| 2003 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | Dominic Cork | ||
| County Championship | Div 2 - 9 | ||
| National League | Div 2 - 6 | ||
| Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy | Semi-final | ||
| Twenty20 Cup. | Group | ||
| Most runs | Michael Di Venuto | ||
| Most wickets | Graeme Welch | ||
| Most catches | Luke Sutton | ||
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2003 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and thirty-six years. They reached the semi-final in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. In the County Championship, they finished ninth in the second division and in the National League, they finished sixth in the second division. They were eliminated at group level in the North section of the Twenty20 Cup.
2003 season
Derbyshire was in Division 2 of the County Championship and finished in sixth position. In addition to the Championship, they played Cambridge University. Of their seventeen first class games, they won two and lost eleven, the remainder being drawn. Derbyshire was in Division 2 of the NatWest Pro40 League in which they won eight of their eighteen matches to finish sixth in the division. In the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy, Derbyshire reached the semi-finals. In the Twenty20 Cup, Derbyshire played in the North Division and won three matches. Dominic Cork was in his sixth season as captain. Michael Di Venuto was top scorer and Graeme Welch took most wickets.
Matches
First Class
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes | 
| 1 | 18 Apr 2003[1] | Glamorgan  County Ground, Derby  | 
Drawn | MJ Di Venuto 121; LD Sutton 120; Maynard 142 | |
| 2 | 30 Apr 2003[2] | Somerset County Ground, Derby  | 
Drawn | Cox 126; DG Cork 5-74 | |
| 3 | 9 May 2003[3] | Yorkshire  Headingley, Leeds  | 
Won | 166 runs | LD Sutton 127; Sidebottom 7-97 | 
| 4 | 21 May 2003[4] | Durham   Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street  | Lost | 30 runs | MJ Di Venuto 150; G Welch 5-60 | 
| 5 | 30 May 2003[5] | Worcestershire County Ground, Derby  | 
Lost | 9 wickets | Hick 155 | 
| 6 | 04 Jun 2003[6] | Glamorgan  St Helen's, Swansea  | 
Lost | Innings and 70 runs | Croft 6-71 | 
| 7 | 27 Jun 2003[7] | Northamptonshire  County Ground, Northampton  | 
Lost | 180 runs | NRC Dumelow 5-82 and 5-78; Swann 7-33 | 
| 8 | 02 Jul 2003[8] | Yorkshire  County Ground, Derby  | 
Lost | 10 wickets | White 173; G Welch 6-102; Sidebottom 6-38 | 
| 9 | 09 Jul 2003[9] | Gloucestershire  County Ground, Derby  | 
Lost | 5 wickets | MJ Di Venuto 148; Lewis 6-48 | 
| 10 | 15 Jul 2003[10] | Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester  | 
Lost | Innings and 42 runs | Mason 5-43; Kabir Ali 8-58 | 
| 11 | 24 Jul 2003[11] | Durham   County Ground, Derby  | 
Drawn | Wells 106; MJ Di Venuto 143 | |
| 12 | 13 Aug 2003[12] | Hampshire The Rose Bowl, Southampton  | 
Won | Innings and 43 runs | DG Cork 6-28 | 
| 13 | 20 Aug 2003[13] | Northamptonshire  County Ground, Derby  | 
Lost | Innings and 231 runs | Hussey 115; Jaques 123; Sales 200 | 
| 14 | 28 Aug 2003[14] | South African cricket team in England in 2003   County Ground, Derby  | 
Drawn | Kallis 200 | |
| 15 | 03 Sep 2003[15] | Gloucestershire  County Ground, Bristol  | 
Lost | 20 runs | Rhodes 137; SD Stubbings 103; Lewis 7-117; Fisher 5-73 | 
| 16 | 10 Sep 2003[16] | Somerset County Ground, Taunton  | 
Lost | 27 runs | Blackwell 247; AI Gait 110; DG Cork 6-92 | 
| 17 | 17 Sep 2003[17] | Hampshire County Ground, Derby  | 
Lost | 10 wickets | Katich 122;Hamblin 6-93; Tomlinson 6-63 | 
National League

| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes | 
| 1 | 27 Apr 2003[18] | Middlesex    Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood  | Lost | 5 wickets | |
| 2 | 4 May 2003[19] | Somerset County Ground, Derby  | 
Won | 15 runs | |
| 3 | 5 May 2003[20] | Nottinghamshire  Trent Bridge, Nottingham  | 
Lost | 1 wicket | Pieterson 130 | 
| 4 | 18 May 2003[21] | Northamptonshire  County Ground, Northampton  | 
No Result | ||
| 5 | 20 May 2003[22] | Scotland  Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh  | 
Won | 6 wickets | |
| 6 | 25 May 2003[23] | Durham   Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street  | Abandoned | ||
| 7 | 15 Jun 2003[24] | Lancashire  County Ground, Derby  | 
Lost | 5 runs | |
| 8 | 13 Jul 2003[25] | Sussex   Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground  | 
Won | 6 wickets | Goodwin 129; CWG Bassano 126 | 
| 9 | 23 Jul 2003[26] | Nottinghamshire  County Ground, Derby  | 
Lost | 5 wickets | |
| 10 | 03 Aug 2003[27] | Middlesex    County Ground, Derby  | 
Lost | 4 wickets | MJ Di Venuto 106 | 
| 11 | 04 Aug 2003[28] | Lancashire  Old Trafford, Manchester  | 
Lost | 8 wickets | |
| 12 | 10 Aug 2003[29] | Sussex   County Ground, Derby  | 
Won | 6 wickets | |
| 13 | 17 Aug 2003[30] | Hampshire The Rose Bowl, Southampton  | 
Lost | 6 wickets | |
| 14 | 24 Aug 2003[31] | Northamptonshire  County Ground, Derby |  | 
Won | 3 wickets | Hussey 103; MJ Di Venuto 130 | 
| 15 | 31 Aug 2003[32] | Durham   County Ground, Derby  | 
Lost | 11 runs | |
| 16 | 07 Sep 2003[33] | Scotland  County Ground, Derby  | 
Won | 8 wickets | CWG Bassano 108 | 
| 17 | 14 Sep 2003[34] | Somerset County Ground, Taunton  | 
Won | 2 wickets | MJ Di Venuto 113 | 
| 18 | 21 Sep 2003[35] | Hampshire County Ground, Derby  | 
Won | 9 runs | |
Friends Provident Trophy
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes | 
| 3rd Rnd | 7 May 2003[36] | Kent Cricket Board   St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury  | Won | 171 runs | CWG Bassano 101 | 
| 4th Rnd | 28 May 2003[37] | Glamorgan  Sophia Gardens, Cardiff  | Won | 7 wickets | CWG Bassano 121 | 
| Qtr-Final | 11 Jun 2003[38] | Surrey County Ground, Derby  | 
Won | 137 runs | |
| Semi-final | 07 Aug 2003[39] | Gloucestershire  County Ground, Bristol  | 
Lost | 1 wicket | |
Twenty20 Cup
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes | 
| 1 | 14 Jun 2003[40] | Yorkshire  Headingley, Leeds  | 
Lost | 45 runs | |
| 2 | 19 Jun 2003[41] | Nottinghamshire  County Ground, Derby  | 
Won | 9 wickets | |
| 3 | 21 Jun 2003[42] | Lancashire  Old Trafford, Manchester  | Won | 7 wickets | |
| 4 | 23 Jun 2003[43] | Durham   County Ground, Derby  | Won | 6 runs | |
| 5 | 24 Jun 2003[44] | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester  | 
Lost | 1 run | Grove 6-22 | 
Statistics
Competition batting averages
| Name | H | County Championship | National League, | Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy | Twenty20 Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | I | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | M | I | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | M | I | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | M | I | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | ||
| CWG Bassano | 11 | 21 | 271 | 53* | 15.05 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 559 | 126* | 46.58 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 265 | 121 | 66.25 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 76 | 43 | 25.33 | 0 | |
| DG Cork | 16 | 29 | 593 | 92 | 22.80 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 279 | 49 | 21.46 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 75 | 59 | 25.00 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 9.00 | 0 | |
| KJ Dean | 15 | 24 | 148 | 30* | 7.04 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 30 | 12 | 10.00 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | |||||||
| MJ Di Venuto | 16 | 31 | 1520 | 150 | 49.03 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 655 | 130 | 46.78 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 76 | 51 | 25.33 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 198 | 67 | 66.00 | 0 | |
| NRC Dumelow | 9 | 17 | 347 | 75 | 24.78 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 86 | 28* | 10.75 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 12.50 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 4.25 | 0 | |
| AI Gait | 12 | 24 | 662 | 110 | 27.58 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 112 | 37 | 18.66 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 96 | 87* | 48.00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | |
| NEL Gunter | 2 | 2 | 29 | 20* | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9* | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hassan Adnan | 2 | 4 | 189 | 84 | 63.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CZ Harris | 4 | 4 | 30 | 23* | 10.00 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| PMR Havell | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7* | 10.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| DR Hewson | 8 | 16 | 222 | 57 | 13.87 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 274 | 50 | 21.07 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 140 | 69 | 46.66 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 36 | 14.00 | 0 | |
| M Kaif | 8 | 15 | 332 | 87 | 22.13 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 225 | 70 | 32.14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 153 | 81 | 76.50 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 75 | 53 | 18.75 | 0 | |
| RM Khan | 8 | 15 | 322 | 76 | 21.46 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3.50 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| KM Krikken | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 7.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3* | 0 | ||||||||||||
| T Lungley | 5 | 8 | 80 | 29 | 11.42 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 30 | 14.00 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1* | 1.00 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 18* | 18.50 | 0 | |
| Mohammad Ali | 10 | 17 | 101 | 31 | 7.21 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8* | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| SA Selwood | 9 | 17 | 333 | 88 | 20.81 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 240 | 88* | 30.00 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 15.00 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5.66 | 0 | |
| Shahid Afridi | 3 | 6 | 92 | 67 | 15.33 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 35 | 13.66 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | |||||||
| SD Stubbings | 3 | 6 | 306 | 103 | 51.00 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 114 | 45 | 28.50 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| LD Sutton | 15 | 29 | 936 | 127 | 37.44 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 199 | 83 | 24.87 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 14.00 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 22* | 21.00 | 0 | |
| G Welch | 14 | 26 | 414 | 54 | 19.71 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 159 | 26 | 19.87 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 22 | 25.00 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 9.66 | 0 | |
| LJ Wharton | 6 | 9 | 46 | 30 | 11.50 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5* | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 | |||||||||
Competition bowling averages
| Name | H | County Championship | National League | Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy | Twenty20 Cup | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Ave | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Ave | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Ave | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Ave | ||
| DG Cork | 2665 | 1363 | 50 | 6-28 | 27.26 | 768 | 537 | 23 | 3-15 | 23.34 | 200 | 134 | 6 | 2-17 | 22.33 | 48 | 39 | 1 | 1-24 | 39.00 | |
| KJ Dean | 2529 | 1506 | 41 | 4-39 | 36.73 | 714 | 508 | 13 | 2-17 | 39.07 | 192 | 125 | 8 | 3-6 | 15.62 | ||||||
| MJ Di Venuto | 36 | 23 | 0 | 78 | 88 | 5 | 3-19 | 17.60 | |||||||||||||
| NRC Dumelow | 1204 | 711 | 16 | 5-78 | 44.43 | 572 | 486 | 15 | 3-26 | 32.40 | 60 | 47 | 0 | 53 | 69 | 7 | 3-8 | 9.85 | |||
| NEL Gunter | 163 | 153 | 3 | 2-48 | 51.00 | 72 | 86 | 0 | 72 | 61 | 1 | 1-12 | 61.00 | ||||||||
| CZ Harris | 216 | 141 | 4 | 2-27 | 35.25 | ||||||||||||||||
| PMR Havell | 466 | 369 | 10 | 3-34 | 36.90 | 12 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DR Hewson | 24 | 14 | 0 | 379 | 349 | 15 | 4-25 | 23.26 | 78 | 50 | 2 | 1-18 | 25.00 | 114 | 109 | 10 | 4-18 | 10.90 | |||
| M Kaif | 24 | 21 | 1 | 1-21 | 21.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| RM Khan | 18 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| T Lungley | 398 | 350 | 7 | 4-101 | 50.00 | 269 | 290 | 8 | 3-47 | 36.25 | 136 | 93 | 4 | 2-18 | 23.25 | 102 | 126 | 6 | 4-13 | 21.00 | |
| Mohammad Ali | 1326 | 1060 | 28 | 4-79 | 37.85 | 177 | 178 | 4 | 2-23 | 44.50 | 60 | 28 | 1 | 1-28 | 28.00 | ||||||
| SA Selwood | 42 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1-7 | 7.00 | |||||||||||||
| Shahid Afridi | 328 | 147 | 4 | 2-29 | 36.75 | 132 | 103 | 2 | 1-25 | 51.50 | 60 | 45 | 2 | 2-45 | 22.50 | ||||||
| G Welch | 2733 | 1394 | 53 | 6-102 | 26.30 | 703 | 567 | 20 | 3-44 | 28.35 | 179 | 134 | 9 | 4-26 | 14.88 | 114 | 177 | 2 | 1-15 | 88.50 | |
| LJ Wharton | 690 | 364 | 9 | 4-50 | 40.44 | 240 | 202 | 4 | 2-37 | 50.50 | 72 | 50 | 3 | 2-31 | 16.66 | ||||||
Wicket Keeping
- County Championship Catches 25, Stumping 2
 - PRO40 Catches 21, Stumping 1
 - Friends Provident Catches 9, Stumping 0
 - Twenty20 Catches 2, Stumping 2
 
See also
References
- ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Durham v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Durham
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire
 - ↑ Derbyshire v South Africans
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Scotland v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Durham v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Durham
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Scotland
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Kent Cricket Board v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Durham
 - ↑ Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire
 - ↑ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 2003
 - ↑ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire National League 2003
 - ↑ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy 2003
 - ↑ Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Twenty20 Cup 2003
 - ↑ Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 2003
 - ↑ Bowling for Derbyshire National League 2003
 - ↑ Bowling for Derbyshire Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy 2003
 - ↑ Bowling for Derbyshire Twenty20 Cup 2003