Derbyshire Cricket - Peakfan's blog

The return of Dominic Cork as specialist T20 coach is welcome news for Derbyshire supporters this morning. And indeed playing staff.  The su...

Bill Bestwick is a Derbyshire cricket legend and deservedly so. Emerging from the coalfields at Heanor he was for a long time th...

There was many a time in my 54 years of supporting Derbyshire that I would scratch my head at a signing, or the recruitment of a coach who d...

I wasn't sure whether to head this piece with a reference to The Corries O Flower of Scotland or the Three Degrees When Will I See You A...

By my quick calculation this morning, we are now only 88 days from Derbyshire'opening match of the 2021 season, against Warwickshire at ...

There is just time before the festivities and excitement start to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and the best for 2021. If has been a c...

There is a big appointment coming up for Derbyshire at the end of January, as Steve Kirby leaves his role as county bowling coach to take on...

The fixtures are out and we can start planning annual leave, days in the sun and watching Derbyshire play some cricket. Theoretically, at le...

With no disrespect intended to an extremely likeable bloke, today's announcement of Dustin Melton as one of Derbyshire's overseas pl...

Regardless of whether he keeps wicket or not, Ben McDermott will be a massive player for Derbyshire in one-day cricket next summer. The powe...

For any Derbyshire cricket fan, the writings of John Shawcroft are the standard by which others should be judged. He has done several books ...

Old Supporter beat me to the draw this week, with his update on the superb form shown by Sean Abbott and Ben McDermott in Australia. Abbott...

This week's news, that the club's 150th anniversary will be celebrated in 2021 was welcome, if expected. There were a lot of events ...

Agents eh? The ruination of sport and the root cause of many of its issues. They make loads of money, rip off their clients, don...

There was good news for three young Derbyshire players yesterday, as Tom Wood, Nils Priestley and Mattie McKiernan were all awarded contract...

All things being equal, Derbyshire will have fourteen four-day fixtures next summer. All we need now is a green light in the intervening per...

Spookily enough, within seconds of publishing my last post, news broke of a two-year deal for Ben Aitchison. It is well-deserved. Once he ha...

Like other counties around the country, Derbyshire have begun planning for next season, our 150th, as early as ever but with caution. They c...

With the passing of Bert Richardson, Derbyshire cricket has lost one of its few remaining 1950s players. Indeed, from the fine team that sta...

 It will be a very different Derbyshire next season, with no Tony Palladino running in from the Media Centre end after ten years of service....