Derbyshire Cricket - Peakfan's blog

It is good to see Yousaf bin Naeem has been signed to a new deal by Derbyshire, one that will keep him at the club until the end of the 2028...

Thank you all for your continued excellent contributions to the blog. It would be much less enjoyable from my perspective if there were neve...

Derbyshire 372 and 286 Northamptonshire 310 and 326-6 (Vasconcelos 132, Procter 51, Harrison 50, Randell 3-54, Abbas 3-64) Match drawn  Ther...

Derbyshire 372 and 286 (Andersson 62, Potts 57, Randell 45, Guthrie 3-61, Harrison 3-74) Northamptonshire 310 and 37-0 Northamptonshire need...

I have to admit to feeling uncomfortable with the Leicestershire pitch verdict. Their punishment consists of the loss of all 19 points earne...

Derbyshire 372  Northampton shire 310 (Vasconcelos 58, Procter 54, McManus 53, Zaib 46, Randell 3-48, Potts 3-51, Reece 2-48) Derbyshire lea...

The young Derbyshire second team won an extraordinary one-wicket victory over SACA at Chesterfield today.  59-3 overnight quickly became 68-...

I think that supporters need to give the benefit of doubt to the new contract for Pat Brown in 2027, that has been announced today.  We didn...

There was another absorbing day of cricket at Chesterfield today, although the Derbyshire second team face an uphill task on the last day ag...

Derbyshire 372 (Madsen 151, Aitchison 106, Randell 36, Guthrie 3-66, Sanderson 3-72, Conway 3-75) Northamptonshire 15-0 Derbyshire lead by 3...

Zak Chappell captained the Derbyshire Second XI at Chesterfield today, at the start of a 3-day friendly against the South Asian Cricket Acad...

There will be a strange feeling around the game between Derbyshire and Northamptonshire at Wantage Road tomorrow. The main threat to Derbysh...

There were times in his nine years on the Derbyshire staff that Anuj Dal looked a very good cricketer indeed.  Having said that, the announc...

For those who like to read about the Derbyshire players of yesteryear, there is a terrific article by 'Old Ebor' on Charles Ollivier...

Continuing the good vibes of yesterday's win over Kent, Nye Donald hit an eight-ball 31 for England Lions as they strolled to a win over...

Derbyshire 300 and 352-8  Kent 219 and 252 (Stewart 65, Singh 59, Foreman 38, Aitchison 5-44, Randell 3-39) Derbyshire won by 181 runs Despi...

Derbyshire 300 and 352-8 (Guest 75*, Reece 53, Came 51, Andersson 50, Mahmud 3-52) Kent 219 and 3-0 Kent require 431 runs to win There was a...

Derbyshire 300 and 100-1 (Montgomery 42*, Came 34*) Kent 219 (Foreman 49, Stewart 48, Aitchison 4-58, Randell 3-36, Andersson 3-39) Derbyshi...

I have had a few enquiries since the sad passing of Edwin Smith about copies of the book that I wrote on his life.  You can get ...

It looks like a good recovery after a dreadful start... Fair play to Martin Andersson for an excellent ton that kept his side afloat, but 47...