 2018 season marked the end of the Kim Barnett era, who left mid-season yet can reflect on two summers in which more games were won than ...