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County by County 2026 Season Preview – Division Two – Derbyshire

Having finished bottom of the second division in 2024, most would have expected Derbyshire to go into the 2025 campaign with better hopes in T20 than red-ball.

But they exceeded all expectations in finishing third and in the end only missed out on promotion – for what would have been the first time in more than a decade – by five points, and were bottom and second from bottom in the T20 and 50-over competition respectively.

By Dave Fletcher

Formed: 1870
Home Ground: The County Ground, Derby
One-Day Name: Derbyshire Falcons
Captain(s): Wayne Madsen (CC), Brooke Guest (ODC), Aneurin Donald (T20), Adrianna Darlow (Women)
Head of Cricket: Mickey Arthur
2025 Results: CC2: 3/8; ODC: 8/9 Group A; T20: 9/9 (North Group); WODC: 10/10 (L2); WT20: 5/5 (North Group L2); WCCT20: first round
Honours: Championship: 1936; Gillette/NatWest/C&G/FP Trophy: 1981; Benson & Hedges Cup: 1993; Sunday League: 1990
Reflections on last season and hopes for this summer
Having finished bottom of the second division in 2024, most ...

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