Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2008

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2008 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and thirty-seven 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 in the Twenty20 Cup.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons

2008 season
Captain	Rikki Clarke
County Championship	Div 2 - 6
Pro40	Div 2 - 8
Friends Provident Trophy	North - 3
Twenty20 Cup.	North - 5
Most runs	Chris Rogers
Most wickets	Graham Wagg
Most catches	James Pipe
← 2007 2009 →

2008 season

Derbyshire was in Division 2 of the County Championship and finished in sixth position. In addition to the Championship, they played first class matches against Durham University and the touring Bangladesh A side. Of their eighteen first class games, they won four and lost four, the remainder being drawn. Derbyshire was in Division 2 of the NatWest Pro40 League in which they won one of their eight matches and tied another to finish eighth in the division. In the Friends Provident Trophy Derbyshire played in the Northern group, coming third in the table with three wins. In the Twenty20 Cup, Derbyshire played in the North Division and won three matches to finish fifth in the division. Rikki Clarke was captain. Chris Rogers was top scorer with three centuries. Graham Wagg took most wickets overall, closely followed by Charl Langeveldt who was ahead only in the Friends Provident Trophy.

Matches

First Class

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	12 Apr 2008[1]	Durham University County Ground, Derby	Drawn
2	16 Apr 2008[2]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Bristol	Drawn		CJL Rogers 114
3	23 Apr 2008[3]	Essex County Ground, Derby	Won	4 wickets	Bopara 137
4	7 May 2008[4]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Trott 104; FA Klokker 103
5	14 May 2008[5]	Glamorgan The SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff	Drawn		Rees 104; Hemp 104; CK Langeveldt 5-100
6	30 May 2008[6]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Lost	6 wickets
7	6 Jun 2008[7]	Worcestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Won	Innings and 95 runs	DJ Pipe 133; Jones 5-74
8	29 Jun 2008[8]	Essex The Ford County Ground, Chelmsford	Lost	145 runs	ten Doeschate 118
9	11 Jul 2008[9]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Drawn
10	16 Jul 2008[10]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Drawn		JL Clare 129 and 7-74; GG Wagg 108
11	21 Jul 2008[11]	Bangladesh A cricket team County Ground, Derby	Lost	1 wicket	CJL Rogers 101; Dean 6-46
12	30 Jul 2008[12]	Northamptonshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Drawn		Klusener 135; Peters 104; CK Langeveldt 5-52; Hall 5-81
13	6 Aug 2008[13]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Drawn		Hick 149; Moore 156; Jones 5-110
14	12 Aug 2008[14]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Won	7 wickets	GM Smith 113; CK Langeveldt 5-40
15	27 Aug 2008[15]	Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham	Drawn		Trott 181; CJL Rogers 248; Maddy 138; Salisbury 5-99
16	2 Sep 2008[16]	Glamorgan County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Rees 126; GG Wagg 5-112
17	17 Sep 2008[17]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	117 runs	Brown 5-38; GG Wagg 6-56
18	24 Sep 2008[18]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Lost	8 wickets	Kruger 5-51; J Needham 6-49

NatWest Pro40 League

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	20 Jul 2008[19]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Won	6 wickets
2	28 Jul 2008[20]	Essex County Ground, Derby	Lost	25 runs	Gallian 108; Bopara 112
3	3 Aug 2008[21]	Surrey Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	13 runs	Dernbach 5-31
4	18 Aug 2008[22]	Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	Lost	9 wickets
5	21 Aug 2008[23]	Yorkshire County Ground, Derby	Tied
6	25 Aug 2008[24]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Lost	6 runs
7	8 Sep 2008[25]	Glamorgan The SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff	Lost	50 runs
8	13 Sep 2008[26]	Warwickshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	29 runs

Friends Provident Trophy

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	20 Apr 2008[27]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Abandoned
2	27 Apr 2008[28]	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	Lost	25 runs
3	2 May 2008[29]	Durham County Ground, Derby	Won	1 run
4	4 May 2008[30]	Scotland County Ground, Derby	Won	6 wickets
5	22 May 2008[31]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Won	100 runs
6	25 May 2008[32]	Yorkshire County Ground, Derby	No result
7	26 May 2008[33]	Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street	Lost	117 runs	Di Venuto 138; Breese 5-41
8	28 May 2008[34]	Scotland Titwood, Glasgow	Abandoned

Twenty20 Cup

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	11 Jun 2008[35]	Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street	Lost	5 wickets	Collingwood 5-14
2	12 Jun 2008[36]	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	Won	47 runs	GM Smith 100
3	13 Jun 2008[37]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Lost	10 wickets
4	15 Jun 2008[38]	Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield	Lost	11 runs
5	16 Jun 2008[39]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Won	3 wickets
6	20 Jun 2008[40]	Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	8 wickets
7	22 Jun 2008[41]	Leicestershire County Ground, Derby	Won	7 wickets
8	23 Jun 2008[42]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	9 wickets
9	25 Jun 2008[43]	Durham County Ground, Derby	Lost	7 wickets
10	27 Jun 2008[44]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Lost	23 runs	Allenby 5-27

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	8	13	324	85	27.00	0
WW Hinds	L	9	13	407	76	31.30	0	8	8	218	84	27.25	0							10	10	283	72*	35.37	0
DJ Birch	L	11	18	609	77	35.82	0	5	5	132	76	26.40	0	3	2	38	23	19.00	0	10	9	108	25	15.42	0
FD Telo	R	7	14	263	69	18.78	0	2	2	39	39	19.50	0	3	3	31	15*	31.00	0	8	8	134	33	16.75	0
JL Sadler	L	6	11	195	49	17.72	0	4	4	90	31	22.50	0	6	5	119	46	29.75	0	6	5	38	25	7.60	0
CJL Rogers	L	14	24	1232	248*	56.00	3	8	8	246	61	30.75	0	6	5	228	94	45.60	0
DJ Redfern	L	4	6	159	69*	31.80	0	4	4	125	57*	41.66	0	1	0					1	1	9	9	9.00	0
SD Stubbings	L	9	17	499	62*	33.26	0							6	5	207	95*	51.75	0
All-rounders
R Clarke	R	10	16	317	81	19.81	0	6	6	148	69	29.60	0	6	5	93	33	18.60	0	9	9	121	36	15.12	0
GM Smith	R	11	18	575	113	33.82	1	8	8	116	35*	16.57	0							10	10	275	100*	30.55	1
GG Wagg	R	15	22	498	108	26.21	1	7	6	43	15	7.16	0	5	4	34	15	8.50	0	10	8	96	27*	24.00	0
WA White	R	3	5	38	18	9.50	0	3	3	18	10	9.00	0
RA Whiteley	L	1	2	45	27	22.50	0	1	1	24	24	24.00	0
Wicket-keepers
FA Klokker	L	4	8	160	103*	22.85	1							3	1	11	11	11.00	0
DJ Pipe	R	8	14	453	133	41.18	1	3	2	12	9	6.00	0	3	3	35	20	35.00	0	10	9	162	45	20.25	0
TJ New	L	6	8	224	58	32.00	0	5	5	109	39	36.33	0
Bowlers
JL Clare	R	13	18	555	129*	42.69	1	6	4	34	18	8.50	0	6	4	36	14	9.00	0	6	3	10	4*	5.00	0
KJ Dean	L	2	3	36	25	18.00	0	1	1	0	0*		0							2	1	0	0	0.00	0
ID Hunter	R	4	5	28	17	7.00	0	6	3	33	24	16.50	0
T Lungley	L	4	4	108	50	36.00	0							6	2	5	3	2.50	0	1	0
J Needham	R	7	12	135	36	19.28	0	2	2	19	12*	19.00	0	4	2	7	7*		0	10	4	16	7*	8.00	0
ND Doshi	R	7	7	6	2	1.20	0	6	3	3	3*	3.00	0	2	0					10	2	6	5	3.00	0
CK Langeveldt	R	12	15	208	40	17.33	0	3	3	2	1	1.00	0	6	2	32	26	16.00	0	7	4	7	3*	7.00	0
MAK Lawson	R	1	2	8	5	8.00	0																		[45][46][47][48]

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
PM Borrington	RF	6	5	0
R Clarke	RF	788	522	11	4-87	47.45	70	68	3	2-30	22.66	102	76	2	1-14	38.00	135	182	6	2-32	30.33
JL Clare	RF	1546	871	31	7-74	28.09	216	253	4	1-12	63.25	258	190	6	3-39	31.66	53	72	2	2-20	36.00
KJ Dean	LF	255	154	4	4-28	38.50	48	24	1	1-24	24.00						42	55	2	2-22	27.50
ND Doshi	LS	1273	648	8	2-69	81.00	210	167	3	2-47	55.66	102	58	1	1-26	58.00	202	198	8	3-1	24.75
WW Hinds	RF	528	261	10	3-22	26.10	192	193	5	2-43	38.60						108	124	4	2-14	31.00
ID Hunter	RF	662	303	6	2-62	50.50	246	202	10	3-18	20.20
FA Klokker	R	60	99	0
CK Langeveldt	RF	2509	1238	55	5-40	22.50	108	97	3	3-38	32.33	277	200	13	4-28	15.38	126	118	8	4-9	14.75
T Lungley	RF	511	326	9	4-70	36.22						265	218	8	3-31	27.25	18	34	0		11.33
J Needham	RO	811	410	16	6-49	25.62	48	30	1	1-30	30.00	103	115	3	2-42	38.33	126	172	4	1-4	43.00
DJ Redfern	RO	108	54	1	1-7	54.00	72	64	0
CJL Rogers	LL	22	13	0
JL Sadler	RL	60	57	1	1-57	57.00											24	34	0
GM Smith	RF	693	428	8	1-7	53.50	108	117	2	1-14	58.50
SD Stubbings	RO	36	42	0
FD Telo	RF	30	36	1	1-36	36.00
GG Wagg	LM	2652	1547	57	6-56	27.14	282	268	6	3-34	44.66	246	171	11	4-35	15.54	192	254	8	3-23	31.75
WA White	RF	408	296	5	2-66	59.20	90	101	3	3-47	33.66
RA Whiteley		66	38	0			12	12	0												[49][50][51][52]

Wicket Keeping

James Pipe

County Championship Catches 21, Stumping 2

PRO40 Catches 2, Stumping 1

Friends Provident Catches 9, Stumping 0

Twenty20 Catches 3, Stumping 2

Tom New

County Championship Catches 12 Stumping 2

Frederik Klokker

County Championship Catches 10

PRO40 Catches 4 Stumping 0

See also

• Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
• 2008 English cricket season

References

1. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence 12 Apr 2008
2. Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 16 Apr 2008
3. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 23 Apr 2008
4. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 7 May 2008
5. Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 14 May 2008
6. Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire 30 May 2008
7. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire 6 Jun 2008
8. Cricket Archive - Essex v Derbyshire 29 Jun 2008
9. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Leicestershire 11 Jul 2008
10. Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 16 Jul 2008
11. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Bangladesh A 21 Jul 2008
12. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire 30 Jul 2008
13. Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire 6 Aug 2008
14. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex 12 Aug 2008
15. Cricket Archive - Warwickshire v Derbyshire 27 Aug 2008
16. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan 2 Sep 2008
17. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 17 Sep 2008
18. Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 24 Sep 2008
19. Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire 20 Jul 2008
20. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Essex 28 Jul 2008
21. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey 3 Aug 2008
22. Cricket Archive - Kent v Derbyshire 18 Aug 2008
23. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 21 Aug 2008
24. Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire 25 Aug 2008
25. Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire 8 Sep 2008
26. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Warwickshire 13 Sep 2008
27. Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire 20 Apr 2008
28. Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire 27 Apr 2008
29. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Durham 2 May 2008
30. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Scotland 4 May 2008
31. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire 22 May 2008
32. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire 25 May 2008
33. Cricket Archive - Durham v Derbyshire 26 May 2008
34. Cricket Archive - Scotland v Derbyshire 28 May 2008
35. Cricket Archive -Durham v Derbyshire 11 Jun 2008
36. Cricket Archive -Yorkshire v Derbyshire 12 Jun 2008
37. Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Lancashire 13 Jun 2008
38. Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Yorkshire 15 Jun 2008
39. Cricket Archive -Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 16 Jun 2008
40. Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 20 Jun 2008
41. Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Leicestershire 22 Jun 2008
42. Cricket Archive -Lancashire v Derbyshire 23 Jun 2008
43. Cricket Archive -Derbyshire v Durham 25 Jun 2008
44. Cricket Archive -Leicestershire v Derbyshire 27 Jun 2008
45. Cricket Archive Derbyshire batting 2008
46. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire NatWest PRO40 2008
47. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Friends Provident Trophy 2008
48. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Twenty20 Cup 2008
49. Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 2008
50. Bowling for Derbyshire NatWest PRO40
51. Bowling for Derbyshire Friends Provident Trophy 2008
52. Bowling for Derbyshire Twenty20 Cup 2008