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Derbyshire 139 and 214 Leicestershire 120 and 168 (Rampaul 3-38, Reece 3-47) Derbyshire won by 65 runs Derbyshire duly and professionally...

Derbyshire 139 and 214 Leicestershire 120 and 110-4 Leicestershire need 124 to win Thanks to the regular rain interruptions, this fascina...

Derbyshire 139 and 160-8 (Madsen 51) Leicestershire 120 (Palladino 5-29, van Beek 3-20) Derbyshire lead by 179 runs Derbyshire bowled spl...

Derbyshire 139 (Madsen 47) Leicestershire 55-4 (Palladino 3-3) One of my regular comments is to never be hasty with your thoughts on an i...

A few people have been in touch to say that comments they have posted have not appeared. I am very sorry about that and, having been in tou...

I think it is fair to say that fewer eyes than normal will be on the first day of Derbyshire's game at Leicester tomorrow. The little m...

With some free time this morning, I decided that a little surfing of the British Film Institute website was in order. I am glad that I did, ...

Every so often, over the years that I have written this blog, I have had to issue a warning. No one is more aware than me of how good and b...

Several times over the past few days I have been asked my eleven for the forthcoming Vitality Blast T20. Each time I smiled, knowing full w...

I have seen a lot of cricket this year, so it is typical that it all 'kicked off' on pretty much the first day that I missed. From ...

Last night on this blog, I wrote that I expected Derbyshire to win their game against Glamorgan. That we did not was down to a fine innings...

Derbyshire 378 and 171-9 Glamorgan 346 (Hemphrey 75, Root 68, Rampaul 5-94, Reece 3-53) Derbyshire lead by 203 runs There is always a gr...

Derbyshire 378 (Reece 111, Hughes 82, Dal 64, Carey 4-61) Glamorgan 214-4 There was another cool but sunny start to the day, which warme...

Derbyshire 253-5  (Reece 111, Hughes 63 not) v Glamorgan It was overcast with flashes of sunshine at Derby this morning, chilly enough f...

It is a case of 'as you were' for Derbyshire as they start their third County Championship game of the summer against Glamorgan at D...

Ausssie fast bowler Billy Stanlake has signed for Derbyshire for this year's Vitality Blast. The giant 6'8" quick will be a bi...

There was a first defeat of the season for the second team today, losing by four wickets to a Durham  side that had nine players with first ...

I am looking forward to the resumption of the County Championship this weekend. I said at the start of the season that I thought it represe...

It was tough in the sun for Derbyshire's bowlers against Durham today. Two early wickets gave them a chance of a breakthrough, but soli...

Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat at Derby today, a decision helped by the glorious sunshine, as well as three spinners in their si...