Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Season: 2020
Coach: Dave Houghton
Captain: Billy Godleman
Ground(s): The Incora County Ground, Derby

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Derbyshire. Its limited overs team is called the Derbyshire Falcons in reference to the famous peregrine falcon which nests on the Derby Cathedral (it was previously called the Derbyshire Scorpions until 2005 and the Phantoms until 2010). Founded in 1870, the club held the first-class status from its first match in 1871 until 1887. Because of poor performances and lack of fixtures in some seasons, Derbyshire then lost its status for seven seasons until it was invited into the County Championship in 1895.[2] Derbyshire has also classified as a List A team since the beginning of limited-overs cricket in 1963; and classified as a senior Twenty20 team since 2003.[4] In recent years the club has enjoyed record attendance with over 24,000 people watching their home Twenty20 fixtures in 2017 – a record for a single campaign. The local derby versus Yorkshire at Chesterfield now regularly sells out in advance.