Derbyshire Cricket - Peakfan's blog

There is mounting pressure on Mickey Arthur at the moment, although he will probably be oblivious to this, being away in Canada at their ten...

I think it is fair to say that there have been times, in the sixty years that I have watched Derbyshire, when Mitch Wagstaff would have beco...

I think a few people will be surprised at the announcement of a new deal for Ross Whiteley. He didn't have a bad Vitality Blast, but nor...

'The players are getting better and better' says Mickey Arthur on a regular (too regular) basis in interviews. So while acknowledgin...

At the start of the summer I wrote that for Derbyshire to challenge, most of the players needed to be at, or close to their best on a regula...

Worcestershire, 214 and 206  Derbyshire 88 and 157 Worcestershire won by 175 runs It seemed almost impossible that the Derbyshire second inn...

Worcestershire 214 and 203-9 (Waite 73*, Abbas 4-63) Derbyshire 88 Worcestershire lead by 329 runs I still know and believe in the quality a...

Oh dear... It all started quite well, but then rapidly went downhill - not for the first time - when it was our turn to bat.  I have followe...

And so, seemingly only five  minutes after the season started, we come to the final game of 2026. I had hoped that the 60th summer of my sup...

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...