Innovative Derbyshire show how to mix it with the big-hitters

By Richard Edwards

Top recruitment: Kim Barnett

DERBYSHIRE have struck another blow for the have-nots of the county game by showing that money isn’t the be-all and endall – even in the mega-bucks world of modern T20 cricket.
That’s the view of Kim Barnett, the county’s director of cricket, who struck an upbeat tone despite the county crashing out of the Blast at the quarter-final stage at home on Tuesday night.
John Wright’s side fell foul of a 43-ball exhibition of brutality from Shahid Afridi, who laid waste to the Derbyshire attack in an...

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