Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1997
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Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1997 was the cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 season when the English club 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 been playing for one hundred and twenty-six years. In the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...

, they won two matches to finish sixteenth in their ninety fourth season in the Championship. They came fourteenth in the AXA Life League and did not progress from the group in the National Westminster Bank Trophy. They reached the semi-final of the Benson & Hedges Cup
Benson & Hedges Cup
The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals....

.

1997 season

Derbyshire played seventeen matches in the County Championship, one against Cambridge University, one against the touring Australians and one against the Pakistan A team. They won five first class matches overall but three wins were in the non-championship games leaving only two wins in the championship. They won four and lost nine matches in the Sunday league.

Dean Jones
Dean Jones (cricketer)
Dean Mervyn Jones AM is a retired Australian cricketer, and is presently a coach. He also worked as a media commentator.-Career:...

  was in his second season as captain. Kim Barnett
Kim Barnett
Kim John Barnett was an English cricketer who briefly played for England in 1988 and 1989, and for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1998. He also played for Gloucestershire from 1999 to 2002, and for South African club sides...

 was top scorer although Chris Adams scored most runs in the one-day game including five centuries. Devon Malcolm
Devon Malcolm
Devon Malcolm is a former English cricketer.Malcolm was one of England's few genuinely fast bowlers of the 1990s. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he settled in England, making his first-class debut for Derbyshire in 1984, and qualifying to play for England in 1987...

 took most wickets.

The team set two partnership records during the season - the second wicket partnertship of 417 by Kim Barnett
Kim Barnett
Kim John Barnett was an English cricketer who briefly played for England in 1988 and 1989, and for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1998. He also played for Gloucestershire from 1999 to 2002, and for South African club sides...

 and Tim Tweats
Tim Tweats
Timothy Andrew Tweats is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Derbyshire between 1992 and 1999, and for Staffordshire in 2000....

 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....

 and the third wicket partnership of 316* by Adrian Rollins
Adrian Rollins
Adrian Stewart Rollins was an English cricketer, of West Indian origin who played for Derbyshire from 1993 to 1999 and for Northamptonshire from 2000 to 2002...

 and Kim Barnett
Kim Barnett
Kim John Barnett was an English cricketer who briefly played for England in 1988 and 1989, and for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1998. He also played for Gloucestershire from 1999 to 2002, and for South African club sides...

 against Leicestershire
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....

.

First Class

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|15 Apr 1997
| Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...

 
FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 12 runs
|
|-
|2
|23 Apr 1997
| 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...

 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| CJ Adams 108; DE Malcolm
Devon Malcolm
Devon Malcolm is a former English cricketer.Malcolm was one of England's few genuinely fast bowlers of the 1990s. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he settled in England, making his first-class debut for Derbyshire in 1984, and qualifying to play for England in 1987...

 6-74; McCague 5-75; PAJ DeFreitas
Phillip DeFreitas
Phillip Anthony Jason "Daffy" DeFreitas is a retired English cricketer. He played county cricket for Leicestershire, Lancashire and Derbyshire, as well as appearing in forty four Test matches and 103 ODIs...

  7-64

|-
|3
| 7 May 1997
| Surrey
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...

 
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|4
|14 May 1997
| Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex 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 Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...

 
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 131 runs
| DE Malcolm
Devon Malcolm
Devon Malcolm is a former English cricketer.Malcolm was one of England's few genuinely fast bowlers of the 1990s. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he settled in England, making his first-class debut for Derbyshire in 1984, and qualifying to play for England in 1987...

 5-50 and 6-75; PAJ DeFreitas
Phillip DeFreitas
Phillip Anthony Jason "Daffy" DeFreitas is a retired English cricketer. He played county cricket for Leicestershire, Lancashire and Derbyshire, as well as appearing in forty four Test matches and 103 ODIs...

 5-46

|-
|5
|21 May 1997
| Nottinghamshire
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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 2 wickets
| Bowen 7-75
|-
|6
|31 May 1997
| Australians
Australian cricket team in England in 1997
The Australian cricket team toured England in the 1997 season to play a six-match Ashes Test series against England. Australia, under Mark Taylor, won the series 3-2 with strong batting performances from Matthew Elliott supporting the strong attack of Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Jason...

 
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 1 wicket
| Blewit 121; Bevan 104; Warne 7-103
|-
|7
|04 Jun 1997
| Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...


Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
| AS Rollins
Adrian Rollins
Adrian Stewart Rollins was an English cricketer, of West Indian origin who played for Derbyshire from 1993 to 1999 and for Northamptonshire from 2000 to 2002...

  210; R Smith 154; KJ Barnett
Kim Barnett
Kim John Barnett was an English cricketer who briefly played for England in 1988 and 1989, and for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1998. He also played for Gloucestershire from 1999 to 2002, and for South African club sides...

 101; Hayden 136; Renshaw 5-110

|-
|8
|12 Jun 1997
| Warwickshire
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...

 
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| VP Clarke
Vince Clarke (cricketer)
Vincent Paul Clarke is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg-break bowler who played for Somerset, Leicestershire and Derbyshire during a five-year first-class career....

 99; DE Malcolm
Devon Malcolm
Devon Malcolm is a former English cricketer.Malcolm was one of England's few genuinely fast bowlers of the 1990s. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he settled in England, making his first-class debut for Derbyshire in 1984, and qualifying to play for England in 1987...

 5-85

|-
|9
|18 Jun 1997
| 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...

 
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| Prichard 106; Law 157; Ilott 7-59; Such 5-27
|-
|10
|26 Jun 1997
| Essex
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...

 
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 145 runs
|
|-
|11
|05 Jul 1997
| Pakistan A team in England in 1997
Pakistan A cricket team
The Pakistan A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Pakistan. It is the 'second-tier' of international Pakistan cricket, below the full Pakistan national cricket team. Matches played by Pakistan A are not considered to be Test matches or One Day Internationals, instead receiving...

 
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 7 wickets
| MR May
Michael May (cricketer)
Michael Robert May is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1989 and 1999.He made his debut appearances for Derbyshire at the 1989 Second XI Trophy, but made no contribution with either bat or ball...

 107

|-
|12
|16 Jul 1997
| Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....

 
College Ground, Cheltenham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| Innings and 35 runs
| Young 237; A Smith 6-47
|-
|13
|23 Jul 1997
| Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan 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 Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...

 
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
| AS Rollins
Adrian Rollins
Adrian Stewart Rollins was an English cricketer, of West Indian origin who played for Derbyshire from 1993 to 1999 and for Northamptonshire from 2000 to 2002...

  148; MR May
Michael May (cricketer)
Michael Robert May is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1989 and 1999.He made his debut appearances for Derbyshire at the 1989 Second XI Trophy, but made no contribution with either bat or ball...

 116; Dale 142

|-
|14
|31 Jul 1997
| Durham
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...

 
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 6 wickets
| CJ Adams 107; Lewis 160; PAJ DeFreitas
Phillip DeFreitas
Phillip Anthony Jason "Daffy" DeFreitas is a retired English cricketer. He played county cricket for Leicestershire, Lancashire and Derbyshire, as well as appearing in forty four Test matches and 103 ODIs...

  5-37; Brown 5-58

|-
|15
|15 Aug 1997
| 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...

 
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| Innings and 37 runs
| Crawley 133; DE Malcolm
Devon Malcolm
Devon Malcolm is a former English cricketer.Malcolm was one of England's few genuinely fast bowlers of the 1990s. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he settled in England, making his first-class debut for Derbyshire in 1984, and qualifying to play for England in 1987...

 6-23

|-
|16
|20 Aug 1997
| Leicestershire
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....


Grace Road, Leicester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 163 runs
| Wells 190; AS Rollins
Adrian Rollins
Adrian Stewart Rollins was an English cricketer, of West Indian origin who played for Derbyshire from 1993 to 1999 and for Northamptonshire from 2000 to 2002...

  171; KJ Barnett
Kim Barnett
Kim John Barnett was an English cricketer who briefly played for England in 1988 and 1989, and for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1998. He also played for Gloucestershire from 1999 to 2002, and for South African club sides...

 147; PAJ DeFreitas
Phillip DeFreitas
Phillip Anthony Jason "Daffy" DeFreitas is a retired English cricketer. He played county cricket for Leicestershire, Lancashire and Derbyshire, as well as appearing in forty four Test matches and 103 ODIs...

  5-120; Pierson 6-56

|-
|17
|27 Aug 1997
| 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, Derby
|bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|18
|02 Sep 1997
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 9 wickets
| Davies 5-46
|-
|19
|10 Sep 1997
| 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, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 10 wickets
| Weston 188; Moody 101
|-
|20
|18 Sep 1997
| 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
|9 wickets
| KJ Barnett
Kim Barnett
Kim John Barnett was an English cricketer who briefly played for England in 1988 and 1989, and for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1998. He also played for Gloucestershire from 1999 to 2002, and for South African club sides...

 210; TA Tweats
Tim Tweats
Timothy Andrew Tweats is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Derbyshire between 1992 and 1999, and for Staffordshire in 2000....

  189; PAJ DeFreitas
Phillip DeFreitas
Phillip Anthony Jason "Daffy" DeFreitas is a retired English cricketer. He played county cricket for Leicestershire, Lancashire and Derbyshire, as well as appearing in forty four Test matches and 103 ODIs...

  6-98

|-

AXA Life League

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1
|27 Apr 1997
| 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...

 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 6 wickets
|
|-
|2
|4 May 1997
| 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...

 
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 35 runs
|
|-
|3
|11 May 1997
| Surrey
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...


County Ground, Derby
| Abandoned
|
|
|-
|4
|18 May 1997
| Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex 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 Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...

 
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 4 wickets
|
|-
|5
|25 May 1997
| Nottinghamshire
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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 32 runs
| Johnson 117; Archer 104; CJ Adams  121
|-
|6
|08 Jun 1997
| Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...


Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 4 wickets
|
|-
|7
|15 Jun 1997
| Warwickshire
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...

 
Edgbaston, Birmingham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 108 runs
|
|-
|8
|22 Jun 1997
| 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...

 
County Ground, Derby
| Abandoned
|
|
|-
|9
|29 Jun 1997
| Essex
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...

 
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 1 run
|
|-
|10
|13 Jul 1997
| 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
| 114 runs
| CJ Adams  109
|-
|11
|20 Jul 1997
| Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....

 
College Ground, Cheltenham
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
| KJ Barnett
Kim Barnett
Kim John Barnett was an English cricketer who briefly played for England in 1988 and 1989, and for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1998. He also played for Gloucestershire from 1999 to 2002, and for South African club sides...

 99

|-
|12
|27 Jul 1997
| Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan 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 Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...

 
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 8 wickets
| DG 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...

 6-21

|-
|13
|03 Aug 1997
| Durham
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...

 
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
|
|-
|14
|24 Aug 1997
| Leicestershire
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....


Grace Road, Leicester
| Abandoned
|
|
|-
|15
|31 Aug 1997
| 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, Derby
| Abandoned
|
|
|-
|16
|07 Sep 1997
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| 7 wickets
|
|-
|17
|14 Sep 1997
| 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, New Road, Worcester
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 5 wickets
| Moody 112
|-
|

National Westminster Bank Trophy

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
|1st Round
| 24 Jun 1997
| Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Cricket Club
Lincolnshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs, which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Lincolnshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

 
Lindum Sports Club Ground, Lincoln
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 8 wickets
|
|-
|2nd Round
| 09 Jul 1997
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 144 runs
| CJ Adams101; KJ Barnett
Kim Barnett
Kim John Barnett was an English cricketer who briefly played for England in 1988 and 1989, and for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1998. He also played for Gloucestershire from 1999 to 2002, and for South African club sides...

  111; DE Malcolm
Devon Malcolm
Devon Malcolm is a former English cricketer.Malcolm was one of England's few genuinely fast bowlers of the 1990s. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he settled in England, making his first-class debut for Derbyshire in 1984, and qualifying to play for England in 1987...

 7-35

|-
|Quarter Final
|29 Jul 1997
| 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...

 
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 5 wickets
| CJ Adams 129; Rao 158
|-

Benson and Hedges Cup

{| class="wikitable" width="60%"
! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan=6 | List of matches
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!V
!Result
!Margin
!Notes
|-
| Group A 1
| 28 Apr 1997
| Minor Counties cricket team 
County Ground, Lakenham
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 wickets
| CJ Adams 138
|-
| Group A 2
|30 Apr 1997
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 6 wickets
| KJ Barnett
Kim Barnett
Kim John Barnett was an English cricketer who briefly played for England in 1988 and 1989, and for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1998. He also played for Gloucestershire from 1999 to 2002, and for South African club sides...

  112

|-
| Group A 3
| 2 May 1997
| 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="#FF0000"|Lost
| Faster rate
|
|-
| Group A 4
|5 May 1997
| 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="#00FF00"|Won
| 20 runs
|
|-
| Group A 5
|12 May 1997
| Warwickshire
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...

 
County Ground, Derby
|bgcolor="#FF0000"|Lost
| 1 wicket
|
|-

Competition batting averages

{| class="wikitable " width="100%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"

!rowspan=2|Name
!colspan=6|County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...


!colspan=6|AXA Life League
!colspan=6|NWB Trophy
!colspan=6|B & H Cup
Benson & Hedges Cup
The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals....


|-
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
!M
!I
!Runs
!HS
!Ave
!100
|-
| CJ Adams || 12 ||21 || 611 ||108 ||30.55|| 2 ||11 ||11 || 427|| 121|| 42.70|| 2 ||3 ||3 || 301 ||129* ||301.00 || 2 ||5|| 5 || 260 ||138 || 52.00 || 1
|-
| P Aldred
Paul Aldred
Paul Aldred was an English cricketer. Between 1995 and 2002 he played for Derbyshire.Born in Chellaston, Derby, Aldred was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. His county debut came in 1995, and his top batting score of 83, achieved against Hampshire, came during 1997...

 || 6|| 5 || 111|| 83 || 27.75 || 0 ||10|| 6 || 53 ||17 || 10.60 || 0 ||3 ||2 || 4|| 4|| 4.00 || 0 || || || || || ||
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| KJ Barnett
Kim Barnett
Kim John Barnett was an English cricketer who briefly played for England in 1988 and 1989, and for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1998. He also played for Gloucestershire from 1999 to 2002, and for South African club sides...

 || 15 ||24 || 1055 ||210*|| 50.23 || 3 ||8 ||7 || 297|| 99|| 42.42 || 0 ||3 ||2 || 129 ||111 || 64.50 || 1 ||5 ||5 || 325 ||112*|| 81.25 || 1
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| ID 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...

 || 3 ||3 || 46 ||42 ||15.33 || 0 ||4 ||4 || 54 ||29 ||13.50 || 0 || || || || || || ||1 ||0 || || || ||
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| ME Cassar
Matthew Cassar
Matthew Edward Cassar is a former Australian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who represented Derbyshire from 1994 to 2000 and Northamptonshire from 2001 and 2002....

 || 7 ||8 || 227|| 78|| 32.42 || 0 || 4|| 3 || 36 ||33 ||12.00 || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| VP Clarke
Vince Clarke (cricketer)
Vincent Paul Clarke is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg-break bowler who played for Somerset, Leicestershire and Derbyshire during a five-year first-class career....

 ||16|| 25 || 728|| 99|| 36.40 || 0 ||13 ||13|| 244 ||77*|| 24.40|| 0 ||3 ||2 || 35|| 24*|| 35.00 || 0 ||5 ||5 || 81 ||52|| 20.25 || 0
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| DG 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...

 || 6 ||9 || 192|| 55*|| 24.00 || 0 ||3 ||3 || 67|| 33|| 22.33 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 16 ||16 ||16.00 || 0 || || || || || ||
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| KJ 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...

 || 7|| 9 || 41|| 16 || 6.83 || 0 ||10 ||3 || 2 ||1* ||2.00 || 0 ||1 ||0 || || || || ||5 ||1 || 6|| 6|| 6.00 || 0
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| PAJ DeFreitas
Phillip DeFreitas
Phillip Anthony Jason "Daffy" DeFreitas is a retired English cricketer. He played county cricket for Leicestershire, Lancashire and Derbyshire, as well as appearing in forty four Test matches and 103 ODIs...

 || 16 ||20 || 417|| 96|| 21.94 || 0 ||12 ||10 || 140 ||45||15.55 || 0 ||3 ||2 || 50|| 26|| 25.00 || 0 ||5 ||3 || 44|| 32*|| 22.00 || 0
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| SP Griffiths
Steven Griffiths (cricketer)
Steven Paul Griffiths was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Derbyshire between 1995 and 1999. He also played for the Second XI of Somerset early in his career....

  || || || || || || ||1 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| AJ Harris || 16|| 22 || 140|| 36 || 7.36 || 0 ||13 ||7 || 27|| 10* ||9.00 || 0 ||2 ||1 || 5 ||5*|| 0|| 0 ||5 ||2 || 6|| 4*|| 6.00 || 0
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| AN Hayhurst
Andy Hayhurst
Andrew Neil Hayhurst is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler....

 || 1|| 1|| 6|| 6 ||6.00 || 0 || 2|| 2 || 20 ||12 ||10.00 || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| DM Jones
Dean Jones (cricketer)
Dean Mervyn Jones AM is a retired Australian cricketer, and is presently a coach. He also worked as a media commentator.-Career:...

 ||5 ||9 || 312|| 99* ||39.00 || 0 ||5|| 5 || 189|| 58|| 37.80 || 0 || || || || || || ||5 ||5 || 105 ||35|| 21.00 || 0
|-
| GA Khan
Gul Khan
Gul Abbass Khan is a former Pakistani cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who played for Oxford University and Derbyshire in a two-year first-class career....

 ||2 ||3 || 77|| 62*|| 38.50 || 0 ||7|| 6 || 124|| 71* ||24.80 || 0 |||2 ||2 || 19 ||19|| 9.50 || 0 ||5 ||5 || 88|| 33|| 22.00 || 0
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| KM Krikken
Karl Krikken
Karl Matthew Krikken is a former English cricketer who kept wicket for Derbyshire for most of his career, which spanned 16 years between 1987 and 2003....

 || 17 ||24 || 492|| 72 ||23.42 || 0 ||12 ||11 ||153 ||39 ||19.12 || 0 ||3 ||2 || 39 ||38 ||19.50 || 0 ||5 ||4 || 123|| 42*|| 123.00 || 0
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| SJ Lacey
Simon Lacey
Simon James Lacey is a former English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1997 and 2000.Lacey debuted in the Second XI Championship in 1992 and made his first appearance for the first-class team five years later in the 1997 season...

 ||5 ||7 || 126|| 50|| 31.50|| 0 || 3 ||1 || 9|| 9 ||9.00 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| DE Malcolm
Devon Malcolm
Devon Malcolm is a former English cricketer.Malcolm was one of England's few genuinely fast bowlers of the 1990s. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he settled in England, making his first-class debut for Derbyshire in 1984, and qualifying to play for England in 1987...

 || 13 ||18 ||61|| 21*|| 6.10 || 0 ||1|| 1 || 3|| 3 ||3.00 ||0 ||3 ||0 || || || || ||3 ||3 || 16|| 13 ||5.33 || 0
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| MR May
Michael May (cricketer)
Michael Robert May is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1989 and 1999.He made his debut appearances for Derbyshire at the 1989 Second XI Trophy, but made no contribution with either bat or ball...

 ||7 ||13 || 383 ||116|| 31.91 || 1 || || || || || || ||1 ||1 || 5|| 5 || 5.00 || 0 || || || || || ||
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| JEH Owen
John Owen (cricketer)
John Edward Houghton Owen is a former English cricketer represented Derbyshire between 1994 and 1999.Owen was the son of David Owen who was a cricketer for the Derbyshire Second XI during the early part of the 1970s. Owen first played cricket for Derbyshire during the 1994 season, when he made his...

 ||4 ||6 || 83|| 22|| 13.83 || 0 ||2 ||1 || 5 ||5 ||5.00 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 10 ||10 ||10.00 || 0 || || || || || ||
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| GM Roberts
Glenn Roberts (cricketer)
Glenn Martin Roberts is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1996 and 2002.In the early part of Roberts' career, he played Second XI cricket for Essex, Worcestershire and Glamorgan...

 ||1|| 2 || 15|| 13 ||7.50 || 0 ||6|| 5 ||19 ||9|| 6.33 || 0 || || || || || || ||5 ||3 ||15 ||12|| 7.50 || 0
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| AS Rollins
Adrian Rollins
Adrian Stewart Rollins was an English cricketer, of West Indian origin who played for Derbyshire from 1993 to 1999 and for Northamptonshire from 2000 to 2002...

 ||14 ||24 || 854|| 210|| 40.66 || 3 ||8 ||8 || 212 ||36 ||35.33 || 0 ||3 ||3 || 67 ||40 ||22.33|| 0 ||1 ||1 || 0|| 0 ||0.00 || 0
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| TM Smith
Trevor Smith (cricketer)
Trevor Mark Smith is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1997 to 2001 and also for Suffolk....

 ||1 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| BL 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...

 ||1 ||1 ||15 ||15*|| 0|| 0 ||1|| 1 ||4|| 4 ||4.00 || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| SD Stubbings
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...

 ||1 ||2 || 27|| 22 ||13.50 || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| TA Tweats
Tim Tweats
Timothy Andrew Tweats is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Derbyshire between 1992 and 1999, and for Staffordshire in 2000....

 || 7 ||13 || 590 ||189|| 53.63 || 1 || 4 ||4 || 40|| 19 ||13.33 || 0 ||1 ||1 || 5 ||5*|| 0 || || || || || || ||
|-
| MJ Vandrau
Matthew Vandrau
Matthew James Vandrau was an English-born South African-raised cricketer. Having moved to South Africa at an early age, he first appeared in first-class cricket playing for Transvaal in 1990...

 || 4 ||7 || 168 ||54 || 28.00 || 0 ||3|| 2 || 16 ||10 ||8.00 || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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Competition bowling averages

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!colspan=5|County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...


!colspan=5|AXA Life League
!colspan=5|NWB Trophy
!colspan=5|B & H Cup
Benson & Hedges Cup
The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals....


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| CJ Adams || 17 ||16 || 0 || || || 60 ||85 ||1 ||1-49 ||85.00 || || || || || || || || || ||
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| P Aldred
Paul Aldred
Paul Aldred was an English cricketer. Between 1995 and 2002 he played for Derbyshire.Born in Chellaston, Derby, Aldred was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. His county debut came in 1995, and his top batting score of 83, achieved against Hampshire, came during 1997...

 || 738 || 291 ||10 ||3-28 ||29.10 ||330|| 290 ||7|| 3-40 ||41.42 ||140 || 99 ||4|| 4-30 ||24.75 || || || || ||
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| KJ Barnett
Kim Barnett
Kim John Barnett was an English cricketer who briefly played for England in 1988 and 1989, and for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1998. He also played for Gloucestershire from 1999 to 2002, and for South African club sides...

  || || || || || ||12 || 20 ||2|| 2-20 ||10.00 || 60|| 48 ||0 || || ||60 || 52|| 3 ||3-52 ||17.33
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| ID 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...

 || 168 || 121 ||1 ||1-27 ||121.00 || || || || || || || || || || ||30 || 38|| 0 || ||
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| ME Cassar
Matthew Cassar
Matthew Edward Cassar is a former Australian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who represented Derbyshire from 1994 to 2000 and Northamptonshire from 2001 and 2002....

 ||313 || 224 ||8 ||3-31 ||28.00 || 66 ||85 ||2 ||1-15 ||42.50 || || || || || || || || || ||
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| VP Clarke
Vince Clarke (cricketer)
Vincent Paul Clarke is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg-break bowler who played for Somerset, Leicestershire and Derbyshire during a five-year first-class career....

 || 1029 || 668 ||7 ||1-10|| 95.42 ||312|| 292|| 9|| 2-28|| 32.44 ||162 || 92 ||2|| 1-38|| 46.00 ||168 ||142 ||7 ||4-49|| 20.28
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| DG 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...

 || 792 || 457 ||11 ||4-48|| 41.54 ||102 ||80|| 6|| 6-21 ||13.33 ||68 || 67 ||1 ||1-67 ||67.00 || || || || ||
|-
| KJ 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...

 || 952 || 541 ||14 ||3-21 ||38.64 ||417|| 329 ||10 ||3-24 ||32.90 ||54 || 24 ||1 ||1-24 ||24.00 ||180 ||149 ||3 ||1-16 ||49.66
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| PAJ DeFreitas
Phillip DeFreitas
Phillip Anthony Jason "Daffy" DeFreitas is a retired English cricketer. He played county cricket for Leicestershire, Lancashire and Derbyshire, as well as appearing in forty four Test matches and 103 ODIs...

 ||2917 ||1574|| 54 ||7-64 ||29.14 ||383 ||309 ||10|| 3-19 ||30.90 ||186 ||102 ||2 ||1-20 ||51.00 ||294 ||171 ||5 ||2-43 ||34.20
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| AJ Harris || 2607 || 1531 ||33 ||3-66|| 46.39 ||530|| 479|| 21|| 4-22 ||22.80 ||108 || 79|| 3 ||2-12 ||26.33 || 287 || 234|| 8 ||3-41 ||29.25
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| AN Hayhurst
Andy Hayhurst
Andrew Neil Hayhurst is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler....

  || || || || || || 42 ||37|| 2|| 2-37 ||18.50 || || || || || || || || || ||
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| DM Jones
Dean Jones (cricketer)
Dean Mervyn Jones AM is a retired Australian cricketer, and is presently a coach. He also worked as a media commentator.-Career:...

 || 12 || 0|| 0 || || || 24|| 45|| 0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| SJ Lacey
Simon Lacey
Simon James Lacey is a former English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1997 and 2000.Lacey debuted in the Second XI Championship in 1992 and made his first appearance for the first-class team five years later in the 1997 season...

 || 564 || 291|| 7|| 3-97 ||41.57 || 66|| 62 ||1 ||1-38|| 62.00 || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| DE Malcolm
Devon Malcolm
Devon Malcolm is a former English cricketer.Malcolm was one of England's few genuinely fast bowlers of the 1990s. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he settled in England, making his first-class debut for Derbyshire in 1984, and qualifying to play for England in 1987...

 || 2241 || 1262 ||60 ||6-23 ||21.03 ||48 ||51 ||1 ||1-51 ||51.00 ||169 || 95 ||10 ||7-35 ||9.50 ||161 || 116|| 5 ||2-38|| 23.20
|-
| MR May
Michael May (cricketer)
Michael Robert May is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1989 and 1999.He made his debut appearances for Derbyshire at the 1989 Second XI Trophy, but made no contribution with either bat or ball...

 || 25|| 50|| 0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| GM Roberts
Glenn Roberts (cricketer)
Glenn Martin Roberts is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1996 and 2002.In the early part of Roberts' career, he played Second XI cricket for Essex, Worcestershire and Glamorgan...

 || 36 ||8 ||0 || || ||195 ||195|| 0 || || || || || || || ||276 || 228|| 9|| 3-45|| 25.33
|-
| AS Rollins
Adrian Rollins
Adrian Stewart Rollins was an English cricketer, of West Indian origin who played for Derbyshire from 1993 to 1999 and for Northamptonshire from 2000 to 2002...

 || 6 ||9 ||0 || || ||12 ||15 ||0 || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| TM Smith
Trevor Smith (cricketer)
Trevor Mark Smith is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1997 to 2001 and also for Suffolk....

 ||108 ||51 ||1 ||1-27|| 51.00 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| MJ Vandrau
Matthew Vandrau
Matthew James Vandrau was an English-born South African-raised cricketer. Having moved to South Africa at an early age, he first appeared in first-class cricket playing for Transvaal in 1990...

|| 264 ||182 ||4 ||3-78 ||45.50 || 60|| 63|| 2|| 2-32 ||31.50 || || || || || || || || || ||
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Wicket Keeping

KM Krikken
County Championship Catches 51, Stumping 2
AXA League Catches 11, Stumping 3
National Westminster Trophy Catches 1, Stumping 0
Benson and Hedges Cup Catches 3, Stumping 0
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