seven matches, Moore's performance in the County Championship was below par, scoring 426 runs from nine matches with two half-centuries and a highest score of 61. The opening fixture of the 2011 season was the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against county champions Nottinghamshire in Abu Dhabi in March. Moore was one of two Lancashire players to be selected for the MCC, and it marked Moore's return to competitive cricket since his shoulder injury the previous year. Moore scored his first County Championship for Lancashire in the penultimate round of the 2011 competition. His innings of 169 not out helped Lancashire to a 222-run win over Hampshire. In the final match of the season Lancashire won the County Championship and afterwards Moore was awarded his county cap. He scored 1,013 runs in the County Championship at an average of 40.52, including 71 in Lancashire's run-chase to win their final match. After averaging 34.80 in Lancashire's 17 T20 matches in 2011, Moore had attracted interest from several Indian Premier League teams. Initially set to be part of the player auction for the fifth edition of the competition, he chose to withdraw as it clashed with eight of Lancashire's County Championship games in the 2012 English cricket season and instead chose to concentrate on playing for Lancashire. During an innings of 77 from 66 balls in Lancashire's loss to the Netherlands in the 2012 CB40, Moore reached 3,000 runs in List A cricket. At the end of 2013, Moore was released by Lancashire. Derbyshire Moore signed a two-year deal with Derbyshire prior to the 2014 season, but announced his retirement with immediate effect in June 2014. References External links English Cricket Board Players Page 1980 births Living people English cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Lancashire cricketers Derbyshire cricketers Alumni of the University of Exeter Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers