Marcus Harris’ century on his Red Rose debut helped Lancashire take charge against Middlesex on day two at Lord’s. The Australian Test opener, batting at four, survived an early scare to share a stand of 120 for the fifth wicket with Luke Wells (38). It was Harris’ 30th first-class ton and he became the sixth...
Lancashire batter Rocky Flintoff will miss the first part of the County Championship season because of a back injury. The county say the 16-year-old has suffered a “lumbar stress reaction”, which is why he was left out of the squad for their Division Two opener against Middlesex at Lord’s. He felt discomfort in his back...
Rookie Lancashire seamers Tom Aspinwall and Ollie Sutton launched the Red Rose bid for an immediate return to the top flight in positive fashion by bowling out Middlesex for 260 on the opening day of the new County Championship season at Lord’s. Relegated Lancashire began the new campaign without injured England veteran James Anderson and...
Lancashire have signed Australian batter Katie Mack for the first part of the women’s domestic season. Mack will be available for eight One-Day Cup games and three in the T20 Blast running until the beginning of June. The 31-year-old, a regular in the Women’s Big Bash for Adelaide Strikers, is returning to Emirates Old Trafford,...
Lancashire are in Division Two for the first time since 2019 and just the fourth time since two divisions were introduced. Each time they were relegated previously, the Red Rose bounced back straight away as champions in the second tier, most recently six years ago. But it is now 10 years since their last major...
Anderson referenced the career of his friend and former team-mate Glen Chapple, who played at Lancashire until he was 41. Kent all-rounder Darren Stevens was 46 when he played his last first-class match in 2022. “I know my body can take quite a lot when it comes to bowling in four-day cricket,” Anderson said. “I...
BBC chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew When I was aged 11, my dad took me to a Gillette Cup final at Lord’s between Lancashire and Kent, and I saw a fast bowler running in from the Nursery End. I’d never seen anything like it. I turned to my dad and said: “That’s who I want...
