Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2003 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and thirty-six years. They reached the semi-final in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. In the County Championship, they finished ninth in the second division and in the National League, they finished sixth in the second division. They were eliminated at group level in the North section of the Twenty20 Cup.
2003 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 eleven, the remainder being drawn. Derbyshire was in Division 2 of the NatWest Pro40 League in which they won eight of their eighteen matches to finish sixth in the division. In the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy, Derbyshire reached the semi-finals. In the Twenty20 Cup, Derbyshire played in the North Division and won three matches. Dominic Cork was in his sixth season as captain. Michael Di Venuto was top scorer and Graeme Welch took most wickets.
Matches
First Class List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes118 Apr 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan Glamorgan Drawn 2 30 Apr 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset SomersetDrawn 3 9 May 2003Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire Yorkshire Won 166 runs 4 21 May 2003Cricket Archive - Durham v Derbyshire Durham Lost 30 runs 5 30 May 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire Worcestershire Lost 9 wickets 6 04 Jun 2003Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire Glamorgan Lost Innings and 70 runs 7 27 Jun 2003Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire Northamptonshire Lost 180 runs 8 02 Jul 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire Yorkshire Lost 10 wickets 9 09 Jul 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Lost 5 wickets 10 15 Jul 2003Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire Worcestershire Lost Innings and 42 runs 1124 Jul 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Durham Durham Drawn 12 13 Aug 2003Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire Hampshire Won Innings and 43 runs 13 20 Aug 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire Northamptonshire Lost Innings and 231 runs 1428 Aug 2003Derbyshire v South Africans South African cricket team in England in 2003 Drawn 1503 Sep 2003Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire Gloucestershire Lost 20 runs 1610 Sep 2003Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire SomersetLost 27 runs 17 17 Sep 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire Hampshire Lost 10 wickets
National League
List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes 1 27 Apr 2003Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire Middlesex Lost 5 wickets24 May 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset SomersetWon 15 runs35 May 2003Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire Nottinghamshire Lost 1 wicket 4 18 May 2003Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire Northamptonshire No Result 5 20 May 2003Cricket Archive - Scotland v Derbyshire Scotland Won 6 wickets625 May 2003Cricket Archive - Durham v Derbyshire Durham Abandoned 715 Jun 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire Lancashire Lost 5 runs 813 Jul 2003Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire Sussex Won 6 wickets 9 23 Jul 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Lost 5 wickets1003 Aug 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex Middlesex Lost 4 wickets 1104 Aug 2003Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire Lancashire Lost 8 wickets1210 Aug 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex Sussex Won 6 wickets1317 Aug 2003Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire Hampshire Lost 6 wickets1424 Aug 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire Won 3 wickets 1531 Aug 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Durham Durham Lost 11 runs16 07 Sep 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Scotland Scotland Won 8 wickets 1714 Sep 2003Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire SomersetWon 2 wickets 1821 Sep 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire Hampshire Won 9 runs
Friends Provident Trophy List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes 3rd Rnd 7 May 2003Cricket Archive - Kent Cricket Board v Derbyshire Kent Cricket Board Won 171 runs 4th Rnd28 May 2003Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire Glamorgan Won 7 wickets Qtr-Final11 Jun 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey Surrey Won 137 runsSemi-final 07 Aug 2003Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire Gloucestershire Lost 1 wicket
Twenty20 Cup List of matchesNo.DateVResult MarginNotes 1 14 Jun 2003Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire Yorkshire Lost 45 runs219 Jun 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Won 9 wickets321 Jun 2003Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire Lancashire Won 7 wickets423 Jun 2003Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Durham Durham Won 6 runs5 24 Jun 2003Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire Leicestershire Lost 1 run
Statistics
Competition batting averages NameHCounty ChampionshipNational League, Cheltenham and Gloucester TrophyTwenty20 CupMIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100MIRunsHSAve100 CWG Bassano 11 21 271 53* 15.05 0 16 15 559 126* 46.58 2 4 4 265 121 66.25 2 5 3 76 43 25.33 0 DG Cork 16 29 593 92 22.80 0 16 14 279 49 21.46 0 4 3 75 59 25.00 0 5 5 45 25 9.00 0 KJ Dean 15 24 148 30* 7.04 0 15 7 30 12 10.00 0 4 2 4 2 2.00 0 MJ Di Venuto 16 31 1520 150 49.03 5 15 14 655 130 46.78 3 3 3 76 51 25.33 0 5 5 198 67 66.00 0 NRC Dumelow 9 17 347 75 24.78 0 13 11 86 28* 10.75 0 2 2 25 15 12.50 0 5 4 17 12 4.25 0 AI Gait 12 24 662 110 27.58 1 7 7 112 37 18.66 0 3 3 96 87* 48.00 0 2 1 2 2 2.00 0 NEL Gunter 2 2 29 20* 0 3 1 5 5 5.00 3 2 11 9* 0 Hassan Adnan 2 4 189 84 63.00 0 1 1 29 29 29.00 0 CZ Harris 4 4 30 23* 10.00 0 PMR Havell 3 6 10 7* 10.00 0 1 0 DR Hewson 8 16 222 57 13.87 0 16 14 274 50 21.07 0 4 3 140 69 46.66 0 5 3 42 36 14.00 0 M Kaif 8 15 332 87 22.13 0 8 8 225 70 32.14 0 2 2 153 81 76.50 0 5 5 75 53 18.75 0 RM Khan 8 15 322 76 21.46 0 2 2 7 5 3.50 0 KM Krikken 1 2 15 14 7.50 0 1 0 1 1 3 3* 0 T Lungley 5 8 80 29 11.42 0 7 5 56 30 14.00 0 3 2 1 1* 1.00 0 5 3 37 18* 18.50 0 Mohammad Ali 10 17 101 31 7.21 0 4 3 13 8* 0 1 0 SA Selwood 9 17 333 88 20.81 0 11 9 240 88* 30.00 0 3 3 30 19 15.00 0 5 3 17 12 5.66 0 Shahid Afridi 3 6 92 67 15.33 0 4 4 41 35 13.66 0 1 1 23 23 23.00 0 SD Stubbings 3 6 306 103 51.00 1 5 4 114 45 28.50 0 LD Sutton 15 29 936 127 37.44 2 16 12 199 83 24.87 0 4 2 14 13 14.00 0 4 3 42 22* 21.00 0 G Welch 14 26 414 54 19.71 0 15 11 159 26 19.87 0 4 3 50 22 25.00 0 5 3 29 13 9.66 0 LJ Wharton 6 9 46 30 11.50 0 7 1 5 5* 0 2 1 0 0* 0 Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 2003Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire National League 2003Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy 2003Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Twenty20 Cup 2003
Competition bowling averages NameHCounty ChampionshipNational LeagueCheltenham and Gloucester TrophyTwenty20 CupBallsRunsWktsBestAveBallsRunsWktsBestAveBallsRunsWktsBestAveBallsRunsWktsBestAve DG Cork 2665 1363 50 6-28 27.26 768 537 23 3-15 23.34 200 134 6 2-17 22.33 48 391 1-24 39.00 KJ Dean 2529 1506 41 4-39 36.73 714 508 13 2-17 39.07 192 125 8 3-6 15.62 MJ Di Venuto 36 23 0 78 88 5 3-19 17.60 NRC Dumelow 1204 711 16 5-78 44.43 572 486 15 3-26 32.40 60 47 0 53 69 7 3-8 9.85 NEL Gunter 163 153 3 2-48 51.00 72 86 0 72 61 1 1-12 61.00 CZ Harris 216 141 4 2-27 35.25 PMR Havell 466 369 10 3-34 36.90 12 17 0 DR Hewson 24 14 0 379 349 15 4-25 23.26 78 50 2 1-18 25.00 114 109 10 4-18 10.90 M Kaif 24 21 1 1-21 21.00 RM Khan 18 13 0 T Lungley 398 350 7 4-101 50.00 269 290 8 3-47 36.25 136 93 4 2-18 23.25 102 126 6 4-13 21.00 Mohammad Ali 1326 1060 28 4-79 37.85 177 178 4 2-23 44.50 60 28 1 1-28 28.00 SA Selwood 42 28 0 12 7 1 1-7 7.00 Shahid Afridi 328 147 4 2-29 36.75 132 103 2 1-25 51.50 60 45 2 2-45 22.50 G Welch 2733 1394 53 6-102 26.30 703 567 20 3-44 28.35 179 134 9 4-26 14.88 114 177 2 1-15 88.50 LJ Wharton 690 364 9 4-50 40.44 240 202 4 2-37 50.50 72 50 3 2-31 16.66 Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 2003Bowling for Derbyshire National League 2003Bowling for Derbyshire Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy 2003Bowling for Derbyshire Twenty20 Cup 2003
Wicket Keeping Luke Sutton County Championship Catches 25, Stumping 2 PRO40 Catches 21, Stumping 1 Friends Provident Catches 9, Stumping 0 Twenty20 Catches 2, Stumping 2
See also Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons 2003 English cricket season
References