Trophy start has handed Billy a new lease of life

By Richard Edwards
IT didn’t take Billy Godleman long to get back into the swing of things with the bat for Derbyshire, despite a summer spent wondering where his next game of cricket was coming from.
The 31-year-old made 86 in Derbyshire’s second innings as they chased down a highly improbable victory target in the fourth innings of their opening match of the Bob Willis Trophy against Nottinghamshire. The Trent Bridge heroics of Fynn Hudson-Prentice and Michael Cohen - who shared an eighth wicket partnership of 68 to see Dave Houghton’s side over the line - w...

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