Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2005

Derbyshire Phantoms

Ground

County Ground, Derby

Website

Captain

Luke David Sutton is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket....

Squad

Overseas players

Michael Di Venuto

Michael James Di Venuto is a former Australian cricketer of Italian descent who played first-class cricket for Tasmanian Tigers and One Day Internationals for Australia. Although he has retired from representative cricket in Australia, he currently continues to play for Durham CCC. He has also...

Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

Others

Hassan Adnan

Mohammad Hassan Adnan is a Pakistani cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Islamabad, Water and Power Development Authority, Gujranwala, Derbyshire and Lahore....

Chris Bassano

Christopher Warwick Godfrey Bassano is a South African-born cricketer. As a resident of Tasmania, and yet a British national, he qualifies to play county cricket as an overseas player....

Ant Botha

Anthony Greyvensteyn Botha is a South African former cricketer who played for the cricket teams of Natal B, Natal, South Africa Academy, KwaZulu-Natal B, KwaZulu-Natal, Easterns, Derbyshire and Warwickshire....

Paul Borrington

Paul Michael Borrington is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who currently plays for Derbyshire....

James Bryant

James Bryant (cricketer)

James Douglas Campbell Bryant is a former South African cricketer. He played first-class cricket for nine years, for Eastern Province, Nottinghamshire, Somerset and Derbyshire, retiring from major cricket in 2005....

James Chapman

James Chapman (cricketer)

James Chapman was an English cricketer. Born in Nottingham, he was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Derbyshire in 2004....

Kevin Dean

Kevin Dean (cricketer)

Kevin James Dean is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler.The imposing, 6'5" tall Dean made his club debut for the Derbyshire Phantoms in 1996 and received the Denis Compton Award in 1998...

Ben France

Benjamin John France, born 14 May 1982 in Brunei, is a professional cricketer who has played first-class and List A cricket for Derbyshire.He played for Suffolk in 2003 and 2004 and was the second highest run scorer in the Minor Counties championship in 2004. He made his debut for Derbyshire in...

Travis Friend

Travis John "Chunks" Friend is a former Zimbabwean Test and One Day International cricketer. Friend captained Zimbabwe in four under-19 ODIs and went on to play a full senior ODI for Zimbabwe aged 19. A stress fracture to his back set him back, but he later returned to the Test squad...

Andy Gray

Andy Gray (cricketer)

Andy Gray is an Australian first-class cricketer, born to English parents. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler...

Lee Goddard

Lee James Goddard is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He has played for Loughborough UCCE, Derbyshire, the Yorkshire Cricket Board and Durham....

Paul Havell

Paul Matthew Roger Havell is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm Fast - Medium bowler.He started his cricketing career at the age of eighteen in the Sussex Second XI Championship, Having played one first-class game for Sussex in 2001, after a lack of first team...

Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter (cricketer)

Ian David Hunter is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

Tom Lungley

Tom Lungley is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.During his five seasons at the top of the English game, he played for Derbyshire in List A and Twenty20 cricket...

Jake Needham

Jake Needham is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He made his Derbyshire first team debut in 2006, having spent two years in the second team....

Chris Paget

Mohammed Sheikh

Mohammed Sheikh is an English cricketer. Born in Birmingham, he is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. In his nine years of first-class cricket he has played for Warwickshire and Derbyshire....

Ben Spendlove

Benjamin Lee Spendlove is an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1997 and 2001.Spendlove made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1997 season...

Steve Stubbings

Stephen David Stubbings is an English cricket player who plays for Bedfordshire.He only played a handful of senior games before trying out at the Frankston Peninsula Cricket Club in the Victorian Cricket Association's Premier Competition...

Nick Walker

Nick Walker (cricketer)

Nick Walker is a former English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who has played for Leicestershire since 2006....

Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch in Durham is an English cricket player. Welch has played for two county teams, Derbyshire and Warwickshire.Graeme Welch was appointed captain of Derbyshire for the 2006 season following the departure of Luke Sutton to Lancashire...

Wayne White

For the American artist see Wayne White Wayne Andrew White is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He played for Derbyshire until the end of the 2008 season. He was released and Leicestershire signed him on trial...

In the 2005 English cricket season Derbyshire County Cricket Club played in Division Two of both the County Championship and totesport League. They started the season favourites to finish plum bottom of the County Championship, and so they did - failing to win any of their first 15 games, before finally defeating Somerset

Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...

to break their duck in the wins column. However, 116 points saw them finish ninth, 39 points adrift of eighth-placed Somerset. In the National League, they were theoretically in the promotion battle till the very last match, but they lost that by 135 runs to finish fifth, four points off the final promotion spot.
Derbyshire's other runs ended in the second round of the C&G Trophy

C&G Trophy

The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom.It was one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties compete each season. They were joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland...

and the quarter-finals of the Twenty20 Cup

Twenty20 Cup

The Twenty20 Cup was a cricket competition for English and Welsh county clubs.In 2010, it has been replaced by Friends Provident t20 as the domestic Twenty20 competition.-History:...

.

Derbyshire played 17 first class games in 2005, winning one, drawing eight and losing eight. In 21 List A matches, they won eleven, lost eight, tied one and had one no-result, while nine Twenty20

Twenty20

Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...

matches resulted in four wins, four losses and one no-result.

First Class

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|13 Apr 2005
| Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 10 wickets
| MJ Di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

111; Batty 5-87
|-
|2
| 20 Apr 2005
| |Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...

The University Parks, Oxford The University Parks, Oxford
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| J Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

109
|-
|3
|27 Apr 2005
| Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Love 168; Shafayat 161;SD Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

171; MJ Di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

130; Louw 6-71
|-
|4
|6 May 2005
| Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...

Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 72 runs
| Love 101; Law 112; AG Botha

Ant Botha

6-104; Keedy 6-60
|-
|5
|11 May 2005
| Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....

Essex County Cricket Club

Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...

The Ford County Ground, Chelmsford f48695
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| G Welch

Graeme Welch

112 and 5-63; MJ Di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

110; Bopara 105
|-
|8
|15 Jun 2005
| Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Durham County Cricket Club

Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Collingwood 190; MJ Di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

203; Hassan Adnan

Hassan Adnan

Mohammad Hassan Adnan is a Pakistani cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Islamabad, Water and Power Development Authority, Gujranwala, Derbyshire and Lahore....

106
|-
|10
|26 Jul 2005
| Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 runs
| Suppiah 123; Durston 146*; J Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

106
|-
|12
|10 Aug 2005
| Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Essex County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
| Flower 104; Kaneiria 6-111 and 5-65; G Welch

Graeme Welch

5-68
|-
|14
|30 Aug 2005
| Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Collingwood 113; Benkenstein 162; SD Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

101; Hunter 5-63
|-
|15
|8 Sep 2005
| Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...

County Ground, Taunton
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 18 runs
| SD Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

151; Hassan Adnan

Hassan Adnan

Mohammad Hassan Adnan is a Pakistani cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Islamabad, Water and Power Development Authority, Gujranwala, Derbyshire and Lahore....

191; Francis 108; Blackwell 107; G Welch

Graeme Welch

5-105
|-

Championship table

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=10 style="border-right:0px;"; | 2005 County Championship - Division Two
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Pos
! Team
! Pld
! W
! D
! L
! Pen
! Bat
! Bowl
! Pts
|- bgcolor="#ffffa0"
|| 1 || Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

|| 16 || 7 || 6 || 3 || 0 || 43 || 47 || 212
|-bgcolor="#ffffa0"
|| 2 || Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

|| 16 || 6 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 45 || 44 || 205
|-bgcolor="#ffffa0"
|| 3 || Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

|| 16 || 5 || 10 || 1 || 0.5 || 49 || 42 || 200.5
|-
|| 4 || Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

|| 16 || 5 || 8 || 3 || 0 || 45 || 46 || 193
|-
|| 5 || Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

|| 16 || 5 || 7 || 4 || 0 || 51 || 36 || 185
|-
|| 6 || Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...

|| 16 || 5 || 4 || 7 || 5.5 || 53 || 46 || 179.5
|-
|| 7 || Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

|| 16 || 3 || 7 || 6 || 0.5 || 45 || 45 || 159.5
|-
|| 8 || Somerset

Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...

|| 16 || 4 || 5 || 7 || 0 || 42 || 37 || 155
|-
|| 9 || Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

|| 16 || 1 || 7 || 8 || 0 || 31 || 43 || 116
|}

totesport League

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
| 17 Apr 2005
| Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|No result
|
|
|-
|2
|24 Apr 2005
| Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 wickets
| KJ Dean

Kevin Dean (cricketer)

5-45
|-
|5
| 5 Jun 2005
| Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

Mote Park, Maidstone
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 90 runs
| MJ Di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

116
|-
|6
|13 Jun 2005
| Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

Michael Di Venuto

112
|-
|8
| 9 Jul 2005
| Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

Surrey County Cricket Club

Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...

Kennington Oval
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 5 wickets
|
|-
|10
|20 Jul 2005
| Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 15 runs
|
|-
|12
|14 Aug 2005
| Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 3 runs
| MJ Di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

129
|-
|13
|26 Aug 2005
| Scotland
Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 3 wickets
|
|-
|14
|28 Aug 2005
| Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 5 wickets
|
|-
|15
| 4 Sep 2005
| Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 wickets
|
|-
|17
|14 Sep 2005
| Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 5 wickets
|
|-
|18
|25 Sep 2005
| Somerset

Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...

County Ground, Taunton
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 135 runs
|
|-
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=8 style="border-right:0px;"; | 2005 totesport League - Division Two
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Pos
! Team
! Pld
! W
! L
! NR
! T
! Pts
|- bgcolor="#ffffa0"
|| 1 || Sussex Sharks

Sussex County Cricket Club

|| 18 || 13 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 54
|- bgcolor="#ffffa0"
|| 2 || Durham Dynamos

Durham County Cricket Club

|| 18 || 12 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 52
|- bgcolor="#ffffa0"
|| 3 || Warwickshire Bears

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

|| 18 || 10 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 44
|-
|| 4 || Leicestershire Foxes

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

|| 18 || 10 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 42
|-
|| 5 || Derbyshire Phantoms
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

|| 18 || 9 || 7 || 1 || 1 || 40
|-
|| 6 || Somerset Sabres

Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...

|| 18 || 9 || 8 || 1 || 0 || 38
|-
|| 7 || Surrey Lions

Surrey County Cricket Club

|| 18 || 7 || 10 || 1 || 0 || 30
|-
|| 8 || Kent Spitfires

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

|| 18 || 6 || 10 || 2 || 0 || 28
|-
|| 9 || Yorkshire Phoenix

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

|| 18 || 5 || 13 || 0 || 0 || 20
|-
|| 10 || Scottish Saltires || 18 || 2 || 14 || 1 || 1 || 12
|}

Durham County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

Other List A matches

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|10 Jun 2005
| Bangladesh

Bangladeshi cricket team in England in 2005

Michael Vaughan won the toss and put Bangladesh in to bat at 10.30am on the first day at Lord's. The first ten overs of bowling by Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard were lacklustre, as neither mastered the early-morning swing and they bowled a wide line. A stronger side would have scored more runs...

Twenty20 Cup

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|22 Jun 2005
| Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 wickets
|
|-
|2
|24 Jun 2005
| Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 7 wickets
|
|-
|3
|28 Jun 2005
| Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...

Trent Bridge, Nottingham
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 4 wickets
|
|-
|6
|4 Jul 2005
| Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Grace Road, Leicester
|Abandoned
|
|
|-
|8
| 6 Jul 2005
| Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

Lancashire County Cricket Club

Old Trafford, Manchester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 17 runs
|
|-
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan="7" | 2005 Twenty20 Cup - North Division
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Team
! M
! W
! L
! NR
! Pts
! NRR

Run rate

In cricket, the run rate , or runs per over is the number of runs a batsman scores in an over of 6 balls. It includes all runs, even the so-called extras awarded due to errors by the bowler. Without extras and overthrows, the maximum run rate is 36 – if every ball were struck for six and, as...

|-bgcolor="#ffffa0"
|align=left|Lancashire Lightning
|8||6||1||1||13||+1.77
|-bgcolor="#ffffa0"
|align=left|Leicestershire Foxes
|8||5||2||1||11||+0.25
|- bgcolor="#ffffa0"
|align=left|Derbyshire Phantoms
|8||4||3||1||9||-0.45
|-
|align=left|Yorkshire Phoenix
|8||3||5||0||6||-0.70
|-
|align=left|Durham Dynamos
|8||2||5||1||5||-0.87
|-
|align=left|Nottinghamshire Outlaws
|8||2||6||0||4||+0.13
|-
|}

April

Five games were played in April, and Derbyshire failed to win any of them - though one ended in a no-result and two in draws. Derbyshire began the season by picking up only 3 points in the opening Championship fixture whilst being defeated by Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...

, and rain then destroyed their first Sunday League match. They then went to the Parks to play the Oxford students - only to see the students take a confident first innings lead, although Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

was able to score a century in the second innings and draw the game. Derbyshire then went to Hove

Hove

Hove is a town on the south coast of England, immediately to the west of its larger neighbour Brighton, with which it forms the unitary authority Brighton and Hove. It forms a single conurbation together with Brighton and some smaller towns and villages running along the coast...

in Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

and lost by two runs in the Sunday League, before drawing with Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

in the County Championship.

County Championship: Derbyshire v Worcestershire (13-16 April)

Worcestershire (21pts) beat Derbyshire (3pts) by 10 wickets

At Derby, Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...

won the toss and chose to bat. Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore (cricketer)

Stephen Colin Moore is an English cricketer. Moore is a right-handed opening batsman who plays first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club. He previously played for Worcestershire from 2003 until 2009...

was run out

Run out

Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It is governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket.-The rules:A batsman is out Run out if at any time while the ball is in play no part of his bat or person is grounded behind the popping crease and his wicket is fairly put down by the opposing...

early for 19. He held his pose, showing off his defensive shot during an appeal for leg before wicket

Leg before wicket

In the sport of cricket, leg before wicket is one of the ways in which a batsman can be dismissed. An umpire will rule a batsman out LBW under a series of circumstances which primarily include the ball striking the batsman's body when it would otherwise have continued on to hit the batsman's...

, as Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

came in on the blind side and threw the ball at the stumps. The other opener, Stephen Peters

Stephen Peters

Stephen David Peters is an English cricketer. He has played for the county cricket teams of Essex and Worcestershire...

, stayed around though, and made 55. Once Moore was out, Peters was joined by Graeme Hick

Graeme Hick

Graeme Ashley Hick MBE is a Zimbabwean-born cricketer who played 65 Test matches and 120 One Day Internationals for England. He played county cricket for Worcestershire for his entire English domestic career, a period of well over twenty years, and in 2008 he surpassed Graham Gooch's record for...

, who was given lives on 8 and 57, and made 80 off 119 balls before finally being lbw for 80 off one that kept low. Vikram Solanki

Vikram Solanki

Vikram Singh Solanki is an Indian-born English cricketer, who plays county cricket for Worcestershire. In 2007, he became the 24th Worcestershire batsman to pass 10,000 career runs for the county. He also captained Worcestershire from 2005 to 2010, before resigning mid-season...

then went for a duck, but Worcestershire still made 305 for 6 at the close.

Worcestershire kept batting on the second day, before declaring

Declaration and forfeiture

In the sport of cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 14 of the Laws of cricket...

after winning their fourth bonus point on 350 for 9. Derbyshire's batting saw no-one pass 30 as their first innings ended on 135 all out, 215 behind. Matthew Mason, who took two wickets with a bowling analysis

Bowling analysis

In the sport of cricket, a bowling analysis usually refers to a notation summarising a bowler's performance in terms of overs bowled, how many of those overs are maidens , total runs conceded and number of wickets taken...

of 10-6-6-2, Alamgir Sheriyar

Alamgir Sheriyar

Alamgir Sheriyar is an English cricket player. He is currently playing for Leicestershire.Sheriyar has had an impressive career taking over 600 wickets with his fast medium seam bowling...

and David Wigley

David Wigley

David Harry Wigley is an English former first-class cricketer. He latterly played for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, his third county after previously playing for Yorkshire and then Worcestershire, until his early retirement from the game in 2010...

, who took three each, were the main contributors with ball in hand for Worcester. The follow-on

Follow-on

Follow-on is a term used in the sport of cricket to describe a situation where the team that bats second is forced to take its second batting innings immediately after its first, because the team was not able to get close enough to the score achieved by the first team batting in the first innings...

was enforced, and Derbyshire were 10 for 0 when stumps were drawn on day two.

Only 74 overs

Over (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession. An over is normally bowled by a single bowler. However, in the event of injury preventing a bowler from completing an over, it is completed by a teammate....

were bowled on the third day, with rain ending play at tea. Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

put up the Derbyshire resistance, scoring 111 in an innings that included 12 fours and one six before finally being stumped off Gareth Batty

Gareth Batty

Gareth Jon Batty is an English cricketer, more specifically a spin-bowler. He is the younger brother of the former Yorkshire and Somerset off-spinner, Jeremy Batty.-Life and career:...

. Steve Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

played the anchor role, and had made only 33 when the first wicket fell for 150. Batty bowled unchanged for a 32 over spell as Sheriyar and Wigley tried, and failed, to get di Venuto. Once he was gone, there was a flurry of wickets to 175 for 4. At close Derbyshire were within sight of a draw, being 11 runs behind with six wickets remaining.

Gareth Batty increased his second innings tally to 5 for 87 to dismiss Derbyshire early on the fourth day, as Stubbings' innings ended with just 10 added to the previous day's score for a total of 58. By the time they were all out for 285, Derbyshire had set a target of just 71 in 68 overs. It took them only 14 as Peters and Moore won the match for them by 10 wickets. It was an easy victory for Worcestershire in the end, helped by Derbyshire dropping six catches along the way. Worcester coach Tom Moody

Tom Moody

Thomas Masson Moody is a former Australian cricketer and coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team. Today he is the coach for the IPL team Kings XI Punjab...

said, "We haven't got our overseas players here but this was a good example of the depth of our squad. To have a successful season, you need players who can come in and stand up and be counted and they've done that. The game proved that catches win matches with Derbyshire dropping six while Worcestershire hardly missed an opportunity. We were let off the hook a bit in the first innings with some dropped chances but our catching was exceptional, particularly with the conditions being so cold. I think the cold weather was the hardest thing for Gareth [Batty] because it's difficult for a spinner to get his hands warm and grip the ball." (Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Derbyshire v Kent (17 April)

Match abandoned - Derbyshire (2pts), Kent (2pts)

Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

, playing for the first time as the "Phantoms" lost the toss and were put in to bat at Derby. Opener Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

made free at the start of the innings with 79 off 81 balls before he was bowled

Bowled

Bowled is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. This method of dismissal is covered by Law 30 of the Laws of cricket.A batsman is out bowled if his wicket is put down by a ball delivered by the bowler...

by Robert Ferley. His team-mates struggled, with only captain Luke Sutton

Luke Sutton

Luke David Sutton is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket....

, with 46, adding any significant amount to the score, and Derbyshire scored 197 for 8 in their 45 overs. Only 5 overs of Kent Spitfires'

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

innings were possible, in which time they made 9 for no loss. Rain then meant the match was abandoned. (BBC scorecard)

MCC University Match: Oxford UCCE v Derbyshire (20-22 April)

Match drawn

Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

were unchanged from their first Championship match, and the first day at the Parks left them at 225 for 8 at close. After recent rain in Oxford, and with a swinging ball in hand, the Oxford UCCE

Oxford University Cricket Club

Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...

bowlers were commendably accurate. If 2 or 3 more catches had been taken, the scoreline would have looked even more impressive for the students.

On the second day, after Derbyshire moved to 246 all out, Luke Parker

Luke Parker

Luke Parker is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.Born in Coventry, and having previously played for Oxford UCCE and British Universities, he has come through the ranks to play for Warwickshire, for whom he is soon hoping to make an impact in the...

, a Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

signing, scored 89 to help Oxford to 245 for 5, just one run behind Derbyshire. The third day saw Oxford UCCE consolidate their lead, and they were finally all out for 372, a lead of 126. The student bowlers were not up to the task of dismissing Derbyshire a second time in the 53 overs

Over (cricket)

that remained, but Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

scored 109 not out, with the game ending when the visitors declared on 226 for 2. (Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Sussex v Derbyshire (24 April)

Sussex (4pts) beat Derbyshire (0pts) by two runs (D/L method
Duckworth-Lewis method
In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance...

)

A close game at Hove

County Cricket Ground, Hove

The County Cricket Ground, also known as the Probiz County Ground for sponsorship reasons, is a cricket venue in Hove, England. It is home to Sussex County Cricket Club. It is one of the few county grounds to have deckchairs for spectators - which are in the colours of Sussex CCC - blue and white....

saw the Sharks

Sussex County Cricket Club

defeat the Phantoms

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

by two runs, after Tom Lungley

Tom Lungley

went for, and failed to get, a six of the last ball to win the game. It was a high scoring affair, and halfway through their overs Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

looked on target for a big total approaching 300, after adding 178 for the first three wickets. However, Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

did well to peg them back to 254 to 8.

Rain delayed the start of the second innings, and left the Phantoms with 205 to win off 32 overs. They were always behind par, but never quite gave up. Indeed Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch

nearly won it for them with 42 off 24 balls, which included three huge sixes. However, wickets tumbled, leaving Tom Lungley

Tom Lungley

with the last ball to score six. To his credit, he went for it and could have won, but the ball fell short of the boundary and he was run out

Run out

. (Cricinfo scorecard)

County Championship: Derbyshire v Northamptonshire (27-30 April)

Northamptonshire (12pts) drew with Derbyshire (6pts)

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

batted first at Derby against last-placed Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

, and openers Bilal Shafayat

Bilal Shafayat

Bilal Mustapha Shafayat is an English cricketer. He is a middle-order batsman, fast bowler and wicket-keeper. Shafayat was a former captain of the England under-19 side....

and Martin Love

Martin Love

Martin Lloyd Love is a former Australian cricketer who played in five Tests from 2002 to 2003. He was a right-handed batsman....

finished the day without loss, though Derbyshire dropped them both. Shafayat finished the first day unbeaten on a career-best 156 from 267 balls; Love was on 129 off 233 balls; Northants were on 292.

Shafayat added only 5 to his overnight score before being lbw

Leg before wicket

, but Love went on to 168, and Northamptonshire finally declared

Declaration and forfeiture

on 451 for 7. In reply, Derbyshire regularly lost wickets, finishing the second day on 135 for 4. On the third day, Johann Louw

Johann Louw

Johann Louw is a South African cricketer.Louw was born in Cape Town, Cape Province. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler who has represented Griqualand West, Eastern Province, Northamptonshire, Dolphins, Eagles and Middlesex...

completed a haul of 6 for 71 and forced them to follow on 210 in arrears. However, Derbyshire fared much better in their second innings - with both openers undefeated and their score on 119, 91 behind with one day to play. Rain then wiped out the final day's play, leaving Derbyshire at the bottom of the table despite the six points earned. (BBC scorecard)

May

May saw Derbyshire record their first victory, as they edged into the Second Round of the C&G Trophy

C&G Trophy

by defeating Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

on the last ball with one wicket to spare. However, five successive losses followed. First, they were defeated by an innings and 72 runs by Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

in the County Championship, and five days later they suffered a nine-wicket loss to Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...

. On 17 May they lost by 127 runs to Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

in the Second Round of the C&G Trophy, and the one-day League loss three days later to Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

was their fourth in succession. May was rounded off with two matches at home against Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

- the Championship encounter was lost, but they ended May on the same way as they had begun it, with a win.

C&G Trophy Round One: Durham v Derbyshire (4-5 May)

Derbyshire beat Durham by one wicket to progress to Round Two of the C&G Trophy

Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

put on 234 in their 50 overs at Chester-le-Street

Chester-le-Street

Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, England. It has a history going back to Roman times when it was called Concangis. The town is located south of Newcastle upon Tyne and west of Sunderland on the River Wear...

, mostly thanks Paul Collingwood

Paul Collingwood

Paul David Collingwood MBE is an English cricketer. He has been a regular member of the England Test side, was captain of the One Day International team 2007–2008. He is also vice-captain of his county, Durham County Cricket Club. Collingwood is a batting all-rounder, whose batting...

, who scored 82 from 83 balls. Derbyshire's Spin bowler

Spin bowling

Spin bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as spinners or spin bowlers.-Purpose:The main aim of spin bowling is to bowl the cricket ball with rapid rotation so that when it bounces on the pitch it will deviate, thus making it difficult for the...

Ant Botha

took four for 44 from his ten overs, with three men caught. In reply, England Test bowler Steve Harmison

Steve Harmison

Stephen James Harmison MBE is an English cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, he represented England in 63 Tests, 58 ODI's, and 2 T20's. He also plays county cricket for Durham....

took three for 45, including trapping Michael Di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

lbw with his third ball and Hassan Adnan

Hassan Adnan

Mohammad Hassan Adnan is a Pakistani cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Islamabad, Water and Power Development Authority, Gujranwala, Derbyshire and Lahore....

caught at first slip. Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

, who were unchanged for the third game running, lost their first three wickets for 54, but their innings was anchored by Chris Bassano

Chris Bassano

Christopher Warwick Godfrey Bassano is a South African-born cricketer. As a resident of Tasmania, and yet a British national, he qualifies to play county cricket as an overseas player....

who made 57 from 104 balls. This, along with 50 from Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch

, kept Derbyshire in the game, but it needed a tenth wicket partnership of 16 between Botha and Kevin Dean

Kevin Dean (cricketer)

to see them through on the last ball of the game. (Cricinfo scorecard)

County Championship: Lancashire v Derbyshire (6-9 May)

Lancashire (22pts) beat Derbyshire (3pts) by an innings and 72 runs

Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

, who had replaced pace bowler Kevin Dean

Kevin Dean (cricketer)

with Andy Gray

Andy Gray (cricketer)

Andy Gray is an Australian first-class cricketer, born to English parents. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler...

, batted first at Old Trafford

Old Trafford (cricket)

Old Trafford is a cricket ground situated on Talbot Road in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. It has been the home of Lancashire County Cricket Club since its foundation in 1864, having been the ground of Manchester Cricket Club from 1857...

, and were dismissed for 215, with Luke Sutton

Luke Sutton

Luke David Sutton is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket....

top-scoring with 95. No one else passed 40, however. James Anderson

James Anderson (cricketer)

James Michael "Jimmy" Anderson is an English cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and since bursting onto the scene in 2002/03, before his first full season of county cricket, Anderson has represented England in over 50 Test matches and over 100 One Day...

took 4 for 62, and was the pick of the Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

bowlers. In reply, Lancashire made 65 for no loss at stumps on the first day.

Lancashire continued their dominance on the second day, although only 40 overs were possible as they progressed to 175 for 1. The third day saw them finally dismissed for 469, with Mal Loye

Mal Loye

Malachy Bernard Loye , most commonly known as Mal Loye, is an English cricketer who has played first class cricket for Northamptonshire, Lancashire, and England A. Loye is a right-handed batsman, particularly well known for his slog sweep shot against fast bowlers...

(101) and Stuart Law

Stuart Law

Stuart Grant Law OAM is an Australian-born cricketer. He is also the head coach of Bangladesh national cricket team, as from July, he succeeded fellow Aussie Jamie Siddons, who left shortly after the 2011 Cricket World Cup...

(112) making centuries

Century (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...

. By close Derbyshire had progressed to 81 for 1, leaving them at least the possibility of a draw. However, that wasn't to be as they lost their last nine wickets for 101, leaving them 72 runs short of making Lancashire bat again. Spin bowler

Spin bowling

Gary Keedy

Gary Keedy is a slow-left arm spin bowler for Lancashire. He played one match for Yorkshire in 1994, having graduate from their cricket academy, before moving to Lancashire. He has played for the club since 1995 and has, over 500 first-class wickets...

had the best bowling figures, taking 6 for 60, while Muttiah Muralitharan

Muttiah Muralitharan

Muttiah Muralitharan , often referred to as Murali, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who was rated the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002...

bowled 17 maiden overs in a 26-over effort. (Cricinfo scorecard)

County Championship: Worcestershire v Derbyshire (11-14 May)

Worcestershire (22pts) beat Derbyshire (5pts) by 9 wickets

Worcestershire's

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...

Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore (cricketer)

dominated the first innings, making 246 as they climbed to 478. The score would have been a lot smaller if it weren't for Jamie Pipe, who came in with the score on 300 for 8 and put on 80, sharing a 173-run stand with Moore - eight short of the county ninth-wicket record from 1907

1907 English cricket season

The 1907 English cricket season gave Nottinghamshire its first-ever official County Championship title and saw the first Test matches to be held in England against South Africa.-Honours:*County Championship - Nottinghamshire...

. In reply Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

were bowled out for 263, with no player making a half-century. The follow-on

Follow-on

was enforced and Derbyshire did do better, but their 314 set Worcester a target of 100. Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter (cricketer)

Ian David Hunter is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

got an early wicket, as Worcestershire were four for 1, but Moore and Hick added 96 and Worcestershire won by nine wickets. Derbyshire's second innings included 7 lbws. (Cricinfo scorecard)

C&G Trophy Round Two: Derbyshire v Kent (17 May)

Kent beat Derbyshire by 127 runs to progress to the Quarter-Finals of the C&G Trophy

At Derby, Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

won the toss and chose to field against Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

, who scored 257 for 4 after double-figure contributions from the entire top order, and four men made their way past 40. Geraint Jones

Geraint Jones

Geraint Owen Jones MBE is an England cricketer of Welsh extraction but raised in Australia. Until August 2006 he was the first-choice wicketkeeper for England in both Test and One-day cricket, but fell behind Chris Read, Paul Nixon, Matt Prior and Tim Ambrose...

top-scored with 70, while Derbyshire's South African all-rounder Ant Botha

Ant Botha

took three for 40 with his left-arm spin to take his wicket count to 10 in his last three List A games. Martin Saggers

Martin Saggers

Martin John Saggers is a retired English cricketer, who spent the majority of his career at Kent. He had little success in his three seasons with Durham between 1996 and 1998, but then joined Kent and from 2000 to 2003 passed 50 first-class wickets each year, his best being 83 in 2002...

(three for 21), Amjad Khan

Amjad Khan (cricketer)

Amjad Khan is an English Test cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He plays for Sussex.-Career:...

(one for 12) and Simon Cook

Simon Cook (English cricketer)

Simon James Cook is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.Cook initially played in 1996 for Cumnor before a year later being picked up by Middlesex along with Andrew Strauss....

(one for 22) then reduced Derbyshire to 27 for 5, and although the last five wickets added 103 runs after 41 from Sutton, it was not enough to chase the target of 258. (Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Derbyshire v Warwickshire (20 May)

Warwickshire (4pts) beat Derbyshire (0pts) by 52 runs

Derbyshire Phantoms

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

got their fourth loss in two weeks at Derby after Warwickshire Bears

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

raced past 200 for the loss of two wickets, with Nick Knight

Nick Knight

Nicholas Verity Knight is a former England cricketer. Knight's middle name was in honour of the 1930s English Test bowler Hedley Verity who was killed in World War II and is a distant family relation...

and Jim Troughton

Jim Troughton

Jamie Oliver Troughton is an English cricketer. He is mainly an attack-minded left-handed batsman but also an occasional slow left-arm orthodox bowler...

making half-centuries. Although six wickets fell in the last 10 overs, they still made 260, with Troughton's innings ended on 73. In reply, Derbyshire had one partnership above 50 with six men reaching double figures. However, Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

was the only one to pass 30 with his 65, and the hosts were all out for 208. (Cricinfo scorecard)

County Championship: Derbyshire v Leicestershire (26-29 May)

Leicestershire (19pts) beat Derbyshire (5pts) by four wickets

Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

batted for a day to make 251 in the first innings at Derby as only Australian Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

stood tall against the Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

bowling, scoring 76. Eventually, Derbyshire declared

Declaration and forfeiture

on 251 for 9, as wickets were spread about evenly. Leicestershire replied with an opening partnership of 85, and a half-century from Dinesh Mongia

Dinesh Mongia

Dinesh Mongia is an Indian cricketer who has appeared in ODIs for India. Mongia is a heavy run-scorer in domestic cricket with just under 6850 runs at an average of just under 50 and his highest score being an unbeaten 308...

took them to 188 for 2. But Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch

took four for 48 as the last eight wickets fell for 91 runs, with only Darren Robinson's

Darren Robinson (cricketer)

Darren David John Robinson is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Essex and Leicestershire....

gritty four-hour 110 and David Masters

David Masters

David Masters is an English cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Kent, Leicestershire and Essex.David is a very accurate seam bowler who bowls at speeds around 75–80 miles per hour...

quickfire 25 giving Leicestershire a lead. The Derbyshire reply was equally gritty, as 112 overs of cricket yielded only 259 runs, with di Venuto scoring 73 runs in a little less than five hours - only Charl Willougby took wickets in the first two sessions for Leicestershire, as Derbyshire made it to 160 for 1 before Willoughby had di Venuto lbw. Derbyshire finished their second innings on 285 five overs into the fourth morning, setting a target of 258, and Derbyshire dug out three early wickets for 48 runs. But 47 from Mongia along with half-centuries from HD Ackerman and John Sadler saw to it that Leicestershire made it to their target of 258 for the loss of six wickets. (Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Derbyshire v Leicestershire (30 May)

Derbyshire (4pts) beat Leicestershire by 6 wickets

Derbyshire's

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

Kevin Dean

Kevin Dean (cricketer)

took five for 45 in his first match since the C&G Trophy first round tie against Durham on 5 May. Without Dean, Derbyshire had lost five consecutive matches, but his return helped reduce Leicestershire Foxes

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

to 55 for 6 at the end of the fifteenth over at Derby. John Sadler came in and made 50 before he was stumped off Ant Botha

Ant Botha

's bowling, but the remainder of the batting order could only make 41 as Leicestershire made 146 all out. Derbyshire did not score at a rate much quicker than the required three an over, but still made their target with four wickets down and 21 balls to go, as Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

top-scored with 48. The win saw Derbyshire past Leicestershire to go eighth in the table, two points ahead of the Foxes. (Cricinfo scorecard)

June

After five losses and then a win to end May, June saw Derbyshire stretch their unbeaten streak to two as Derbyshire drew against Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

. Derbyshire had the chance to get their first Championship win of the season, as they earned a 142-run first innings lead, but left their opponents with two sessions to chase 379, and Essex survived for the draw. Two one-day wins followed, over Kent and the touring Bangladeshis

Bangladeshi cricket team

The Bangladesh national cricket team is a national cricket team representing Bangladesh. The team is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board . Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status...

, but on 13 June they posted 82 all out against Durham to lose by five wickets. Derbyshire came ever closer to the elusive Championship win, however, as Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

eked through by one wicket in the last match before the end of the spring season. The final match before Twenty20 set in was a National League game with the Scottish amateurs, and the teams tied that game.

County Championship: Essex v Derbyshire (1-4 June)

Derbyshire (11pts) drew with Essex (9pts)

Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

batted first at Chelmsford

Chelmsford

Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...

, and they put on 462 with Steve Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

making 92 and Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch

112. Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

lost quick wickets in reply, going to 34 for 4, but then Ronnie Irani

Ronnie Irani

Ronald Charles "Ronnie" Irani is a former England cricketer who spent most of his career at Essex County Cricket Club, latterly as captain. He is of Irani descent, the Iranis being a community of Persian Zoroastrians who immigrated to India during the British Raj...

, James Foster

James Foster (cricketer)

James Savin Foster is an English cricketer: a wicket-keeper who played seven Tests and 11 One Day Internationals in 2001/02 and 2002/03. Foster played his club cricket at Ilford Cricket Club and then Wanstead & Snaresbrook Cricket Club...

and James Middlebrook

James Middlebrook

James Middlebrook is an English first-class cricketer, currently playing for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. He is an all-rounder, who bats right-handed and bowls off spin.-Career:...

all made half-centuries as the hosts made 320. Derbyshire, who were without a win all season, declared at lunchtime on the fourth day, at 236 for 3 from 63 overs, with Michael Di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

making 110. A half-century from Alastair Cook

Alastair Cook

Alastair Nathan Cook, MBE is an English international cricket player. He is a left-handed opening batsman who plays county cricket for Essex and International cricket for England, where he is their ODI captain. Cook played for Essex's Academy and made his debut for the first XI in 2003...

and a maiden first-class century from Ravinder Bopara

Ravinder Bopara

Ravinder Singh Bopara is an English cricketer who plays for Essex and England. He is the second Sikh to play cricket for England, after Monty Panesar. Originally a top-order batsman, but with his developing medium pace bowling, he is becoming a vital all-rounder...

saw Essex through to the draw on 245 for 5, well short of their theoretical target of 379. (Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Kent v Derbyshire (5 June)

Derbyshire (4pts) beat Kent (0pts) by 90 runs

Derbyshire Phantoms

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

came to Maidstone

Maidstone

Maidstone is the county town of Kent, England, south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town linking Maidstone to Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river was a source and route for much of the town's trade. Maidstone was the centre of the agricultural...

and Kent Spitfires

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

with only one win in their first four National League games, while Kent were fifth in the table after two wins in five. Kent captain David Fulton

David Fulton

David Paul Fulton is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed opening batsman, who occasionally bowled left-arm orthodox spin. He played first-class cricket for Kent for 15 years until 2006...

won the toss and chose to field, and Derbyshire's Australian opener Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

then hit an 80-ball century with twelve fours and a six. In the end, he was out for 116 off 90 balls, but when everyone else hit at nearly a run a ball and Kent could only take three wickets, Derbyshire made a total 304 for 3. Kent had Andrew Hall

Andrew Hall

Andrew James Hall is a South African cricketer and a former member of the South African cricket team . He is an all-rounder who bowls fast-medium pace, and has been used as both an opening batsman and in the lower order. Prior to making it on the South African first class cricket scene he played...

, who made 61 from the top of the order, but despite quick late order hitting from Justin Kemp

Justin Kemp

Justin Miles Kemp is a South African cricketer who has played Test and ODI cricket for South Africa since the 2000–01 season. Kemp is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast medium bowler. His batting is noted for the high frequency of sixes, particularly those which are hit out of the stadium...

(27) and Amjad Khan

Amjad Khan (cricketer)

Amjad Khan is an English Test cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He plays for Sussex.-Career:...

(33), Kent ended all out for 214, 91 runs short with 38 balls remaining.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Tour Match: Derbyshire v Bangladeshis (10 June)

Derbyshire beat the Bangladeshis by six wickets

Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

beat the Bangladeshis

Bangladeshi cricket team

with more than 10 overs to spare in a day-night match at Derby

Derby

Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...

. The Bangladeshis won the toss and chose to bat first against a Derbyshire side that had made two changes from the National League game with Kent - the injured Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

and Tim Lungley was left out for Nick Walker

Nick Walker (cricketer)

Nick Walker is a former English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who has played for Leicestershire since 2006....

and Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch

. When Javed Omar

Javed Omar

Mohammad Javed Omar Belim is a Bangladeshi cricketer who has played Tests and ODI cricket since 1995.On his Test debut in April 2001, he carried his bat for 85 not out becoming only the third player in history to achieve this on debut. The 29 year old opener has gained a reputation for being able...

, Nafees Iqbal

Nafees Iqbal

Mohammad Nafees Iqbal Khan , better known as Nafees Iqbal, is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman, and a right-arm medium pace bowler...

and Rajin Saleh

Rajin Saleh

Khondokar Mohammad Rajin Saleh Alam is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He was the twelfth man of the inaugural Test that Bangladesh played against India on November 10, 2000. He then spent three years out of the national squad. He made his Test debut against Pakistan in 2003 when they made a trip to...

were out in single figures the tourists fell to 19 for 3. Tushar Imran

Tushar Imran

Sheikh Tushar Imran is a cricketer from Bangladesh who has represented his country in 4 Test matches and 37 One Day International...

and Habibul Bashar

Habibul Bashar

Qazi Habibul Bashar is a Bangladeshi cricketer, and the former captain of the Bangladeshi cricket team. Under the managership of Davenell Frederick 'Dav' Whatmore, he has been found to be the most successful captain to lead the Bangladesh team to overcome several milestones. The first test...

then put on 80 for the fourth wicket, a partnership that included two sixes from Tushar Imran, but the Bangladeshis could not stretch any partnership past 30 following that, and they were all out for 189 with 3.5 overs to spare. Bangladesh's bowling, which had taken six wickets in the two Tests

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

with England, took four wickets in Derbyshire's innings - including Walker, who had been promoted to opener with a List A average of 10.10 - but Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

's 72 helped the hosts home with 11.5 overs and six wickets to spare. (Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Durham v Derbyshire (13 June)

Durham (4pts) beat Derbyshire (0pts) by five wickets

Derbyshire Phantoms

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

posted their lowest score of the season with 82 all out after being put in to bowl at the Riverside Ground

Riverside Ground

The Riverside Ground, officially called the Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground, is a cricket venue in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England. It is home to Durham County Cricket Club....

, and Durham Dynamos

Durham County Cricket Club

took their fifth victory in eight matches in the National League

National League (cricket)

The NatWest Pro40 League was a one-day cricket league for first-class cricket counties in England and Wales. It was inaugurated in 1999, but was essentially the old Sunday League retitled to reflect the fact that large numbers of matches were played on days other than Sunday.-Sunday League:The...

. Dale Benkenstein

Dale Benkenstein

-External links:****...

took four for 17, including two wickets in his first over, and Australian Ashley Noffke

Ashley Noffke

Ashley Allan Noffke is an Australian cricketer who currently plays for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League . He previously played cricket for Queensland and Western Australia...

showed good bowling form with three for 16 and three maidens in seven overs. Durham's first four wickets fell for 36, with Kevin Dean

Kevin Dean (cricketer)

grabbing two, but Gordon Muchall

Gordon Muchall

Gordon Muchall is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right arm medium pace bowler. He has played for Durham for the entire duration of his career....

(26 off 61 balls) and Gary Pratt

Gary Pratt

Gary Joseph Pratt is an English cricketer and a footballer. He is primarily a left-handed batsman but also bowls right-arm off breaks...

(23 off 48) added 40 for the fifth wicket to send Durham to a five-wicket win with just under 10 overs to spare.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

County Championship: Derbyshire v Lancashire (15-17 June)

Lancashire (18pts) beat Derbyshire (3pts) by one wicket

In a low-scoring match which came down to the last wicket at The County Ground, Derby, Dominic Cork

Dominic Cork

Dominic Gerald Cork is a former English cricketer. Cork is a right-handed lower-order batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium, and is renowned for his swing and seam control. Making his début in first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1990, he was selected to play for England in 1992, aged 21. He...

had the pleasure of beating his old county, as Derbyshire failed to break their duck of wins that had been going since July 2004

2004 English cricket season

The 2004 English cricket season saw the English cricket team record a 4-0 Test series whitewash over the West Indies. Their one-day form was poor, however. In the Natwest Trophy, they failed to make the final, which saw New Zealand defeat the West Indies by 107 runs. And in the Natwest Challenge,...

. Winning the toss and batting, Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

saw Australian Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

and Ben France

Ben France

joined up for an opening stand of 56 - the second highest partnership of the match. Then, Glen Chapple

Glen Chapple

Glen Chapple is an English cricketer. He is an all-rounder, and represented the national team in a One Day International, as well as performing well for Lancashire over many years. He bowls right-arm fast-medium, and is a right-handed batsman...

dug out both openers, as Derbyshire lost the next three wickets for 15. Chapple had bowling figures

Bowling analysis

of 19-10-29-3, as his spell had the lowest economy rate in the match. However, it was Cork who got the most wickets, after taking the last three of the innings to finish with four for 40 and send Derbyshire off for 191. Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

lost two wickets for 12 runs in reply, and despite 37 from Brad Hodge

Brad Hodge

Bradley John Hodge is an Australian and Victorian cricketer. He attended St Bede's College in Mentone, Victoria. He is a right hand batsman who bats in the middle order, as well as a part time right arm off spin bowler....

they were at 128 for 6, but Cork's 64 from number eight in the batting order - the highest innings of the match - along with 24 from Muttiah Muralitharan

Muttiah Muralitharan

Muttiah Muralitharan , often referred to as Murali, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who was rated the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002...

- took Lancashire to a 50-run lead. Muralitharan then bowled 27 consecutive second-innings overs, taking six for 50 as Derbyshire made 185, setting a target of 136 to win. Iain Sutcliffe

Iain Sutcliffe

Iain John Sutcliffe is a former English cricketer who played for the cricket teams of Oxford University, Combined Universities, Leicestershire, British Universities and Lancashire. He played as a left-handed batsman, primarily as an opener in four-day cricket, and as a very occasional spin bowler...

and Mal Loye

Mal Loye

added 53 for Lancashire's second wicket, but they then lost seven men for sub-12 scores and fell to 131 for 9. However, Sutcliffe was not stirred as he completed his innings of 62 not out, adding the required five runs with Muralitharan.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Derbyshire v Scotland (19 June)

Derbyshire (2pts) tied with Scotland (2pts)

The first - and only - tie of the National League season was played out at The County Ground, Derby between Derbyshire Phantoms

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

and Scottish Saltires. The hosts won the toss and batted, and with the help of a century

Century (cricket)

from Australian import Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

they ended up with a final total of 220 for 8 - along with 33 not out from Andre Botha

Andre Botha (cricketer)

Andre Cornelius Botha is a former South African-born Irish cricketer. He played 55 times in all for Ireland, including the 2005 ICC Trophy and the European Championship in 2004 and 2006...

. Five batsmen were out in single figures, however. Kevin Dean

Kevin Dean (cricketer)

took three early wickets to reduce the Scots to 31 for 3, but Douglas Lockhart

Douglas Lockhart

Douglas Ross Lockhart is a Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.He has played well over 100 times for the Scotland national team, making his debut in a match against the MCC on 23 August 1995...

made his highest career score with 88 not out to set Scotland back on track. On the last ball, Scotland needed two runs to win with South African-born number 11 Dewald Nel

Dewald Nel

Johan Dewald Nel is a South African-born Scottish cricketer. He is a primarily a right-arm fast-medium bowler, who also bats right-handed....

on strike - he could only scamper a single, and the teams shared the spoils.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Twenty20 Cup - Group Stage

For Derbyshire, the Twenty20 Cup began with two victories over Durham and Leicestershire, as both teams were defeated by chasing totals less than 140. They never managed any sustained streak of results, though, and they required a win against Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

and that Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

did not beat Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

if they were to proceed to the quarter-finals. Both happened, and Derbyshire went through to the quarter-final - where they would meet Lancashire for the fourth time in a month, having lost all three previous encounters.

Derbyshire v Durham (22 June)

Derbyshire (2pts) beat Durham (0pts) by six wickets

Durham Dynamos had lost two of 17 League and Championship games before they entered the Twenty20 game, while Derbyshire Phantoms had won two from 14. Nevertheless, the Phantoms recorded a victory with fourteen balls to spare against a Durham team lacking batsmen Paul Collingwood

Paul Collingwood

and Michael Hussey

Michael Hussey

Michael Edward Killeen Hussey is an Australian cricketer, a left-handed specialist batsman. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname Mr Cricket. Hussey was a relative latecomer to both the one-day international and Test Australian teams, debuting at 28 and 30 years of age in the respective...

. Batting first, Durham made 130 for 7, Kevin Dean

Kevin Dean (cricketer)

taking two for 20 and Andre Botha two for 16, both from a full quota of four overs. Gordon Muchall

Gordon Muchall

Gordon Muchall is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right arm medium pace bowler. He has played for Durham for the entire duration of his career....

was the only batsman to pass 20 for the Dynamos. In reply, James Bryant

James Bryant (cricketer)

top-scored with 53 not out off 46 balls, Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

slashed eight boundaries in his 46, and two fours and a two from Botha sent them to 134 for 4 with 14 balls to spare with only Nathan Astle

Nathan Astle

Nathan John Astle is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was an attacking batsman who liked to play batting shots such as the cover drive and the pull shot. He also scored the world's fastest Test double century in terms of balls faced. This remarkable innings of 222 was scored in just 168 balls...

conceding less than six an over, taking two for 14.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Derbyshire v Leicestershire (24 June)

Derbyshire (2pts) beat Leicestershire (0pts) by seven wickets (D/L method)

Derbyshire Phantoms

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

beat last year's champions Leicestershire Foxes

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

at The County Ground, Derby to be the only side with two victories in the North Division of the Twenty20 Cup. Leicestershire lost their first two wickets for 15, and after HD Ackerman and Joe Sadler had added 54, the Leicestershire batsmen were removed Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter (cricketer)

Ian David Hunter is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

(three for 32), Ant Botha

Ant Botha

(two for 19) and Andy Gray

Andy Gray (cricketer)

Andy Gray is an Australian first-class cricketer, born to English parents. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler...

(two for 21). Leicestershire's last man, Claude Henderson

Claude Henderson

Claude William Henderson is a South African cricketer who bowls left-arm spin and played in seven Tests and four ODIs from 2001 to 2002...

, was caught on the last ball, and his team all out for 137. Derbyshire's reply was shortened by rain, and they only got 14 overs to hit 103, and two wickets from David Masters

David Masters

David Masters is an English cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Kent, Leicestershire and Essex.David is a very accurate seam bowler who bowls at speeds around 75–80 miles per hour...

set them back to 44 for 3. However, 42 from Luke Sutton

Luke Sutton

Luke David Sutton is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket....

in a 61-run stand with Botha ensured that Derbyshire made it to the target with seven balls to spare.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Yorkshire v Derbyshire (28 June)

Yorkshire (2pts) beat Derbyshire (0pts) by six wickets

The game at Headingley

Headingley Stadium

Headingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley in West Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, rugby league team Leeds Rhinos and rugby union team Leeds Carnegie ....

saw both sides score at run-rates in excess of 9. Derbyshire Phantoms batted first, with Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

notching up 83 off 44 balls, and England Test

Test cricket

bowler Matthew Hoggard

Matthew Hoggard

Matthew James Hoggard MBE is an English cricketer. The 6' 2" Hoggard is a right arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman. He played international cricket for England cricket team from 2000-2008, playing both Test cricket and One Day International cricket. He is currently the captain of...

was hit for 45 runs in three overs. Tim Bresnan

Tim Bresnan

Timothy 'Tim' Thomas Bresnan is an English cricketer. He is a fast-medium bowler, as well as being respected for his ability with the bat for Yorkshire. He normally fields in the deep. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2002 and 2003. In June 2006 he was called up to the England One Day...

, however, doubled his wicket count in the short format this season, as he took three for 26 in four overs. In reply, Yorkshire Phoenix reaped the benefits of a 124-run partnership between Australians Ian Harvey

Ian Harvey

Ian Joseph Harvey is an Australian cricketer. He is an all-rounder. He was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2004.-Australian career:...

(who made 109, the first Twenty20 century of the season) and Phil Jaques

Phil Jaques

Philip Anthony Jaques is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman who has played first-class cricket for New South Wales, Northamptonshire, Yorkshire and Worcestershire, as well as international cricket for Australia...

. Michael Lumb

Michael John Lumb

Michael John Lumb is a South African-born English cricketer who currently plays for Nottinghamshire and England in Twenty20 International cricket...

and Bresnan then kept the run rate up, and Yorkshire reached 198 for 4 with an over left in the game to clinch victory.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Lancashire v Derbyshire (29 June)

Lancashire (2pts) beat Derbyshire (0pts) by 66 runs

Brad Hodge

Brad Hodge

and 23 wides gave Lancashire Lightning

Lancashire County Cricket Club

a total of 164 for 8 against Derbyshire Phantoms, despite Kevin Dean

Kevin Dean (cricketer)

's spell of one for 16 from four overs. Hodge made 44 off 34 balls, and Dominic Cork

Dominic Cork

- promoted to five - made 28, the only ones to pass 20 for Lancashire. Hodge, who then came on as fourth change bowler, took four wickets for 17 runs to help bowl Derbyshire out for 98.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire (1 July)

Derbyshire (2pts) beat Nottinghamshire (0pts) by four wickets

Derbyshire Phantoms needed to win to have a chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals - and did it, in a last-over finish. Nottinghamshire Outlaws batted first, and Will Smith

Will Smith (cricketer)

Will Smith is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler.Smith originally played for Harrold CC and Bedford School . He played minor county cricket for Bedfordshire as a schoolboy, until he moved to Nottinghamshire in 2002...

and Chris Read

Chris Read

Christopher Mark Wells Read is an English cricketer, a wicket-keeper who is the captain of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club...

made 51 and 44 not out respectively. The two where the only two Nottinghamshire batsmen to pass 20, and their contributions lifted the hosts to 147 for 8. Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

and Luke Sutton

Luke Sutton

Luke David Sutton is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket....

took Derbyshire to 92 for 1 before Mark Ealham

Mark Ealham

Mark Alan Ealham is a retired English cricketer, who played domestic cricket for Kent C.C.C. and Nottinghamshire C.C.C.. He is an all-rounder and is a former England international at both Test and one-day cricket....

and Samit Patel

Samit Patel

Samit Rohit Patel is an English cricketer of Indian descent. He plays first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. He made his One Day International debut for England in August 2008, and three years later played his first Twenty20 International in 2011.-Early and personal...

chipped away at Derbyshire's batting. Four of Nottinghamshire's bowlers conceded less than 7 an over - which would have been good enough. However, Greg Smith conceded 40 runs, captain Sutton anchored the chase with 61 not out in 54 balls as Derbyshire won with two balls to spare.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Derbyshire v Lancashire (4 July)

Lancashire (2pts) beat Derbyshire (0pts) by 50 runs (D/L method
Duckworth-Lewis method
In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance...

)

Half-centuries from Stuart Law

Stuart Law

(67) and Brad Hodge

Brad Hodge

(90 not out) helped Lancashire Lightning to 205 for 2 at The County Ground, Derby, with medium-pacer Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter (cricketer)

Ian David Hunter is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

taking both wickets. Law and Hodge shared a 154-run stand for the second wicket. Two wickets from Lancashire's opening bowler, England

English cricket team

The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...

ODI player James Anderson

James Anderson (cricketer)

, pegged Derbyshire Phantoms back to 16 for 2, and Brad Hodge

Brad Hodge

took four for 27 - his second Twenty20 four-wicket-haul of the season - to reduce Derbyshire to 106 for 7, before rain intervened with 5.3 overs left in the game. The rain never relented, and it was calculated that Derbyshire's par score was 156, thus Lancashire took a 50-run victory. The victory meant that Lancashire qualified for the quarter-finals with one game to spare.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Leicestershire v Derbyshire (5 July)

Match abandoned; Leicestershire (1pt), Derbyshire (1pt)

No play was possible at Grace Road

Grace Road

Grace Road is a cricket ground, in Leicester, England, home to Leicestershire County Cricket Club.-History:The land which Grace Road is built on was bought by Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 1877 from the then Duke of Rutland and spent the massive sum of £40,000 on developing a cricket club,...

due to rain, but Leicestershire Foxes moved one step closer to the second place that guaranteed a quarter-final - the no-result meant that they were still two points ahead of Derbyshire Phantoms in third place, and dominating on net run rate

Run rate

.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire (6 July)

Derbyshire (2pts) beat Nottinghamshire (0pts) by nine wickets

Nottinghamshire Outlaws were limited to 139 for 5 by economical Derbyshire Phantoms bowling - which allowed them to take singles and not much more at Derby. Only ten boundaries were hit during Nottinghamshire's innings, all in fours, and Chris Read

Chris Read

Christopher Mark Wells Read is an English cricketer, a wicket-keeper who is the captain of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club...

- who had a Twenty20 strike rate

Strike rate

Strike rate refers to two different statistics in the sport of cricket. Batting strike rate is a measure of how frequently a batsman achieves the primary goal of batting, namely scoring runs. Bowling strike rate is a measure of how frequently a bowler achieves the primary goal of bowling, namely...

of 129.12 during the season - was limited to 29 off 31 balls. The Derbyshire reply was spearheaded by Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

who made an unbeaten 77 and added 92 with Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

for the second wicket. Derbyshire passed their target with nine wickets and 20 balls in hand, and the victory gave them a quarter-final berth.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

July

Back in the league competitions, Derbyshire lost to Warwickshire in the National League, but they got a win on the next week-end as they beat Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

at the Oval

The Oval

The Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...

. The following day, Lancashire beat them for the fourth time in a month, a 17-run loss which saw them knocked out of the Twenty20 Cup

Twenty20 Cup

The Twenty20 Cup was a cricket competition for English and Welsh county clubs.In 2010, it has been replaced by Friends Provident t20 as the domestic Twenty20 competition.-History:...

. Two days later, they lost a floodlit League match to Durham by six wickets, before drawing with the same team in the Championship to remain rock-bottom. Their next match was also a draw, a Championship game against Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

National League: Warwickshire v Derbyshire (9 July)

Warwickshire (4pts) beat Derbyshire (0pts) by five wickets

Warwickshire Bears took a five-wicket win in the last over at Edgbaston

Edgbaston Cricket Ground

Edgbaston Cricket Ground, also known as the County Ground or Edgbaston Stadium, is a cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England...

thanks to good bowling and a quickfire innings from wicket-keeper Trevor Penney

Trevor Penney

Trevor Lionel Penney is a former cricketer who played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club, noted particularly for his fielding...

. Derbyshire Phantoms batted first, losing wickets regularly, as no partnership reached 50, and only Steve Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

making over 25 with his 108-ball 69. Neil Carter took three for 28, and got the best bowling figures, and four of six Warwickshire bowlers took wickets as Derbyshire posted 201 for 9. Wickets from Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

- who ended with three for 32 - helped set them back to 117 for 4 and 167 for 5, but Jonathan Trott

Jonathan Trott

Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott is a South African-born England Test cricketer. Domestically, he plays for Warwickshire and he has also played in South Africa and New Zealand...

and Trevor Penney

Trevor Penney

Trevor Lionel Penney is a former cricketer who played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club, noted particularly for his fielding...

added 38 for the sixth wicket, and Warwickshire passed the target with five balls to spare.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

National League: Surrey v Derbyshire (17 July)

Derbyshire (4pts) beat Surrey (0pts) by five wickets

Surrey Lions made 260 for 8 at the Oval

The Oval

, and still lost. The men from batting from one to four all passed 35, but no one made fifty, and a quickfire 29 from spinner Nayan Doshi

Nayan Doshi

Nayan Dilip Doshi is an English cricketer, who was released by Derbyshire. He is the son of Dilip Doshi, who is a former Indian Test bowler...

which led to a defendable total of 260 for 8. However, Steve Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

and Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

took 27 boundaries together, including two sixes from Stubbings, and the boundaries were worth 112 of the two's 196 runs. To add to that, Surrey bowled 24 extras

Extra (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, an extra is a run scored by a means other than a batsman hitting the ball.Other than runs scored off the bat from a no ball, a batsman is not given credit for extras and the extras are tallied separately on the scorecard and count only towards the team's score...

, so the stand between di Venuto and Stubbings had yielded 217 runs before Mohammad Akram

Mohammad Akram

Mohammad Akram is a Pakistani right arm fast-medium bowler in cricket, he plays for Surrey County Cricket Club. He played in 9 Test matches and 23 One Day International matches for Pakistan between 1995–1996 and 2000-2001.He is 6'2 tall and Akram is nicknamed Haji...

broke through their defences, as both were dismissed two runs short of a century. Their number three, Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

made 22 not out to guide Derbyshire Phantoms

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

to a total of 264 for 5 with nearly six overs remaining.
(Cricinfo scorecard)

Twenty20 Cup Quarter-Final: Lancashire v Derbyshire (18 July)

Lancashire beat Derbyshire by 17 runs to progress to the Semi-Finals of the Twenty20 Cup

Partly due to Mal Loye

Mal Loye

's boundary-filled 73, off just 32 balls, Derbyshire Phantoms conceded 189 runs in their game with Lancashire Lightning at Old Trafford

Old Trafford (cricket)

. After Loye was dismissed, Lancashire tried to employ pinch hitters

Pinch hitter (cricket)

In cricket, pinch hitter is the usual term for a batsman promoted up the batting order in order to score quick runs. As attempting to score runs quickly involves playing more aggressive shots and thus an increased likelihood of being dismissed, it is generally considered unwise for a top-order...

such as Dominic Cork

Dominic Cork

and Glen Chapple

Glen Chapple

to get the runs flowing quickly, who hit at just over a run a ball - but still below the average run rate for the innings. Derbyshire made it to 121 for 3 despite Gary Keedy

Gary Keedy

taking the wickets of Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

and Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

early on, but Keedy dug out another wicket, and that set the doors in the Old Trafford pavilion in motion. Derbyshire lost five wickets for 18 runs, part-time off-spinner Andrew Crook

Andrew Crook

Andrew Richard Crook is an Australian cricketer who has played first-class cricket for South Australia, Lancashire and Northamptonshire. He is an all-rounder, bowling off spin. He is the brother of English county player Steven Crook.-References:...

joining in with Keedy to grab two for 35. Derbyshire needed some big hits from the specialist bowlers in the end, and despite four boundaries and 25 from Tim Lungley they were bowled out for 172 with three balls remaining, James Anderson

James Anderson (cricketer)

getting the honour of taking the last wicket.
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National League: Derbyshire v Durham (20 July)

Durham (4pts) beat Derbyshire (0pts) by six wickets

Derbyshire Phantoms were set back initially by three wickets from 22-year-old Graham Onions

Graham Onions

Graham Onions is an English cricketer. He plays for Durham and England as a right arm fast-medium bowler and a right-hand tail-end batsman. After a successful start to the 2009 cricket season, Onions was selected to face the West Indies in Test cricket, and following success in the series, was...

and that prevented them running away to a score higher than their eventual 223 for 8. Travis Friend

Travis Friend

made 52 and Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch

only taking 24 balls for his unbeaten 37. After opener Nicky Peng

Nicky Peng

Nicky Peng is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler....

had been dismissed for 15 off 29 balls, Durham Dynamos were guided to the target by 97 from Michael Hussey

Michael Hussey

and 70 from Gordon Muchall

Gordon Muchall

Gordon Muchall is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right arm medium pace bowler. He has played for Durham for the entire duration of his career....

. An extra

Extra (cricket)

won them the game with eight balls to spare. Four Derbyshire bowlers got one wicket each, but all at a cost of more than 28 runs.
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County Championship: Derbyshire v Durham (21-24 July)

Durham (11pts) drew with Derbyshire (7pts)

Paul Collingwood

Paul Collingwood

made a first-innings 190 - 52% of the Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

total - on his return to County Championship cricket following his stint with the England ODI team in the NatWest Series. However, Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

's second highest score of the season, and rain cutting off about 80 overs of the match, resulted in the match in a draw. The hosts had taken three early Durham wickets for 59 after being put in the field, but Collingwood and skipper Dale Benkenstein

Dale Benkenstein

-External links:****...

lifted Durham with a 250-run partnership - to 309 for 4. However, Derbyshire did get some kind of revenge - five wickets fell for nine runs by the end of the day, as Durham were 363 for 9 at stumps, and only eight runs were taken before the last wicket fell on the second day. Durham took wickets as well, though, as Mark Davies got three wickets for four runs, including Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

for 32, and Liam Plunkett

Liam Plunkett

Liam Edward Plunkett is an English cricketer, who plays for Durham and England. In the 2005 season he was Durham's leading first-class wicket-taker, with 51 wickets at a bowling average of 30.84, including eight for 88 in his first game of the season against Leicestershire.-Test cricket:Plunkett...

also took three wickets as Derbyshire made 161 in 41.1 overs

Over (cricket)

.

Asked to follow on, di Venuto took 113 balls for his second-innings century, but batted more slowly after that as Derbyshire began to build a lead with a 252-run stand between di Venuto and Hassan Adnan

Hassan Adnan

Mohammad Hassan Adnan is a Pakistani cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Islamabad, Water and Power Development Authority, Gujranwala, Derbyshire and Lahore....

. A brief spurt of wickets, initiated by di Venuto departing for 203, saw Durham lose four men for six runs to go to 360 for 6, but Travis Friend

Travis Friend

and Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch

made 135 in a seventh-wicket partnership as Derbyshire set a target of 330. After Durham had batted out 36 of their 66 overs, scoring 93 runs and losing two wickets to spinner Ant Botha

Ant Botha

, play was stopped and the match declared a draw due to poor weather conditions.
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County Championship: Yorkshire v Derbyshire (26-29 July)

Yorkshire (12pts) drew with Derbyshire (11pts)

Phil Jaques

Phil Jaques

and Anthony McGrath

Anthony McGrath

Anthony McGrath is an English first-class cricketer, who plays county cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman and bowls part-time right-arm medium pace and has twice captained Yorkshire, in the 2003 and 2009 seasons.-England:McGrath made his Test match debut for...

lifted Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

to a total of 570 with a third-wicket partnership of 310, 13 off the county record set in 1928

1928 English cricket season

The 1928 English cricket season was notable for the first Test series in England by a West Indies team.-Honours:*County Championship - Lancashire*Minor Counties Championship - Berkshire...

. Jaques totalled 219, Yorkshire's highest score of the season, while Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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spinners Ant Botha

Ant Botha

and Andy Gray

Andy Gray (cricketer)

Andy Gray is an Australian first-class cricketer, born to English parents. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler...

got three wickets each towards the end. Former England all-rounder Craig White

Craig White

Craig White is an English former first-class cricketer, and latterly cricket coach.-Life and career:...

was left stranded on 67 not out with the lower-order making insignificant contributions. However, Chris Silverwood

Chris Silverwood

Christopher Eric Wilfred Silverwood is an English first-class cricketer.Educated at Garforth Comprehensive School in Leeds, as a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler Silverwood made his debut for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1993...

and Richard Dawson

Richard Dawson (cricketer)

Richard Kevin James Dawson is an English first-class cricketer, who plays primarily as an off-spinner....

chipped away at the Derbyshire batting line-up, taking three wickets each - but still, seven Derbyshire batsmen passed 30, and Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

(79) and Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

(52) making half-centuries in an innings that lasted for nearly two days due to the third day's play being rained off. Derbyshire followed on after making a total of 350, and despite Deon Kruis

Deon Kruis

Gideon Jacobus Kruis , popularly known as Deon Kruis, is a South African first-class cricketer who played in England with Yorkshire County Cricket Club for five seasons from 2004 to 2009...

snaring two early wickets in the follow on, Derbyshire survived 60 last-day overs to make 173 for 5 at the end of day four and secure a draw.
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August

August was a contrasting month for Derbyshire - their three Championship matches all ended in losses, against Somerset

Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...

(by five runs), Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

and Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

. Just like in the previous encounter with Essex, Derbyshire racked up a first-innings lead, but this time they lost. However, despite the poor Championship form, they won all four National League matches - against Somerset, league leaders Sussex Sharks, Scottish Saltires and finally Yorkshire Phoenix to be two points off the promotion spot at the end of August.

National League: Derbyshire v Somerset (3 August)

Derbyshire (4pts) beat Somerset (0pts) by 15 runs

Derbyshire Phantoms jumped into fifth in the National League table thanks to their win over Somerset Sabres, who conceded more than 260 in 45 overs for the second time in that week. Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

hit 11 fours on his way to 87, and despite two maiden overs from Andrew Caddick

Andrew Caddick

Andrew Richard Caddick is a retired cricketer who played for England as a fast-medium bowler. At 6 ft 5in, Caddick was a successful bowler for England for a decade, taking 13 five-wicket hauls in Test matches...

, Derbyshire made 277 for 5. Wicket-keeper

Wicket-keeper

The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...

Carl Gazzard

Carl Gazzard is a former English cricketer who played for Somerset. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.He made his debut for Cornwall in 1998 and was their regular wicket-keeper in 1998 and 1999...

and Malaysian Arul Suppiah

Arul Suppiah

Arul Vivasvan Suppiah is an English/Malaysian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he has played for the Malaysia national cricket team since 1999, and currently plays county cricket in England for Somerset....

added 125 for the second wicket for Somerset, but the off break

Off break

Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners....

s of Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

and Andy Gray

Andy Gray (cricketer)

Andy Gray is an Australian first-class cricketer, born to English parents. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler...

yielded seven wickets. That, along with a run out

Run out

, saw Somerset to 241 for 9 before William Durston made 24 not out off 18 balls to see Somerset to the end of 45 overs - still 16 runs short of victory.
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County Championship: Derbyshire v Somerset (4-7 August)

Somerset (21pts) beat Derbyshire (7pts) by five runs

Arul Suppiah

Arul Suppiah

, James Hildreth

James Hildreth

James Charles Hildreth is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club. He attended Millfield School, Somerset. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. Hildreth represented England at all youth levels including the 2003-04 Under-19 World cup...

and Wesley Durston hit 49 boundaries as Somerset

Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...

posted a first-innings total of 460 in a close match against Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

. Suppiah passed fifty for the first time in his first-class career with a five-hour 123, while Durston was stranded on 146 not out - his only century of the season. Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch

took four for 82 to get the best bowling figures for Derbyshire. However, Derbyshire's tactic of slow attrition worked well against Somerset's frontline bowlers Andy Caddick and Ian Blackwell

Ian Blackwell

Ian David Blackwell is an English cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spinner and powerful middle-order batsman, he has played for England in one-day and Test sides, and plays county cricket for Durham, having left Somerset at the end of the 2008 season.-Career:Blackwell was called up for the England...

. They made 438, in a total of 149 overs, before declaring with eight men down - four Derbyshire batsmen making fifties, Ant Botha

Ant Botha

top-scoring with 91, while 40 overs from Caddick yielded four for 102. Botha added 170 in an eighth-wicket partnership with Welch. Somerset then made 61 in 32 third-day overs, building a lead of 83 with nine wickets in hand.

After a third day with 281 runs and four wickets, the fourth day yielded 426 runs and enough wickets fell to get a result. Blackwell

Ian Blackwell

hit 88 not out in 85 balls as Somerset added 184 in the first fifty overs of the day before declaring, which set Derbyshire 268 to win in 50 overs - a one-day chase. Derbyshire attempted the chase, Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

hitting 106 off 88 balls and adding runs with Luke Sutton

Luke Sutton

Luke David Sutton is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket....

(19), Steve Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

(55) and Hassan Adnan

Hassan Adnan

Mohammad Hassan Adnan is a Pakistani cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Islamabad, Water and Power Development Authority, Gujranwala, Derbyshire and Lahore....

(48), as Derbyshire made their way to 247 for 4. However, two run-outs and two wickets each for Blackwell and Caddick saw Derbyshire lose their last six men for 15 runs, and Somerset t a five-run win.
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County Championship: Northamptonshire v Derbyshire (10-13 August)

Northamptonshire (17pts) beat Derbyshire (4pts) by 182 runs

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

won the match at The County Ground, Northampton after making a total of 140 in the first innings. Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

's medium-pacer Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter (cricketer)

Ian David Hunter is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

took four for 50 to get the best figures for Derbyshire, dismissing three Northamptonshire batsmen in single figures. Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch

chipped in by conceding 21 runs in ten overs and claiming three scalps. Steve Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

and Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

then shared an opening partnership

Partnership (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, two batsmen always bat in partnership, although only one is on strike at any time. The partnership between two batsmen will come to an end when one of them is dismissed or retires, or the innings comes to a close In the sport of cricket, two batsmen always bat in...

of 81, but two wickets from Johann Louw

Johann Louw

evened out the game somewhat, and Monty Panesar

Monty Panesar

Mudhsuden Singh Panesar, known as Monty Panesar , is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex. A left-arm spinner, Panesar played Test and one-day cricket for England until 2009. In English county cricket he played for Northamptonshire until 2009...

wrapped up Derbyshire's innings with three wickets on the second day, as Derbyshire were bowled out for 219.

After Welch's bowling had yielded two early catches to see Northamptonshire to 43 for 2, Australian Martin Love

Martin Love

Martin Lloyd Love is a former Australian cricketer who played in five Tests from 2002 to 2003. He was a right-handed batsman....

took centre stage. He hit 34 fours in 177 - an innings lasting from lunch on day two until the morning session on day three, and with a higher amount of runs than the entire Northamptonshire first innings total. Usman Afzaal

Usman Afzaal

Usman Afzaal is a Pakistani-born cricketer who has played three Test matches for England, all against Australia in 2001. He is a left-handed middle order batsman and occasional left arm slow bowler....

added 59 from number four as well, and half-centuries from David Sales

David Sales

David John Grimwood Sales is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Northamptonshire, England A and Wellington.-Domestic career:...

and Riki Wessels

Riki Wessels

Mattheus Hendrik Wessels, also known as Riki Wessels, is an Australian cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Marylebone Cricket Club and Northamptonshire...

, ensured that Northamptonshire could declare with a lead of 388, giving themselves five sessions to win the game. Welch got no further wicket, but conceded 63 runs, while spinner Andy Gray

Andy Gray (cricketer)

Andy Gray is an Australian first-class cricketer, born to English parents. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler...

got two wickets but at a cost of 65 runs per wicket. The weather forecast for the final day, however, had predicted rain, so Northamptonshire wanted to get wickets early. Spinners

Spin bowling

Jason Brown

Jason Brown (cricketer)

Jason Fred Brown is a cricketer who has previously played for Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, England A and Staffordshire.-Career:...

and Monty Panesar

Monty Panesar

shared nine wickets on the third day, while Derbyshire made 204 from 99 overs (di Venuto and Welch both scoring 47), but Australian Damien Wright

Damien Wright

Damien Geoffrey Wright is an Australian cricketer, who plays for the Victorian Bushrangers and Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Wright made his first-class debut for Tasmania in 1997. In 2002 he played in the Scottish cricket team as their one permitted overseas player—he also had...

wrapped up the innings by having Hunter bowled

Bowled

two balls into the fourth morning.
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National League: Derbyshire v Sussex (14 August)

Derbyshire (4pts) beat Sussex (0pts) by three runs

Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

made 129 not out, his third one-day century this season, to lift Derbyshire Phantoms

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

to a final score of 232 for 3, which would turn out to be just enough to win the game. Sussex Sharks

Sussex County Cricket Club

were looking to win and open a gap at the top of the league, and with ten runs needed, the Sharks had three wickets in hand and at least two overs remaining. However, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan is a cricketer who plays for the Pakistani Test and One Day International teams...

holed out a catch to Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

, Mushtaq Ahmed

Mushtaq Ahmed

Mushtaq Ahmed is a retired Pakistani cricketer who specialised as a leg spin bowler. He was known for his hard-to-pick googly. He memorably trapped Graeme Hick in front with one during the 1992 World Cup final. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997...

could add no run from three balls, and in the end, James Kirtley

James Kirtley

Robert James Kirtley is a former English Test cricketer, who was born on the 10 January 1975 in Eastbourne in the county of Sussex. He is a right arm fast to medium bowler and a right hand batsman. After prep school at St.Andrews School, Eastbourne, he was educated at Clifton College.-First ODI:His...

was bowled

Bowled

by Moss on the last ball, with Kirtley needing to hit a boundary to win the game.
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County Championship: Derbyshire v Essex (16-19 August)

Essex (19pts) beat Derbyshire (6pts) by five wickets

Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

came back from a 120-run first innings deficit, after Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

had used a day and a half for their first innings at The County Ground, Derby. Derbyshire struck runs at a rate of 2.75 an over, but four batsmen still made fifties, and especially Luke Sutton

Luke Sutton

Luke David Sutton is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket....

took his time at the crease. His 88 took five hours, and he faced 241 deliveries. However, Derbyshire's tactic of attrition seemed to work - after making 426, all while Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria

Danish Prabha Shanker Kaneria is a Pakistani cricketer . Danish Kaneria has continued the tradition of great Pakistani leg spin bowlers and possesses a very well disguised googly...

was bowling (the Pakistani leg spinner

Leg break

A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of...

bowled 60.1 overs

Over (cricket)

, taking six for 111), Derbyshire immediately got breakthroughs with the ball. Essex were 18 for 3 before the Flower brothers - Grant

Grant Flower

Grant William Flower is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is rated among the best Zimbabwean cricketers in history for his handy left arm spin and fine batting skills. He was a fitness fanatic who spends hours in the gym, and was also regarded as a brilliant fielder who was usually seen in the gully...

and Andy

Andy Flower

Andrew "Andy" Flower OBE is a former international cricketer for Zimbabwe and is currently the England coach.-Playing career:...

- put on 60 for the fourth wicket to help close the gap. By stumps, Essex were 113 for 4 from 50 overs.

After run rates of just above 2.5 on the first two days, the third day gave the spectators nearly 400 runs while eighteen wickets fell. Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch

took two wickets in consecutive deliveries in the early stages, as Essex were 128 for 6, but Ronnie Irani

Ronnie Irani

made a four-hour 99 and also had support from James Middlebrook

James Middlebrook

James Middlebrook is an English first-class cricketer, currently playing for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. He is an all-rounder, who bats right-handed and bowls off spin.-Career:...

(42) and Darren Gough

Darren Gough

Darren Gough is a retired English cricketer and former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The spearhead of England's bowling attack through much of the 1990s, he is England's highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals with 234, and took 229 wickets in his 58 Test matches, making him...

- the latter registering 51 off just 38 deliveries. Welch finished with figures of five for 68, his second five-for of the season, as Essex finished on 306. Then, Essex' bowlers got wickets at a much more rapid rate than in the first innings, where Derbyshire had made 206 for the first four. In the second, they managed 34, as Ravinder Bopara

Ravinder Bopara

got two wickets and Danihs and Graham Napier

Graham Napier

Graham Richard Napier is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler....

dug out one each. Another three-hour effort from Luke Sutton

Luke Sutton

Luke David Sutton is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket....

and a 91-ball 74 from Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

saw Derbyshire to stumps with a lead of 314 with eight down - Sutton still not out

Not out

In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...

with 38. A further 22 runs were added on the second day, while Danish dismissed Jake Needham

Jake Needham

Jake Needham is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He made his Derbyshire first team debut in 2006, having spent two years in the second team....

to complete his second five-for of the match - Sutton was left stranded on 46 not out, setting Essex 337 to win. As Alastair Cook

Alastair Cook

(14), Grant Flower

Grant Flower

(11-ball duck) and Bopara

Ravinder Bopara

(10) were dismissed in succession, Essex lost their first three wickets for 82, but William Jefferson made 83 to set them back on track, and a 177-run partnership between Andy Flower

Andy Flower

Andrew "Andy" Flower OBE is a former international cricketer for Zimbabwe and is currently the England coach.-Playing career:...

and Ronnie Irani

Ronnie Irani

left Essex with 33 to hit with five wickets to spare. Ronnie Irani

Ronnie Irani

and James Foster

James Foster (cricketer)

made it with five wickets to spare, and Derbyshire's run of matches without a win continued.
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National League: Scotland v Derbyshire (26 August)

Derbyshire (4pts) beat Scotland (0pts) by three wickets (D/L method)
Duckworth-Lewis method
In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance...

The Scottish Saltires were defeated by Derbyshire Phantoms at The Grange

The Grange, Edinburgh (cricket and sports club)

The Grange Club is a cricket and sports club in the Stockbridge district of Edinburgh, Scotland. The cricket ground, commonly known as The Grange, is the regular home of the Scotland national cricket team.-Cricket:...

, despite three wickets from Ryan Watson and an unbeaten

Not out

71 from Fraser Watts

Fraser Watts

David Fraser Watts is an English-born Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. He began his cricket career playing for Carlton Cricket Club in Edinburgh. He demonstrated significant potential early on and when aged 16 won a sports scholarship to Durham School where he completed the last...

. Scotland had been put in to bat by Derbyshire captain Luke Sutton

Luke Sutton

Luke David Sutton is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket....

, and were 42 for 4 after two wickets from new-ball bowler Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch

, but Watts paired up well with the lower middle order before rain set in. Seven overs

Over (cricket)

were cut off the Scottish innings

Innings

An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably cricket and baseball during which one team attempts to score while the other team attempts to prevent the first from scoring. In cricket, the term innings is both singular and plural and is...

, leaving them with 38 overs to play, and 27 off 19 balls from Pakistani all-rounder Yasir Arafat

Yasir Arafat (cricketer)

Yasir Arafat Satti is a Pakistani cricketer. He bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast medium.-International career:...

lifted them to 179 for 7. More rain cut Derbyshire's innings to 32 overs, and under the Duckworth-Lewis method

Duckworth-Lewis method

In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance...

they were set 161 to win. They were 120 for 2 after Steve Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

had put on 70 with Sutton, but Watson then got three wickets and Cedric English

Cedric English

Cedric Vaughan English is a Scottish cricketer, originally from South Africa. An allrounder, he is a right-handed middle-order batsman and opening bowler....

two, as the visitors lost their next five wickets for 27, but Stubbings, still at the crease, went on to make 75 not out

Not out

to guide Derbyshire past the target with three balls to spare.
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National League: Yorkshire v Derbyshire (28 August)

Derbyshire (4pts) beat Yorkshire (0pts) by five wickets

Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch

and Ant Botha

Ant Botha

took Derbyshire Phantoms to their fourth successive National League victory with an unbeaten 102-run partnership at Scarborough after Deon Kruis

Deon Kruis

Gideon Jacobus Kruis , popularly known as Deon Kruis, is a South African first-class cricketer who played in England with Yorkshire County Cricket Club for five seasons from 2004 to 2009...

and Richard Dawson

Richard Dawson (cricketer)

Richard Kevin James Dawson is an English first-class cricketer, who plays primarily as an off-spinner....

had taken out early wickets to see the Phantoms to 119 for 5 chasing 220 to win. It was Yorkshire Phoenix who batted first, Michael Lumb

Michael John Lumb

Michael John Lumb is a South African-born English cricketer who currently plays for Nottinghamshire and England in Twenty20 International cricket...

top-scoring with 69 while Australian

Australian cricket team

The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...

Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

dug out four for 28 in his nine over

Over (cricket)

s. Yorkshire finished with 219 for 8, but their bowlers replied well to have Derbyshire at 85 for 4 when Travis Friend

Travis Friend

was run out

Run out

. Welch and Botha's stand followed, however, and Derbyshire won with 15 balls to spare.
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September

Derbyshire began September by coming close to a Championship victory, but failed to push home, finishing with a total of 277 for 6 chasing 280 to win at Riverside Ground

Riverside Ground

The Riverside Ground, officially called the Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground, is a cricket venue in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England. It is home to Durham County Cricket Club....

in Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

. Their National League run of four victories also came to an end, as Surrey Lions bowled them out for 88 and took an eight-wicket win, but they bounced back two days later to beat Leicestershire Foxes and to go fourth in the National League table. A Championship draw with Leicestershire followed, and then a League win and a Championship draw against Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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- the former sent them briefly third in the League, before Warwickshire Bears recorded two successive wins to go four points ahead with a game to play. On 24 September, Derbyshire completed their first win in 22 Championship matches, after beating Somerset at The County Ground, Taunton, but the following day saw their five-match unbeaten streak broken with a 135-run loss to Somerset to see them to fifth place in the League. Even a win would probably not have been good enough to promote, however, as Warwickshire Bears in third place had a much better net run rate.

County Championship: Durham v Derbyshire (30 August-2 September)

Derbyshire (10pts) drew with Durham (8pts)

Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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medium pacer Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter (cricketer)

Ian David Hunter is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

, formerly of Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

, got career-best bowling figures

Bowling analysis

of five for 63 as Derbyshire - the only winless team in the Championship so far this season - came three runs away from recording a win at Riverside Ground

Riverside Ground

The Riverside Ground, officially called the Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground, is a cricket venue in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England. It is home to Durham County Cricket Club....

against the table-toppers from Durham. In Durham's first innings, where Hunter got his five-for, nine batsmen reached double figures, yet only two passed 30 and no one made it to fifty, as Dale Benkenstein

Dale Benkenstein

-External links:****...

top-scored with 49. Liam Plunkett

Liam Plunkett

dug out one wicket

Wicket

In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch...

in the first evening and one on the second morning, as Derbyshire lost their first four for 64, but a 231-minute partnership

Partnership (cricket)

between Jon Moss (92 runs) and Chris Bassano

Chris Bassano

Christopher Warwick Godfrey Bassano is a South African-born cricketer. As a resident of Tasmania, and yet a British national, he qualifies to play county cricket as an overseas player....

(87) yielded 148 runs to take Derbyshire within 18 of Durham's first-innings total of 230. Luke Sutton

Luke Sutton

Luke David Sutton is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket....

hit 55 off 119 balls, and Derbyshire made their way to 326 in 112.4 overs.

Australian

Australian cricket team

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opener Jimmy Maher

Jimmy Maher

James Patrick Maher is a former Australian cricketer. He is "an attractive left-handed batsman with a clumping cover-drive"....

recorded his second successive single-figure score in his first match for Durham, as the hosts made it 59 for 3, but centuries from Paul Collingwood

Paul Collingwood

and Dale Benkenstein

Dale Benkenstein

-External links:****...

sent them back in the lead. The pair added 206 runs together before Collingwood was out for 112 - his sixth first-class century in twelve matches - while Benkenstein continued to 162 not out

Not out

, adding 80 runs with Gareth Breese

Gareth Breese

Gareth Rohan Breese is a West Indian cricketer who played one Test match in 2002, as the main spin bowler at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium against India. Breese scored five runs in two innings, and took two wickets, but conceded 135 runs in 31 overs and was the most expensive bowler...

and 21 for the ninth wicket with Brad Williams before declaring. The declaration set Derbyshire 280 to win in 66 overs, and Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

and Steve Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

put on 91 for the first wicket to cut that down to 189. They had used two hours to hit those 91, though, leaving two hours for the remaining 189 - and though Stubbings completed his century, the rest of the batting order could not quite hit quite quickly enough, and they finished on 277 for 6 - three runs short of victory.
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National League: Derbyshire v Surrey (4 September)

Surrey (4pts) beat Derbyshire (0pts) by eight wickets

Surrey Lions

Surrey County Cricket Club

pace bowlers

Fast bowling

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

Azhar Mahmood

Azhar Mahmood Sagar is a Pakistani cricketer, . Originally his father objected to his interest in cricket, but later started to appreciate it seeing his accomplishments. As a teenager, Azhar was mentored by Irfan Bhatti who played a One Day International for Pakistan in the early 90’s...

and Tim Murtagh

Tim Murtagh

Tim Murtagh is an English professional cricketer.Murtagh is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He first shone in the 2000 Under-19s World Cup. Though he is first and foremost a seam bowler, Murtagh has progressed with his batting, and has stepped in on many occasions to...

shared out the Derbyshire Phantoms' top order wickets at The County Ground, Derby. The hosts lost their first six men for 34, Murtagh taking four and Azhar two, before Ant Botha

Ant Botha

and Tom Lungley

Tom Lungley

added 25 in just over half an hour. Lungley remained at the crease for a first-class-like 21, facing 74 balls, but his partners deserted him to leave him not out

Not out

. On a day of low first-innings scores, Derbyshire's was the lowest with 88 - which was also their second-lowest of the season - as Murtagh finished with four for 14 and Azhar with three for 20, both from nine overs. James Benning

James Benning (cricketer)

James Benning is an English cricketer who currently plays for Leicestershire County Cricket Club having previously represented Surrey. He is a right-hand bat and right-arm medium pace bowler...

then hit a boundary-filled 53 to guide Surrey to the target in just over a third of the allotted time.
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National League: Leicestershire v Derbyshire (6 September)

Derbyshire (4pts) beat Leicestershire (0pts) by six wickets

In a low-scoring match at Grace Road

Grace Road

, Leicestershire Foxes could take little advantage out of winning the toss and batting first, as Derbyshire Phantoms recorded their fifth win in six matches. Two wicket

Wicket

s from Derbyshire's Australian

Australian cricket team

The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...

all-rounder

All-rounder

An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...

Jon Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

sent Leicestershire struggling to 42 for 4, and before a fifth-wicket partnership

Partnership (cricket)

of 69 between Aftab Habib

Aftab Habib

Aftab Habib is an English cricketer. He has been appointed the coach of Afghanistan national cricket team on September 2011...

and Darren Robinson

Darren Robinson (cricketer)

Darren David John Robinson is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Essex and Leicestershire....

carried them past 100. Paul Nixon

Paul Nixon

Paul Andrew Nixon is an English cricket player who has played for Leicestershire, England, England A, MCC and Kent. He is a wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman...

and Jeremy Snape

Jeremy Snape

Jeremy Nicholas Snape is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and bowls right-arm offbreak. Outside of cricket, he has a Masters in Sports Psychology and has worked with a variety of national cricket teams....

hit the singles reasonably well, taking one boundary each in scores of 26 and 21 respectively, and at the end of 45 overs

Over (cricket)

, Leicestershire had posted 164 for 8. Steve Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

and Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

then added 62 for the first wicket, and despite Stubbings and Chris Bassano

Chris Bassano

Christopher Warwick Godfrey Bassano is a South African-born cricketer. As a resident of Tasmania, and yet a British national, he qualifies to play county cricket as an overseas player....

falling in successive overs, Derbyshire only lost two more wickets to finish on 168 for 4 with five overs potentially remaining.
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County Championship: Leicestershire v Derbyshire (8-11 September)

Leicestershire (12pts) drew with Derbyshire (5pts)

Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

pacer Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter (cricketer)

Ian David Hunter is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

continued on his good form from the last Championship match, where he took five for 63 against Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

, as he removed Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

opener John Maunders

John Maunders

John Maunders is an English cricketer.John Maunders was born in Ashford Middlesex and initially played his cricket for Ashford Cricket Club where he was a key member of a very good colts side.-Career:...

for 0 in the second over of the match at Grace Road

Grace Road

. That was as good as it got for Hunter and Durham, though, as Darren Robinson

Darren Robinson (cricketer)

Darren David John Robinson is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Essex and Leicestershire....

and Tom New

Tom New

Tom New is an English cricket player. He is current plays for Leicestershire but has spent the latter part of the 2008 season on loan to Derbyshire...

accumulated 217 for the second wicket in four and a half hours, as Leicestershire went from 4 for 1 to 221 for 2. Nevertheless, one and a half days of lost play prevented them from forcing a victory. HD Ackerman, Dinesh Mongia

Dinesh Mongia

and Paul Nixon

Paul Nixon

Paul Andrew Nixon is an English cricket player who has played for Leicestershire, England, England A, MCC and Kent. He is a wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman...

also passed fifty in the first innings, as Leicestershire declared

Declaration and forfeiture

having made 552 for 6. Derbyshire then were 62 for 3 at the close of play on day two, but were saved by rain, as the third day's play was cancelled. In 50 overs

Over (cricket)

on day four, Charl Willoughby

Charl Willoughby

Charl Myles Willoughby is a South African cricketer who played two Tests and three ODIs for South Africa between 2000 and 2003. He played for Boland and Western Province before spending two seasons with the Cape Cobras. He has also played English county cricket, and after a season with...

and Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad

Stuart Christopher John Broad is a cricketer who plays Test and One Day International cricket for England and is currently the captain of their Twenty20 team...

took two wickets each as Derbyshire were all out for 190, but there was no time for another innings and the match was declared a draw.
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National League: Derbyshire v Yorkshire (14 September)

Derbyshire (4pts) beat Yorkshire (0pts) by five wickets

Yorkshire Phoenix won the toss and chose to bat, and immediately lost both openers at Derby. That set the pace of the innings, and seven maiden overs were bowled out of the total of 45. Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

got the best bowling figures for the hosting Derbyshire Phantoms, removing Richard Pyrah

Richard Pyrah

Richard Michael Pyrah , known as 'Rich', is an English first-class cricketer, who currently plays for Yorkshire County Cricket Club....

and Simon Guy

Simon Guy

Simon Mark Guy is an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire until his release by the county in August 2009....

in successive balls

Delivery (cricket)

A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball towards the batsman.During play of the game, a member of the fielding team is designated as the bowler, and bowls deliveries towards the batsman...

and ending with bowling figures

Bowling analysis

of 9-2-27-3. Moss' two wicket

Wicket

s set Yorkshire back to 66 for 7, and only a rearguard between Joe Sayers

Joe Sayers

Joe Sayers is an English first-class cricketer, who has played for the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, Oxford University and Yorkshire...

, who made 54 not out

Not out

in two hours, and David Lucas

David Lucas (cricketer)

David Scott Lucas is an English first-class cricketer, who currently plays for Worcestershire County Cricket Club. He previously played for Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and Northamptonshire...

saw them bat out the allotted overs. The pair added 65 for the ninth wicket as Yorkshire closed on 171 for 9. Derbyshire lost Michael di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

for 1 early on, but despite Anthony McGrath

Anthony McGrath

removing Hassan Adnan

Hassan Adnan

Mohammad Hassan Adnan is a Pakistani cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Islamabad, Water and Power Development Authority, Gujranwala, Derbyshire and Lahore....

for 57 and Luke Sutton

Luke Sutton

Luke David Sutton is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket....

for 34, Derbyshire made it to the target with fourteen balls. Extras

Extra (cricket)

were the second-highest scorer, with 43, including 31 wides.
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County Championship: Derbyshire v Yorkshire (16-19 September)

Yorkshire (12pts) drew with Derbyshire (7pts)

Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

, a team chasing points in their attempt to promote from Division Two of the County Championship, racked up a 304-run lead on first innings against Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

, yet failed to win. However, the 12 points earned gave them promotion from Division Two. Winning the toss and batting first, Yorkshire relied on Australians

Australian cricket team

The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...

Mark Cleary

Mark Cleary (cricketer)

Mark Francis Cleary is an Australian first-class cricketer, who plays for the Victorian Bushrangers. He is a bowling all-rounder, who is a left-handed lower order batsman, and right-arm fast-medium bowler. Cleary has played cricket in England for Leicestershire and Yorkshire...

and Ian Harvey

Ian Harvey

Ian Joseph Harvey is an Australian cricketer. He is an all-rounder. He was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2004.-Australian career:...

to take wickets, as Cleary ended with three for 46 and Harvey with five for 40. Harvey got his first five-for of the season as Derbyshire were bowled out for 216, while Steve Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

was the only batsman to pass 30. Matthew Wood

Matthew Wood (cricketer)

Matthew James Wood is an English cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm off-break bowler.-Career:...

and Joe Sayers

Joe Sayers

Joe Sayers is an English first-class cricketer, who has played for the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, Oxford University and Yorkshire...

then added 113 for the first wicket to put Yorkshire 103 behind with all wickets intact at the end of the first day's play. On the second morning, Durham got four wickets for 101 before Anthony McGrath

Anthony McGrath

and Ian Harvey

Ian Harvey

Ian Joseph Harvey is an Australian cricketer. He is an all-rounder. He was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2004.-Australian career:...

notched up centuries

Century (cricket)

in a two-and-a-half-hour partnership worth 156. Yorkshire were eventually bowled out at stumps on day two, having made their way to a lead of 304, despite Ant Botha

Ant Botha

wrapping up the tail to take four for 90.

Steve Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

opened the batting for Derbyshire with a four-and-a-half-hour 91, leading Derbyshire to 216 for 4, but Mark Lawson

Mark Lawson (cricketer)

Mark Anthony Kenneth Lawson is an English first-class cricketer. A leg spinner, he most recently played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club in June 2010. He has also played for Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Middlesex and Staffordshire.Lawson was educated at Castle Hall College...

set Derbyshire back with his leg spin

Leg break

, which reduced Derbyshire from 216 for 4 to 233 for 7. However, Botha and Tim Lungley added 133 for the seventh wicket, Botha recording his highest career score as his four hours at the crease yielded an unbeaten score of 156. Lawson wrapped up the Derbyshire innings, ending with five for 155 as Derbyshire were bowled out for 523, having added 290 for the last three wickets. Yorkshire required 220 in 59 overs to win, but Botha tied them down - in a marathon 23-over spell after coming on as first change bowler, Botha only conceded 20 runs and took two wickets - helping as Yorkshire lost their first six wickets for 82. Joe Sayers

Joe Sayers

Joe Sayers is an English first-class cricketer, who has played for the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, Oxford University and Yorkshire...

and Simon Guy

Simon Guy

Simon Mark Guy is an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire until his release by the county in August 2009....

then added 32 in three quarters of an hour to save the draw for Yorkshire.
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County Championship: Somerset v Derbyshire (21-24 September)

Derbyshire (22pts) beat Somerset (3pts) by an innings and 18 runs

Half-centuries from James Hildreth

James Hildreth

and James Francis took Somerset

Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...

to 259 in 64.5 overs at their home ground at Taunton. Hildreth's 84 included 15 fours, while Francis hit ten fours in his 54. For Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

, all-rounder

All-rounder

Graeme Welch

took three early wickets for 42, while 19-year-old Wayne White

Wayne White

, who had made his first class debut with match figures of one for 123 a week earlier against Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

, ended with four wickets for 77 in just under 13 overs. Chris Bassano

Chris Bassano

Christopher Warwick Godfrey Bassano is a South African-born cricketer. As a resident of Tasmania, and yet a British national, he qualifies to play county cricket as an overseas player....

and Steve Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

then added 87 for the first wicket, and Derbyshire closed on 126 for 1. On the second day, Stubbings continued with Hassan Adnan

Hassan Adnan

Mohammad Hassan Adnan is a Pakistani cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Islamabad, Water and Power Development Authority, Gujranwala, Derbyshire and Lahore....

, and both earned career best scores - Stubbings with 151 and Adnan with 191 not out

Not out

. Gareth Andrew

Gareth Andrew

Gareth Mark Andrew is an English cricketer who plays for Worcestershire. He is a fast medium bowler and left-handed batsman. He toured Australia with the England Under-17 team in 1997, made his debut for the Somerset 2nd XI in 1999 and played for the Somerset Cricket Board in the Nat West Bank...

was the only Somerset bowler to take more than one wicket, ending with four for 134, but Derbyshire made 707 for 7 - a county record http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Derbyshire/Team_Records/Highest_Team_Total_For.html - declaring when Luke Sutton

Luke Sutton

Luke David Sutton is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket....

fell for 53, leaving Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch

stranded on 99 not out

Not out

.

Francis then hit a 125-ball century as Somerset battled to save the draw and avoid becoming the first team to lose to Derbyshire for 14 months. But Francis went early on the last morning, the last man out in a collapse that started with 173 for 2 in the morning (Arul Suppiah had been dismissed with the score 172 for 1) and ended on 174 for 5. Somerset captain

Captain (cricket)

The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...

Ian Blackwell

took seventeen fours and two sixes off Derbyshire's bowling in a 67-ball ton, but Welch came back, taking the last three wickets as Derbyshire broke their duck of 21 matches without a win and completed their Championship win since July 2004

2004 English cricket season

.
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National League: Somerset v Derbyshire (25 September)

Somerset (4pts) beat Derbyshire (0pts) by 135 runs

Derbyshire Phantoms failed to carry their momentum from the Championship match earlier in the week, and fell to Somerset Sabres and the all-round

All-rounder

effort of Ian Blackwell

Ian Blackwell

to lose their chance of promotion into Division 1. The Sabres were put in to bat, and after Matthew Wood

Matthew Wood (cricketer)

Matthew James Wood is an English cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm off-break bowler.-Career:...

and James Francis added 100 for the first wicket, Blackwell stepped in to bat. He hit 75, the same number of runs as Keith Parsons

Keith Parsons

Keith Alan Parsons is an English cricketer who played first-class for Somerset between 1992 and 2008. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler....

from number 5, and Somerset closed on 300 for 6. Derbyshire batsmen Ben France

Ben France

and Hassan Adnan

Hassan Adnan

Mohammad Hassan Adnan is a Pakistani cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Islamabad, Water and Power Development Authority, Gujranwala, Derbyshire and Lahore....

started to build towards the target of 301 to win with an 81-run partnership for the second wicket, but both of them were stumped off Blackwell, and he also had three men caught off his bowling to end with five for 26. Malaysian Arul Suppiah

Arul Suppiah

helped out as well, taking two for 23, and two run out

Run out

s left Derbyshire all out for 165.
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Competition batting averages

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Chris Bassano

Christopher Warwick Godfrey Bassano is a South African-born cricketer. As a resident of Tasmania, and yet a British national, he qualifies to play county cricket as an overseas player....

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| AG Botha

Ant Botha

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| PM Borrington

Paul Borrington

Paul Michael Borrington is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who currently plays for Derbyshire....

|| R ||2 ||2 || 32 ||28 ||16.00 || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| JDC Bryant

James Bryant (cricketer)

|| R ||4 ||8 || 132 ||61 ||18.85 || 0 ||5 ||5 || 152|| 53 || 38.00 || 0 || || || || || || ||4 ||3 || 84 ||53*|| 42.00 || 0
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| KJ Dean

Kevin Dean (cricketer)

||L ||3 ||5 || 45 ||12 ||11.25 || 0 || 7|| 2|| 2|| 1* || ||0 ||2 ||2 || 5|| 5*|| || 0 || 7|| 1 || 3 ||3*|| || 0
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| MJ Di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

|| L||12 ||24 || 1133|| 203 || 51.50 || 3 ||17 ||17 || 753 ||129* ||47.06 || 3 || 2 ||2 || 21|| 18|| 10.50 || 0 ||8 ||8 || 204 ||77*|| 29.14 || 0
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| BJ France

Ben France

|| L ||7 ||13 || 189 ||56 || 14.53 || 0 || 1 ||1 || 31 ||31 || 31.00 || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| TJ Friend

Travis Friend

||R ||3 ||6 || 120 ||82 || 20.00 || 0 || 9 ||9 || 143 ||52 || 17.87|| 0 || || || || || || ||4 ||3 || 41|| 24 || 13.66 || 0
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| AKD Gray

Andy Gray (cricketer)

Andy Gray is an Australian first-class cricketer, born to English parents. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler...

|| R||8 ||13 || 237 ||77*|| 29.62 || 0 ||12|| 4 ||18 ||13 ||6.00 || 0 || || || || || || ||7 ||2 || 2|| 1 || 1.00 || 0
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| Hassan Adnan

Hassan Adnan

Mohammad Hassan Adnan is a Pakistani cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Islamabad, Water and Power Development Authority, Gujranwala, Derbyshire and Lahore....

||R || 15 ||27 || 748 ||191|| 27.70 || 2 ||7 ||7 || 256|| 62 || 42.66 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 9|| 6 || 4.50 || 0 || 2 ||1 || 26|| 26 || 26.00 || 0
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| PMR Havell

Paul Havell

|| L || 3 ||5 || 10 ||6* ||10.00 || 0 ||1 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| ID Hunter

Ian Hunter (cricketer)

Ian David Hunter is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

|| R ||12 ||19 || 189 ||40|| 13.50 || 0 ||16 ||8 || 39 ||12*|| 7.80 ||0 ||2 ||2 || 10|| 9 || 5.00 || 0 ||8 ||2 || 12 ||12 ||12.00 || 0
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| T Lungley

Tom Lungley

|| L || 3 ||3 || 41|| 36|| 13.66 || 0 || 14 ||7 ||76|| 22* ||15.20|| 0 || 2|| 2 || 27 ||14|| 13.50|| 0 ||8|| 5 || 46 ||25 ||15.33 || 0
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| J Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

|| || 16 ||29 || 877 ||106 || 30.24 || 1 ||17|| 17 || 418 ||79 || 29.85 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 33 ||26 ||16.50 || 0 || 8|| 8 || 225 ||83 || 32.14 || 0
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| J Needham

Jake Needham

Jake Needham is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He made his Derbyshire first team debut in 2006, having spent two years in the second team....

|| R||1 ||2 ||7 ||6 || 7.00 || 0 || 4|| 2 || 9 ||9*|| 9.00 || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| Mohammed Sheikh

Mohammed Sheikh

|| L||5 ||8 || 137 ||55|| 17.12 || 0 || 11|| 6 || 46|| 18 || 9.20 || 0 || || || || || || ||6 ||4 || 29 || 20 || 9.66 || 0
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| Ben Spendlove

Ben Spendlove

Benjamin Lee Spendlove is an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1997 and 2001.Spendlove made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1997 season...

|| R|| || || || || || || 2 ||2 || 15|| 11 || 7.50 ||0 ||2 ||2 || 12 ||8 || 6.00 || 0 || || || || || ||
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| SD Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

|| L || 15 ||27 || 1072 ||151 || 41.23 || 2 ||14 ||14 || 524|| 98 || 40.30 || 0 || || || || || || ||1 ||1 || 8|| 8 ||8.00 || 0
|-
| LD Sutton

Luke Sutton

Luke David Sutton is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket....

||R || 16 ||28|| 816 ||95 || 34.00 || 0 ||18 ||18 || 321|| 63*|| 21.40 || 0 || 2 ||2 || 48 ||41 || 24.00 || 0 || 8 ||7 || 211 ||61* ||42.20 || 0
|-
| NGE Walker

Nick Walker (cricketer)

Nick Walker is a former English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who has played for Leicestershire since 2006....

|| R ||9 ||13 || 154 ||79 || 15.40|| 0 ||6 ||5 || 14|| 6*|| 3.50 || 0 || || || || || || ||1 ||1 || 8 ||8 || 8.00 || 0
|-
| G Welch

Graeme Welch

|| R|| 16 ||28 || 792 ||112 || 31.68 || 1 ||15 ||13 || 254 ||58* ||28.22 || 0 ||2 ||2 || 71|| 50 || 35.50 || 0 ||8 ||7 || 53 ||20|| 7.57 || 0
|-
| WA White

Wayne White

|| R || || || || || || ||2 ||2 || 8 ||6 || 4.00 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||

|}

Most runs First-class cricket

Qualification: 750 runs

{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=9| Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2005 - leading batsmen by first-class runs scored
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Mat
! Inns
! NO

Not out

! Runs
! HS
! 100
! 50
! Ave

Batting average

Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...

|-
||Michael Di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

|| 13 || 26 || 2 || 1193 || 203 || 3 || 5 || 49.70
|-
||Steve Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

|| 16 || 29 || 1 || 1126 || 151 || 2 || 8 || 40.21
|-
||Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

|| 17 || 31 || 1 || 1021 || 109* || 2 || 7 || 34.03
|-
||Luke Sutton

Luke Sutton

Luke David Sutton is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket....

|| 17 || 29 || 4 || 833 || 95 || 0 || 4 || 33.32
|-
||Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch

|| 17 || 29 || 3 || 818 || 112 || 1 || 4 || 31.46
|-
||Hassan Adnan

Hassan Adnan

Mohammad Hassan Adnan is a Pakistani cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Islamabad, Water and Power Development Authority, Gujranwala, Derbyshire and Lahore....

|| 16 || 29 || 1 || 817 || 191 || 2 || 3 || 29.17
|-
||Ant Botha

Ant Botha

|| 17 || 28 || 7 || 808 || 156* || 1 || 2 || 38.47
|-
|}

Most runs List-A cricket

Qualification: 300 runs

{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=9| Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2005 - leading batsmen by List A runs scored
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Mat
! Inns
! NO

Not out

! Runs
! HS
! 100
! 50
! Ave

Batting average

|-
||Michael Di Venuto

Michael Di Venuto

|| 19 || 19 || 1 || 774 || 129* || 3 || 2 || 43.00
|-
||Steve Stubbings

Steve Stubbings

|| 15 || 15 || 1 || 569 || 98 || 0 || 4 || 40.64
|-
||Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

|| 20 || 20 || 3 || 523 || 79 || 0 || 3 || 30.76
|-
||Luke Sutton

Luke Sutton

Luke David Sutton is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket....

|| 21 || 21 || 4 || 411 || 63* || 0 || 1 || 24.17
|-
||Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch

|| 18 || 15 || 4 || 325 || 58* || 0 || 2 || 29.54
|-
|}

Competition bowling averages

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!rowspan=2|Name
!rowspan=2|H
!colspan=5|County Championship

County Championship

The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...

!colspan=5|totesport League
!colspan=5|Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy
!colspan=5|Twenty20 Cup

Twenty20 Cup

The Twenty20 Cup was a cricket competition for English and Welsh county clubs.In 2010, it has been replaced by Friends Provident t20 as the domestic Twenty20 competition.-History:...

|-
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
!Balls
!Runs
!Wkts
!Best
!Ave
|-
| AG Botha

Ant Botha

|| LS || 2710 || 1401|| 33 ||6-104|| 42.45 || 592 || 545 ||20 ||3-18|| 27.25 ||120 || 84 ||7 ||4-44 ||12.00 ||186 || 211 ||9|| 2-16 ||23.44
|-
| KJ Dean

Kevin Dean (cricketer)

|| LF|| 503 ||283 ||3|| 3-93 ||94.33 ||252 ||198 ||11|| 5-45|| 18.00 || 90 || 53|| 0 || || || 114|| 146 ||3|| 2-20|| 48.66
|-
| BJ France

Ben France

|| RM || 96 || 70 ||1|| 1-37 ||70.00 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| TJ Friend

Travis Friend

|| RF || || || || || ||54 || 50|| 2|| 2-50|| 25.00 || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| AKD Gray

Andy Gray (cricketer)

Andy Gray is an Australian first-class cricketer, born to English parents. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler...

||RO || 1048 || 565 ||12|| 3-56|| 47.08 ||373 || 295|| 13 ||3-47|| 22.69 || || || || || ||156 || 176 ||7 ||2-21 ||25.14
|-
| Hassan Adnan

Hassan Adnan

Mohammad Hassan Adnan is a Pakistani cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Islamabad, Water and Power Development Authority, Gujranwala, Derbyshire and Lahore....

|| RO|| 78 || 49 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || || ||12 || 18 ||0 || ||
|-
| PMR Havell

Paul Havell

|| RF || 491 ||385 ||6|| 3-106 ||64.16 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| ID Hunter

Ian Hunter (cricketer)

Ian David Hunter is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

||RM ||2139 || 1442|| 33|| 5-63|| 43.69 ||606 || 555 ||15 ||2-23|| 37.00 || 114 || 103|| 2|| 2-52|| 51.50 ||174 || 238 ||12 ||3-26 ||19.83
|-
| T Lungley

Tom Lungley

|| RM ||474 || 320||5||2-54 ||64.00 || 324 || 273 ||4 ||1-13 ||68.25 || 84 || 82|| 2|| 2-40|| 41.00 ||114 || 145|| 8 ||3-21 ||18.12
|-
| J Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

|| RM ||1894 || 906|| 23|| 4-40|| 39.39 ||702||516 ||27 ||4-28 ||19.11 ||72 || 60 ||1|| 1-46|| 60.00 || 24 || 41 ||1 ||1-41 ||41.00
|-
| J Needham

Jake Needham

Jake Needham is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He made his Derbyshire first team debut in 2006, having spent two years in the second team....

|| RO ||90 || 68|| 2|| 2-42 ||34.00 || 96 ||102|| 2|| 1-35|| 51.00 || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| Mohammed Sheikh

Mohammed Sheikh

|| RM || 1055 || 498 ||13|| 4-67 ||38.30 ||474 || 292 ||6|| 1-16|| 48.66 || || || || || ||96 || 165|| 5 ||2-25|| 33.00
|-
| NGE Walker

Nick Walker (cricketer)

Nick Walker is a former English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who has played for Leicestershire since 2006....

|| RM ||1151 || 837 ||16 ||4-69|| 52.31 || 94 || 98|| 1 ||1-19 ||98.00 || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| G Welch

Graeme Welch

|| RM || 3165 || 1506|| 58|| 5-63 ||25.96 || 666 || 474 ||12|| 2-21|| 39.50 || 120 || 97 ||0 || || || 78 || 145 ||1 ||1-16 ||145.00
|-
| WA White

Wayne White

|| RM || 353 || 280|| 5|| 4-77|| 56.00 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|}

Most wickets First Class cricket

Qualification: 30 wickets

{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=9| Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2005 - leading bowlers by first class wickets taken
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Overs
! Mdns
! Runs
! Wkts
! BBI
! Ave

Bowling average

Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...

! SR

Strike rate

! ER
|-
||Graeme Welch

Graeme Welch

|| 549.3 || 139 || 1559 || 60 || 5-63 || 25.98 || 54.9 || 2.83
|-
||Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter (cricketer)

Ian David Hunter is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

|| 382.3 || 56 || 1506 || 34 || 5-63 || 44.29 || 67.5 || 3.93
|-
||Ant Botha

Ant Botha

|| 473.4 || 109 || 1506 || 33 || 6-104 || 45.63 || 86.1 || 3.17
|-
|}

Most wickets ListA cricket

Qualification: 15 wickets

{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=9| Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2005 - leading bowlers by List A wickets taken
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Name
! Overs
! Mdns
! Runs
! Wkts
! BBI
! Ave

Bowling average

! SR

Strike rate

! ER
|-
||Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.-Biography:...

|| 129 || 8 || 576 || 28 || 4-28 || 20.57 || 27.6 || 4.46
|-
||Ant Botha

Ant Botha

|| 126.5 || 1 || 669 || 28 || 4-44 || 23.89 || 27.1 || 5.27
|-
||Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter (cricketer)

Ian David Hunter is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

|| 128 || 6 || 703 || 17 || 2-23 || 41.35 || 45.1 || 5.49
|-
||Andy Gray

Andy Gray (cricketer)

Andy Gray is an Australian first-class cricketer, born to English parents. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler...

|| 72.1 || 0 || 335 || 15 || 3-47 || 22.33 || 28.8 || 4.64
|-
|}

Wicket Keeping

Luke Sutton

Luke David Sutton is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket....

County Championship Catches 50, Stumping 0

totesport league Catches 19, Stumping 3

Cheltenham & Gloucester Catches 0, Stumping 0

Twenty20 Catches 3, Stumping 3

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