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Early memories of Worcester very unpleasant they werte as well, a Gillette Cup semi final in the mid 60's they bowled us out for 60 and won by 9 wickets, seem to remember Flavell and Coldwell did the damge. Always had time for the Pears, one of the smaller counties who until more recent times always seem to be successful, these days probably not good enough for the top division but probably too good for the second.
They gave the English game Basil D'Olivera for which they should be thanked for, his grandson carries on the family tradition by being a Pears player.

10th July 1963 that semi-final would have been; six wickets for Jack Flavell, two apiece for Jim Standen and Bob Carter. Unfortunately Worcs went on to lose the final.

A slight connection on the D'Oliveira front in that it was the Central Lancashire League where Basil played until the Pears spotted him and gave him his county cap. Astonishing to reflect that he was thirty-six at that point in time (having lied about his age), thirty-eight when he made his England debut, played Test cricket until he was forty-four and county cricket until he was fifty-two. Our current Dolly hasn't quite hit form yet this season, but if he takes a leaf out of his granddad's book he'll have plenty of time ahead to get it right!

I think the Pears have always excelled as underdogs (the late Eighties aside when we had a very strong side with Dilley, Hick, Botham and Damian D'Oliveira), and are trying to keep to that tradition by developing talent local youngsters. Of course, the problem of never quite being good enough for Division One cricket means that the likes of Joe Clarke will sooner or later be itching to get to that next level and impress the England selectors.

We've made a stellar start to the season but are surely due to come a cropper. If it has to happen this week then better tomorrow than against the Bears on Friday. Hopefully be a good game either way.

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Jim Standen kept goal for West Ham played in 1964 cup final for the Hammers against North End lost to a last minute winner even before I started supporting them we were denied late on

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Think weather starting to change rain about to start again

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313-5 after being about 140 - 5 Vilas 100 Clark 80 plus both not out

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123-8 Pears need a miracle

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161 all out easy win for Lancashire

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Lancashire v Derbyshire @ Blackpool

Glen Chapple has named a fourteen man squad for tomorrow's Royal London One-Day Cup clash against Derbyshire Falcons at Blackpool CC.

Lancashire Lightning have won the last two fixtures to give them a chance to qualify for the Play Offs. Ryan McLaren returns to the squad after recovering from a groin injury.

Lancashire Squad - Steven Croft (Captain), James Anderson, Karl Brown, Jordan Clark, Alex Davies, Haseeb Hameed, Kyle Jarvis, Simon Kerrigan, Arron Lilley, Liam Livingstone, Ryan McLaren, Stephen Parry, Tom Bailey and Dane Vilas.

Derbyshire Falcons have named a 14-man squad to travel to Blackpool to play face Lancashire Lightning in the Royal London One-Day Cup on Friday 14 May.

The Falcons will be looking for back-to-back wins following the four-wicket victory against Warwickshire on Wednesday.

Jeevan Mendis hit an unbeaten 44 off 23 balls to see his side over the line after Ben Slater had earlier hit 82, as Derbyshire successfully chased 296 with two balls to spare. It was the Club’s highest ever List A score against Warwickshire.

Batsman Charlie Macdonell is the only addition to the squad that faced Warwickshire. Gary Wilson is still unavailable as he continues his stint with Ireland, while Will Davis and Rob Hemmings both miss out through injury.
Derbyshire Squad

1. Billy Godleman
26. Ben Slater
3. Charlie Macdonell
57. Shiv Thakor
77. Wayne Madsen
11. Daryn Smit
10. Luis Reece
88. Jeevan Mendis
18. Alex Hughes
20. Matt Critchley
28. Tony Palladino
7. Hardus Viljoen
8. Tom Milnes
36. Ben Cotton

Derbyshire take on Lancashire at Blackpool in the 74th scheduled meeting in limited overs matches since they first met at Old Trafford in the 65-over Gillette Cup competition in 1963.

Heritage Officer, David Griffin, looks at the statistical background to the game.

Lancashire have been Derbyshire’s opponents more than any other county in this form of cricket. This has resulted from their frequent pairing together – initially in the old Benson & Hedges Cup zonal groups, and latterly with the regional groupings for the Royal London One-Day Cup.

While Lancashire have the upper hand in these contests, with 40 wins to Derbyshire’s 22 with 11 matches providing no result, Derbyshire followers will doubtless remember that great day at Lord’s in July 1993 (pictured above), when, without an overseas player, the might of Lancashire was defeated by six runs to secure the Benson & Hedges Cup.

Lancashire were considered the one-day cup kings of English cricket, and rightly so with a side containing Michael Atherton, Neil Fairbrother, Philip DeFreitas and the great Wasim Akram, and when Derbyshire slumped to 66-4 after 16 overs – Kim Barnett, Peter Bowler, John Morris and Chris Adams all out – it looked as if Lancashire would triumph with ease.

However, Dominic Cork – just 21 years old – played one of the great limited overs final innings, scoring 92 not out, and with support from Tim O’Gorman and Karl Krikken saw Derbyshire to 252-6 from their 55 overs.

Lancashire, for whom Fairbrother made an undefeated 87, looked in control at 184-4, but the unsung Allan Warner (3-31) and the relative novice, Frank Griffith, who bowled the final, tense over and conceded only four runs, saw Derbyshire to a memorable victory.

This latest game sees Derbyshire visit Blackpool for the first time since July 2002, when the hosts won by one wicket in a Norwich Union League fixture. This is the only previous occasion that Derbyshire has played limited overs cricket at Blackpool, although they played nine first-class games there between 1928 and 1994.

Derbyshire’s highest team score in these matches is 288-5 at Derby in 2008, which secured a 100-run victory for the home side, the last occasion they beat Lancashire. Steve Stubbings and Chris Rogers with an opening partnership of 150 runs were the match-winners on that occasions.

There have been three centuries scored by Derbyshire players, two by Kim Barnett and one by Dean Jones; plus five instances of five wickets in an innings by Mike Hendrick, Steve Oldham, Dominic Cork, Kim Barnett and Tony Palladino.

I will be there so may do a bit of a blog honest

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Lancs win toss Derby batting raining in Preston

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Derby 41-0 slashing down

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Bailed out supposed to be starting again at 13.50 28 overs a side but rain will beat them again methinks.

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Notts v Lancs
Tough game against the all star Notts attack that Collingwood battered on Thursday. No idea where we are in the table but think we need to win the last two. Credit to Notts admission tomorrow £1 for everyone