Derbyshirecricket

I was fascinated to receive some statistics from a friend this week. He had gone into the records of Derbyshire's recent past to examine the results of the respective county coaches/Heads of Cricket.
There was a time when the position rarely changed, of course. Denis Smith became county coach in 1951 and retired in 1971, having overseen a period of relative success in the 1...

There's good news to start a Thursday morning, as Derbyshire announce a new one-year, red ball deal for Wayne Madsen.
It will be his 19th year with the club, which marks a level of loyalty rarely seen in the modern game. Madsen joined the club in 2009 and has gone on to score more than 24,000 all-format runs, including 52 centuries, establishing him very much as a modern gr...

Great news for Nye Donald and Derbyshire today, with his selection for the England squad in a five-match T20 series against Australia next month.
It is huge opportunity for him to showcase his talent. If he can show his best form down under, the opportunities for him in franchise cricket could quite easily change his life.
I really hope that he gets the opportunity and...

It's been a good week.
It started with media news that Shoaib Bashir has been awarded an England central contract, which has yet to be confirmed by the ECB. This would be good news for Derbyshire, if true...

So Simon Hughes is the latest former player to decide to have a pop at Derbyshire, in a column in The Times this weekend.
He has made a good career in the media after playing for a number of years as a bit-part player at Middlesex. He had his days in the sun but never established himself as a regular and moved to Durham before slipping into the media.
This weekend he s...