Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2007

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2007 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and thirty-six years. In the County Championship, they finished sixth in the second division. In the Pro40 league, they finished eighth in the second division. They were eliminated at group level in the Friends Provident Trophy and came eighth in the North section of the Twenty20 Cup.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons

2007 season
Captain	Simon Katich
County Championship	Div 2 - 6
Pro40	Div 2 - 8
Friends Provident Trophy	North - 8
Twenty20 Cup.	North - 6
Most runs	Simon Katich
Most wickets	Tom Lungley
Most catches	James Pipe
← 2006 2008 →

2007 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 three, the remainder being drawn. Derbyshire was in Division 2 of the NatWest Pro40 League in which they won one of their eight matches to finish eighth in the division. In the Friends Provident Trophy Derbyshire played in the Northern group, coming eighth in the table. In the Twenty20 Cup, Derbyshire played in the North Division and won one match to finish sixth in the division. Simon Katich was captain and top scorer with three centuries. Tom Lungley took most wickets.

Derbyshire recorded their highest ever score, 801 for eight declared, against Somerset at Taunton in May. Their score beat their previous highest ever score, of 707 for 7 declared also against Somerset also at Taunton in the 2005 season. Simon Katich scored 221, Ian Harvey 153, Ant Botha 101 and James Pipe 106. Derbyshire broke the record despite losing Phil Weston and Chris Taylor to Andy Caddick in the first over without a run on the board.

Matches

First Class

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	18 Apr 2007[1]	Essex County Ground, Chelmsford	Drawn		IJ Harvey 136; DJ Pipe 133; Cook 100; Irani 144; Kaneira 5-152
2	25 Apr 2007[2]	Cambridge University FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge	Drawn		DJ Birch 130; FA Klokker 100
3	2 May 2007[3]	Somerset County Ground, Taunton	Drawn		SM Katich 221; IJ Harvey 153; AG Botha 101; DJ Pipe 106; C White 138; Langer 136; GG Wagg 5-148
4	9 May 2007[4]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	7 wickets	T Lungley 5-20
5	16 May 2007[5]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Richardson 5-50
6	23 May 2007[6]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Lost	6 wickets	Peters 107; SD Stubbings 104; WA White 5-87
7	05 Jun 2007[7]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		SD Stubbings 128; Marshall 120; Hardinges 104; T Lungley 5-49
8	15 Jun 2007[8]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Drawn		Wagh 123; Shreck 7-35
9	08 Jul 2007[9]	Middlesex John Walker's Ground, Southgate	Won	15 runs	T Lungley 5-33; Kartik 5-38
10	20 Jul 2007[10]	Glamorgan County Ground, Derby	Drawn		KJ Dean 5-24; Croft 6-44
11	25 Jul 2007[11]	Somerset County Ground, Derby	Lost	278 runs	AG Botha 6-101
12	31 Jul 2007[12]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Bristol	Drawn		TR Birt 140 and 162; Hodnett 168; Gidman 111; SM Katich 124*; GG Wagg 5-119
13	09 Aug 2007[13]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Lost	28 runs	SM Katich 167; Masters 5-42; AG Botha 5-69; Broad 5-67
14	22 Aug 2007[14]	Glamorgan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	Won	42 runs	Rees 109; Croft 5-62 and 6-88; AG Botha 5-67
15	30 Aug 2007[15]	Essex County Ground, Derby	Lost	227 runs	ten Doeschate 132; Bichel 7-36; Kaneira 6-45
16	06 Sep 2007[16]	Nottinghamshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	Innings and 6 runs	Fleming 243; JL Clare 5-90
17	19 Sep 2007[17]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Klusener 5-98

NatWest Pro40 League

Simon Katich - captain and top scorer

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	16 Jul 2007[18]	Glamorgan County Ground, Derby	Won	7 wickets
2	29 Jul 2007[19]	Kent County Ground, Derby	Lost	10 runs	Key 104
3	05 Aug 2007[20]	Somerset County Ground, Derby	Lost	32 runs
4	07 Aug 2007[21]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	1 wicket
5	19 Aug 2007[22]	Surrey Kennington Oval	Lost	24 runs
6	04 Sep 2007[23]	Durham Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	7 wickets
7	10 Sep 2007[24]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Lost	4 wickets
8	15 Sep 2007[25]	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	Lost	107 runs

Friends Provident Trophy

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	29 Apr 2007[26]	Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street	Won	4 wickets
2	7 May 2007[27]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	26 runs	Maddy 117
3	13 May 2007[28]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Abandoned
4	20 May 2007[29]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Lost	7 wickets
5	28 May 2007[30]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	50 runs
6	31 May 2007[31]	Yorkshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	39 runs
7	03 Jun 2007[32]	Scotland Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	Won	6 wickets
8	10 Jun 2007[33]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Lost	6 wickets	Hodge 119
9	13 Jun 2007[34]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Lost	9 wickets	Maunders 109; Sadler 113; Allenby 5-43

Twenty20 Cup

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	22 Jun 2007[35]	Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	6 wickets
2	24 Jun 2007[36]	West Indian cricket team in England in 2007 County Ground, Derby	Won	51 runs
3	25 Jun 2007[37]	Durham County Ground, Derby	Abandoned
4	27 Jun 2007[38]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	53 runs
5	29 Jun 2007[39]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	6 wickets
6	01 Jul 2007[40]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Abandoned
7	02 Jul 2007[41]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	No result
8	05 Jul 2007[42]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Abandoned
9	06 Jul 2007[43]	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	Lost	4 wickets

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Name	H	County Championship						Pro40 league,						Friends Provident 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
Batsmen
PM Borrington	R	1	2	64	50	32.00	0
Hassan Adnan	R	10	19	379	63	22.29	0	3	3	73	51	24.33	0	1	1	13	13	13.00	0
DJ Birch	L	3	6	106	95	17.66	0	2	2	16	10	8.00	0	6	6	183	60	30.50	0
TR Birt	L	13	24	884	162	38.43	2	8	8	224	47	32.00	0	6	6	33	10*	6.60	0	5	5	104	40	20.80	0
MG Dighton	R	7	14	418	68	32.15	0	6	6	175	67	29.16	0							5	5	67	25*	16.75	0
SM Katich	L	13	23	1284	221	75.52	3	7	7	157	46*	26.16	0	6	6	146	81	24.33	0	5	5	128	39*	42.66	0
DJ Redfern	L	4	6	134	51	26.80	0	5	4	54	32	13.50	0
SD Stubbings	L	15	29	788	128	29.18	2							6	6	91	57	15.16	0
CR Taylor	R	4	6	168	96	28.00	0							3	3	72	34*	36.00	0	5	4	27	15*	13.50	0
WPC Weston	L	9	15	198	38	13.20	0	4	4	168	72	42.00	0	3	3	101	78	33.66	0
All-rounders
GS Ballance	L													1	1	2	2	2.00	0
AG Botha	L	14	19	410	101	22.77	1	5	4	69	40*	23.00	0	8	8	198	54*	39.60	0	5	4	76	26	19.00	0
IJ Harvey	R	2	3	289	153	144.50	2							2	2	67	60*	67.00	0
R Hodgkinson	R	1	1	6	6	6.00	0
GM Smith	R	11	18	356	74	22.25	0	8	8	259	88	32.37	0	8	8	165	56	20.62	0	5	5	124	79	24.80	0
GG Wagg	R	15	21	530	82	31.17	0	5	4	31	18	7.75	0	8	6	119	45	23.80	0	5	4	43	15	10.75	0
WA White	R	3	5	59	19	11.80	0	4	4	36	25	12.00	0	5	3	25	13*	25.00	0
Wicket-keepers
FA Klokker		1	2	71	48	35.50
DJ Pipe	R	14	21	577	133*	36.06	2	7	7	43	17	7.16	0	8	7	161	83	26.83	0	3	3	13	12	4.33	0
T Poynton		2	3	2	2	0.66	0	1	0											2	1	3	3	3.00	0
Bowlers
JL Clare	R]	2	3	42	22	14.00	0	3	3	17	12	5.66	0
KJ Dean	L	10	12	46	16	7.66	0	5	4	19	14*	0	0	2	1	3	3*	0	0	5	2	4	3	4.00	0
ID Hunter	R	1	1	1	1*	0	0							4	1	3	3*	0	0	2	2	2	2	1.00	0
T Lungley	L	15	21	169	30*	11.26	0	4	2	6	6*	0	0	6	3	7	3	2.33	0	5	2	8	8*	8.00	0
J Needham	R	3	5	104	48	34.66	0	7	7	90	42	18.00	0	4	3	27	18	13.50	0	3	1	0	0*	0	0
CD Paget	R							1	1	3	3	3.00	0
WB Rankin	L	3	4	5	3	1.66	0	3	2	4	2*	4.00	0	1	0										[44][45][46][47]

Competition bowling averages

Name	H	County Championship					Pro40 league,					Friends Provident Trophy					Twenty20 Cup
		Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave
TR Birt		21	26	0								1	4	0
AG Botha	L	2877	1464	51	6-101	28.70	132	133	3	2-31	44.33	271	214	8	3-52	26.75	87	113	5	4-29	22.60
JL Clare	R	296	203	10	5-90	20.30	108	117	4	3-44	29.25
KJ Dean	LF	1602	659	23	5-24	28.65	222	208	3	1-21	69.33	108	69	1	1-32	69.00	86	130	5	2-26	26.00
MG Dighton		246	133	4	2-47	33.25	132	103	3	2-46	34.33						72	74	3	1-9	24.66
IJ Harvey		180	116	2	1-14	58.00						108	77	0
R Hodgkinson		60	75	0
ID Hunter	RF	276	130	3	2-63	43.33						162	149	5	3-38	29.80	48	73	3	2-38	24.33
SM Katich	LS	228	144	2	1-17	72.00
T Lungley	RF	2615	1555	59	5-20	26.35	138	106	6	3-11	17.66	270	250	7	3-50	35.71	84	119	2	1-15	59.50
J Needham	RO	380	209	6	3-92	34.83	180	156	2	2-36	78.00	84	87	0			9	19	0
CD Paget	R						36	48	1	1-48	48.00
WB Rankin	RF	459	292	10	4-41	29.20	111	141	3	2-56	47.00	36	36	0
DJ Redfern		114	70	2	1-7	35.00
GM Smith	RF	1219	656	18	3-31	36.44	198	162	7	2-32	23.14	241	212	7	3-19	30.28	24	37	0
GG Wagg	LM	2952	1785	53	5-119	33.67	204	236	8	3-37	29.50	390	331	11	4-36	30.09	76	91	4	2-16	22.75
WPC Weston	LF	12	12	0
WA White		456	367	9	5-87	40.77	155	139	3	1-23	46.33	210	197	2	1-29	98.50					[48][49][50][51]

Wicket Keeping

James Pipe

County Championship Catches 42, Stumping 4

PRO40 Catches 6, Stumping 2

Friends Provident Catches 5, Stumping 1

Twenty20 Catches 1, Stumping 2

Thomas Poynton

County Championship Catches 3

Twenty20 Catches 0, Stumping 2

Frederik Klokker

See also

• Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
• 2007 English cricket season

References

1. Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire
2. Cricket Archive - Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence v Derbyshire
3. Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire
4. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire
5. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex
6. Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire
7. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire
8. Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire
9. Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire
10. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan
11. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset
12. Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire
13. Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire
14. Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire
15. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex
16. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire
17. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire
18. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan
19. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Kent
20. Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire
21. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire
22. Cricket Archive - Surrey v Derbyshire
23. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Durham
24. Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire
25. Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire
26. Cricket Archive - Durham v Derbyshire
27. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire
28. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire
29. Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire
30. Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire
31. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire
32. Cricket Archive - Scotland v Derbyshire
33. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire
34. Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire
35. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire
36. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v West Indians
37. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Durham
38. Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire
39. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire
40. Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire
41. Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire
42. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire
43. Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire
44. Cricket Archive Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 2007
45. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire NatWest PRO40 2007
46. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Friends Provident Trophy 2007
47. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Twenty20 Cup 2007
48. Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 2007
49. Bowling for Derbyshire NatWest PRO40
50. Bowling for Derbyshire Friends Provident Trophy 2007
51. Bowling for Derbyshire Twenty20 Cup 2007