Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 2003

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.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons

2003 season
Captain	Dominic Cork
County Championship	Div 2 - 9
National League	Div 2 - 6
Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy	Semi-final
Twenty20 Cup.	Group
Most runs	Michael Di Venuto
Most wickets	Graeme Welch
Most catches	Luke Sutton
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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 matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	18 Apr 2003[1]	Glamorgan County Ground, Derby	Drawn		MJ Di Venuto 121; LD Sutton 120; Maynard 142
2	30 Apr 2003[2]	Somerset County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Cox 126; DG Cork 5-74
3	9 May 2003[3]	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	Won	166 runs	LD Sutton 127; Sidebottom 7-97
4	21 May 2003[4]	Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street	Lost	30 runs	MJ Di Venuto 150; G Welch 5-60
5	30 May 2003[5]	Worcestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	9 wickets	Hick 155
6	04 Jun 2003[6]	Glamorgan St Helen's, Swansea	Lost	Innings and 70 runs	Croft 6-71
7	27 Jun 2003[7]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	Lost	180 runs	NRC Dumelow 5-82 and 5-78; Swann 7-33
8	02 Jul 2003[8]	Yorkshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	10 wickets	White 173; G Welch 6-102; Sidebottom 6-38
9	09 Jul 2003[9]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Derby	Lost	5 wickets	MJ Di Venuto 148; Lewis 6-48
10	15 Jul 2003[10]	Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Lost	Innings and 42 runs	Mason 5-43; Kabir Ali 8-58
11	24 Jul 2003[11]	Durham County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Wells 106; MJ Di Venuto 143
12	13 Aug 2003[12]	Hampshire The Rose Bowl, Southampton	Won	Innings and 43 runs	DG Cork 6-28
13	20 Aug 2003[13]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	Innings and 231 runs	Hussey 115; Jaques 123; Sales 200
14	28 Aug 2003[14]	South African cricket team in England in 2003 County Ground, Derby	Drawn		Kallis 200
15	03 Sep 2003[15]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Bristol	Lost	20 runs	Rhodes 137; SD Stubbings 103; Lewis 7-117; Fisher 5-73
16	10 Sep 2003[16]	Somerset County Ground, Taunton	Lost	27 runs	Blackwell 247; AI Gait 110; DG Cork 6-92
17	17 Sep 2003[17]	Hampshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	10 wickets	Katich 122;Hamblin 6-93; Tomlinson 6-63

National League

Dominic Cork - captain in 2003

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	27 Apr 2003[18]	Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	Lost	5 wickets
2	4 May 2003[19]	Somerset County Ground, Derby	Won	15 runs
3	5 May 2003[20]	Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Lost	1 wicket	Pieterson 130
4	18 May 2003[21]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton	No Result
5	20 May 2003[22]	Scotland Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	Won	6 wickets
6	25 May 2003[23]	Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street	Abandoned
7	15 Jun 2003[24]	Lancashire County Ground, Derby	Lost	5 runs
8	13 Jul 2003[25]	Sussex Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground	Won	6 wickets	Goodwin 129; CWG Bassano 126
9	23 Jul 2003[26]	Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby	Lost	5 wickets
10	03 Aug 2003[27]	Middlesex County Ground, Derby	Lost	4 wickets	MJ Di Venuto 106
11	04 Aug 2003[28]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Lost	8 wickets
12	10 Aug 2003[29]	Sussex County Ground, Derby	Won	6 wickets
13	17 Aug 2003[30]	Hampshire The Rose Bowl, Southampton	Lost	6 wickets
14	24 Aug 2003[31]	Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby |	Won	3 wickets	Hussey 103; MJ Di Venuto 130
15	31 Aug 2003[32]	Durham County Ground, Derby	Lost	11 runs
16	07 Sep 2003[33]	Scotland County Ground, Derby	Won	8 wickets	CWG Bassano 108
17	14 Sep 2003[34]	Somerset County Ground, Taunton	Won	2 wickets	MJ Di Venuto 113
18	21 Sep 2003[35]	Hampshire County Ground, Derby	Won	9 runs

Friends Provident Trophy

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
3rd Rnd	7 May 2003[36]	Kent Cricket Board St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	Won	171 runs	CWG Bassano 101
4th Rnd	28 May 2003[37]	Glamorgan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	Won	7 wickets	CWG Bassano 121
Qtr-Final	11 Jun 2003[38]	Surrey County Ground, Derby	Won	137 runs
Semi-final	07 Aug 2003[39]	Gloucestershire County Ground, Bristol	Lost	1 wicket

Twenty20 Cup

List of matches
No.	Date	V	Result	Margin	Notes
1	14 Jun 2003[40]	Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds	Lost	45 runs
2	19 Jun 2003[41]	Nottinghamshire County Ground, Derby	Won	9 wickets
3	21 Jun 2003[42]	Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester	Won	7 wickets
4	23 Jun 2003[43]	Durham County Ground, Derby	Won	6 runs
5	24 Jun 2003[44]	Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester	Lost	1 run	Grove 6-22

Statistics

Competition batting averages

Name	H	County Championship						National League,						Cheltenham and Gloucester 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
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						[45][46][47][48]

Competition bowling averages

Name	H	County Championship					National League					Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy					Twenty20 Cup
		Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave
DG Cork		2665	1363	50	6-28	27.26	768	537	23	3-15	23.34	200	134	6	2-17	22.33	48	39	1	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					[49][50][51][52]

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

1. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Glamorgan
2. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset
3. Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire
4. Cricket Archive - Durham v Derbyshire
5. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Worcestershire
6. Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire
7. Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire
8. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Yorkshire
9. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Gloucestershire
10. Cricket Archive - Worcestershire v Derbyshire
11. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Durham
12. Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire
13. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire
14. Derbyshire v South Africans
15. Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire
16. Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire
17. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire
18. Cricket Archive - Middlesex v Derbyshire
19. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Somerset
20. Cricket Archive - Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire
21. Cricket Archive - Northamptonshire v Derbyshire
22. Cricket Archive - Scotland v Derbyshire
23. Cricket Archive - Durham v Derbyshire
24. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Lancashire
25. Cricket Archive - Sussex v Derbyshire
26. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire
27. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Middlesex
28. Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire
29. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Sussex
30. Cricket Archive - Hampshire v Derbyshire
31. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Northamptonshire
32. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Durham
33. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Scotland
34. Cricket Archive - Somerset v Derbyshire
35. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Hampshire
36. Cricket Archive - Kent Cricket Board v Derbyshire
37. Cricket Archive - Glamorgan v Derbyshire
38. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Surrey
39. Cricket Archive - Gloucestershire v Derbyshire
40. Cricket Archive - Yorkshire v Derbyshire
41. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire
42. Cricket Archive - Lancashire v Derbyshire
43. Cricket Archive - Derbyshire v Durham
44. Cricket Archive - Leicestershire v Derbyshire
45. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire County Championship 2003
46. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire National League 2003
47. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy 2003
48. Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Twenty20 Cup 2003
49. Bowling for Derbyshire County Championship 2003
50. Bowling for Derbyshire National League 2003
51. Bowling for Derbyshire Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy 2003
52. Bowling for Derbyshire Twenty20 Cup 2003