It has been a terrible start to the Championship for Lancashire this season in Division Two following relegation, with the Red Rose picking up no wins from eight games as they sit sixth. Captain Keaton Jennings resigned last month before head coach Dale Benkenstein was sacked a fortnight later. Steven Croft is the interim head...
Needing to bat almost all day to avoid defeat, Kent chose to open the batting with specialist leg-spinner, Matt Parkinson, who was doing the job for the first time in his county career against his former club. But it was Parkinson’s opening partner, Ben Compton, who was the first batsman to go when he was...
Centuries by Luke Wells, Josh Bohannon and Ashton Turner on debut have given Lancashire a chance of defeating Kent on the final day of the County Championship match at Blackpool and thereby securing their first red-ball victory of the season. Replying to the visitors’ 374, Lancashire were 639-9 at the close after a day in...
Having watched Kent bat for nearly a day and a half to make 374, Lancashire produced a determined response in the long evening session at Blackpool to finish on 120-1 and leave their County Championship match fairly evenly poised with two days left to play. Ben Compton’s 135 was the centrepiece of his side’s 374...
James Anderson’s first day as Lancashire’s interim skipper was spoiled by Ben Compton and the rain as Kent dominated the first day of the County Championship match in Blackpool. Having lost the toss, the visitors were 213-3 when heavy showers caused play to be abandoned shortly after the scheduled tea interval. At that point, Compton...
Ryana MacDonald-Gay’s career-best T20 figures of 4-14 sparked a spectacular Lancashire Thunder batting collapse as Surrey won by 53 runs and moved seven points clear at the top of the Women’s T20 Blast table. Grace Harris scored 57 to help the home side recover from 17-3 and set the visitors 172 for victory in scorching...
Lancashire are banking on Sir James Anderson igniting their faltering red-ball season by making him captain for the County Championship game against Kent at Blackpool, starting on Sunday. England’s all-time leading Test wicket-taker will lead the Red Rose in their next two matches in the absence of Marcus Harris, who is returning to Australia for...
North Group leaders Northants saw their perfect start ended by Durham as Neesham made an unbeaten 50 from 34 balls batting at seven against his former club, though his new side were restricted to a modest 157-8. The Steelbacks were 96-3 in reply after 13 overs, with Matthew Breetzke making 41, but they added only...
Emma Lamb was back in the Lancashire side against the Bears following England duty but it was not a happy return as she was bowled through the gate for five by Issy Wong in the first over. They struggled to 31-4, batting in a steady drizzle, before a 69-run partnership between Ailsa Lister and Australian...
Glamorgan made a winning start in this summer’s competition as figures of 4-28 by leg-spinner Mason Crane set up a five-wicket victory over Middlesex at Merchant Taylors’ School. The home side went into decline following an opening stand of 45 between Stevie Eskinazi and Kane Williamson, the latter run out for 25 by Hayden Kerr’s...
Essex and Lancashire both claimed their first victories of the season in the Women’s T20 Blast. Wicketkeeper Lauren Winfield-Hill top scored with 42 from 25 balls as Essex set Somerset 150 to win at Chelmsford. Somerset’s Ellie Anderson picked up figures of 3-19 off four overs which included the wicket of Essex captain Grace Scrivens...
At Edgbaston, Durham won the toss and took three wickets in the opening 17 balls of the game to set up a comfortable victory. Sam Hain was the only batsman to show for the Bears, making 45 in 28 balls, but New Zealand’s Jimmy Neesham took 3-34 as the hosts were bowled out for 143....
It has been a dreadful start to the season in the County Championship for Lancashire, who named former T20-winning captain Steven Croft as interim head coach, with no wins from their seven games. Jennings had already resigned as red-ball captain and the club apologised to its members before Benkenstein’s exit. Back in charge for the...
Lancashire made an operating profit of £4.7m for the year 2024 – a club record for a non-Ashes year. In addition to the profit – down from £5.3 in 2023 – the County Championship club also reported a turnover of £34.1 million, compared with £36.5m the year before. Cricket match receipts dropped by nearly £3m...
Lancashire have parted company with men’s head coach Dale Benkenstein after a winless first two months of the County Championship season. The South African, 50, leaves with Lancashire seventh in Division Two, having been relegated from the top flight last season. They are the only club in either division not to have won a Championship...