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Women’s Big Cricket Month 2021

We had a fantastic month of Women and Girls activity for Women’s Big Cricket Month 2021! From Women’s cricket, girls’ cricket to women’s coaching courses! There has been a lot to celebrate and recognise across the month!

Riddings CC and the Rise of Women’s Cricket

Riddings CC has been going from strength to strength with their Women and Girls section, and this was shown in the success of their first-ever Women's softball festival on Sunday!

Match Report: Cheshire 50+ vs Derbyshire 50+

After a week off to recharge their batteries the Over 50s were back in action with an away trip to the lovely ground of Toft Cricket Club where they would face Cheshire in the 3rd game of their Group 1 campaign.

Air IT Headline sponsor T20 Walkathon

The Derbyshire Cricket Foundation are proud to announce that Air IT are the headline sponsor for this year’s T20 Walkathon event, taking place on Friday 2nd July 2021.

Cutthorpe CC and Their Ever-Growing Women and Girl’s Section

To celebrate Women's Big Cricket Month, we spoke to John McCollum from Cutthorpe CC about their Women and Girl's section!

NDL Top 2 Bottom Challenge 2021

Nottinghamshire CCC, Derbyshire CCC and Lincolnshire Cricket are teaming up this summer to fundraise for a programme of mental health support for local cricket clubs

Match Report: Derbyshire 50+ vs Notts 50+

Derbyshire 50+ were at home in their 2nd game of the 2021 season against local rivals Nottinghamshire. Having lost their first game Derbyshire needed a big performance to get the Group 1 season back on track.

Match Report: Lancashire 50+ v Derbyshire 50+

The Derbyshire 50+ side visited Middleton Cricket Club once the home of the England legend Basil D’Oliveira to face Lancashire 50+ in the first ECB 50+ County Championship Group 1 game of 2021. This was Derbyshire's first game since 2019 as the 2020 competition was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Derbyshire Women vs Northants Match Report 9th May 2021

Sunday 9th May saw the Derbyshire Women back on the field after a washed-out Bank Holiday Monday the week before. This time they traveled to Desborough Town CC for a T20 double against Northamptonshire on a sunny yet at times very windy day.

Meet the Lightning Players!

Alongside the Lightning Cricket Team, we are running an event for girls across Derbyshire to virtually meet some of the Lightning players!

T20 Walkathon 2021 SAVE THE DATE

The date for this year's T20 Walkathon has now been released!!

Derbyshire 50+ Team are Back!