Leicestershire will take a lead of 382 into the final day of their County Championship against neighbours Derbyshire, who will need to pull off the biggest fourth-innings run chase in their history to emerge with a win. Leicestershire were 291-8 in their second innings when bad light followed by rain ended play eight overs ahead...
Half-centuries from Sol Budinger, Ian Holland, Peter Handscomb and Logan Van Beek helped Leicestershire reach a commanding 423-9 after Derbyshire had asked them to bat first on the first day of their County Championship match in Leicester. The East Midlands rivals are both looking to build on winning starts to their Division Two campaigns. Derbyshire,...
Derbyshire fast bowler Harry Moore has been ruled out for at least eight weeks with a back injury. The 17-year-old suffered the injury in a pre-season friendly math against the South Asian Cricket Academy in late March. Moore, a product of the club’s academy who became Derbyshire’s youngest debutant when he played against Worcestershire in...
Luis Reece celebrated a personal milestone to set up a Derbyshire victory over Gloucestershire by nine wickets on day three of their County Championship Division Two match. The all-rounder took 10 wickets in a match for the first time, finishing with 4-45 to add to his 6 -52 in the first innings. Ben Charlesworth made...
Derbyshire captain Wayne Madsen again left his mark on Gloucestershire with the 40th first-class century of his career on the second day of the County Championship Division Two match at Derby. The 41-year-old’s hundred was his sixth against Gloucestershire and put his side in a commanding position with support from Harry Came who scored 83...
Bracey and van Buuren started to redress the balance after lunch and were looking set until Dal again shifted the initiative with two wickets in consecutive overs. He squeezed a yorker under Bracey’s bat to break a stand of 69 from 123 balls and then trapped Tom Price bang in front to reduce the visitors...
Derbyshire have announced a pre-tax profit of £11,000 for 2024 – the club’s 11th surplus in the past 12 years. The county cited sellouts for last summer’s home T20 Blast games against Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire, as well as the ‘Midlands Mania’ double-header at Edgbaston, as key factors. Despite investing “a record amount” in their cricket...
