This is a list in alphabetical order of cricketers who have played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club in top-class matches since it was founded in 1870. Derbyshire was a first-class team from 1871 to 1887 but was then demoted until its status was restored in 1895.[1] Derbyshire have been a List A team since the beginning of limited overs cricket in 1963[2] and a top-class Twenty20 team since the inauguration of the Twenty20 Cup in 2003.[3]

The details are the player's usual name followed by the years in which he was active as a Derbyshire player and then his name is given as it would appear on match scorecards. Note that many players represented other top-class teams besides Derbyshire. Current players are shown as active to the latest season in which they played for the club. The list excludes Second XI and other players who did not play for the club's first team; and players whose first team appearances were in minor matches only.[4] The list has been updated to the end of the 2021 cricket season using the data published in Playfair Cricket Annual, 2022 edition.[5]

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B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Hodgkinson is known to have played a single match, a first-class fixture against MCC in 1882. Other than a surname and initial, no biographical details are known.[6]
  2. ^ Zubair Khan, whose brother Rawait Khan also played for the club, played as a fast bowler in a single first-class match for Derbyshire against Cambridge University in an early season match in 2000 as a 17-year old, taking a single wicket. He played second XI cricket for Derbyshire and Worcestershire and was twelfth man in the Derbyshire side at least once during the 2000 season.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (1982) A Guide to First-Class Cricket matches played in the British Isles, p.11. Nottingham: ACS.
  2. ^ "List A matches played by Derbyshire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Twenty20 matches played by Derbyshire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Derbyshire players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  5. ^ Ian Marshall, ed. (7 April 2022). Playfair Cricket Annual 2022 (2022 ed.). Headline. p. 82–86. ISBN 978-1-4722-9086-1.
  6. ^ J Hodgkinson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 April 2021. (subscription required)
  7. ^ Zubair Khan, Cricket Derbyshire Foundation. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  8. ^ Round up, The Guardian, 16 August 2000. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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