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| Twenty20 name | Lancashire Lightning | |||
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| Personnel | ||||
| Captain | Marcus Harris | |||
| Coach | Steven Croft | |||
| Overseas player(s) | Chris Green Marcus Harris | |||
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| Founded | 1864; 161 years ago (1864) | |||
| Home ground | Old Trafford Cricket Ground | |||
| Capacity | 19,000 | |||
| History | ||||
| First-class debut | Middlesex in 1865 at Old Trafford | |||
| Championship wins | 9 (including 1 shared) | |||
| Pro40 wins | 5 (joint record) | |||
| FP Trophy wins | 7 (record) | |||
| Twenty20 Cup wins | 1 | |||
| B&H Cup wins | 4 (record) | |||
| Official website | Lancashire Cricket | |||
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Lancashire Cricket Club represents thehistoric county ofLancashire inEnglish cricket. The club has heldfirst-class status since it was founded in 1864. Lancashire's home isOld Trafford Cricket Ground, although the team also play matches at other grounds around the county. Lancashire was a founder member of theCounty Championship in 1890 and has won the competition nine times. Lancashire has won 26 major honours in its history. The club's limited overs team is calledLancashire Lightning.
Lancashire was widely recognised as theChampion County four times between 1879 and 1889. It won its first two County Championship titles in the1897 and1904 seasons. Between 1926 and 1934, it won the championship five times. Throughout most of the inter-war period, Lancashire and its neighboursYorkshire had the best two teams in England and theRoses Matches between them were usually the highlight of the domestic season. In 1950, Lancashire shared the title withSurrey. The County Championship was restructuredin 2000 with Lancashire in the first division. They won the2011 County Championship, a gap of 77 years since the club's last outright title in 1934.
In 1895,Archie MacLaren scored 424 in an innings for Lancashire, which remains the highest score by an Englishman in first-class cricket.Johnny Briggs, whose career lasted from 1879 to 1900, was the first player to score 10,000 runs and take 1,000 wickets for Lancashire.Ernest Tyldesley, younger brother ofJohnny Tyldesley, is the club's leading run-scorer with 34,222 runs in 573 matches for Lancashire between 1909 and 1936. Fast bowlerBrian Statham took a club record 1,816 wickets in 430 first-class matches between 1950 and 1968. England batsmanCyril Washbrook became Lancashire's first professional captain in 1954.
The Lancashire side of the late 1960s and early 1970s, captained byJack Bond and featuring the West Indian batsmanClive Lloyd, was successful inlimited overs cricket, winning theSunday Leaguein 1969 and1970 and theGillette Cup four times between 1970 and 1975. Lancashire won theBenson and Hedges Cupin 1984, three times between 1990 and 1996, and the Sunday League in1989,1998 and1999. They won theTwenty20 Cup for the first time in 2015.
Cricket may not have reachedLancashire until the 18th century. As advised by the Association of Cricket Statisticians (ACS), the earliest known reference to the sport being played in the county has been found in theManchester Journal dated Saturday, 1 September 1781. It concerned an eleven-a-side match played the previous Monday, 27 August, atBrinnington Moor between a team of printers and one representing the villages ofHaughton andBredbury, who were the winners. As Bredbury was then inCheshire, the match is the earliest reference for that county too.[1][2]
In 1816, theManchester Cricket Club was founded and soon became the main north country rivals ofNottingham Cricket Club andSheffield Cricket Club. On 23–25 July 1849, the Sheffield and Manchester clubs played each other atHyde Park inSheffield but the fixture was styled Yorkshire v Lancashire. It was the first match to involve a team using Lancashire as its name and is sometimes reckoned to have been the firstRoses Match. Yorkshire won by five wickets.[3] Teams called Yorkshire, though based on the Sheffield club, had been active since 1833.[4] The Roses Match is one of cricket's oldest and most famous rivalries. In 1857, the Manchester club moved toOld Trafford, which has been the home of Lancashire cricket ever since.[5]
On 12 January 1864, Manchester Cricket Club organised a meeting at the Queen's Hotel in Manchester for the purpose of forming a club to represent the county. Thirteen local clubs were represented: Broughton, Longsight, Manchester and Western from the Manchester area; Huyton, Liverpool and Northern from Merseyside; Accrington, Ashton, Blackburn, Oldham, Whalley and Wigan from other towns. Lancashire County Cricket Club was founded with the object of, it was said, "spreading a thorough knowledge and appreciation of the game throughout Lancashire".[6] It was intended to stage home matches alternately atOld Trafford,Aigburth, Preston, Blackburn and at "other places to help introduce good cricket throughout the county".[6]
The new county club played its first-ever official game at Warrington against Birkenhead Park on Wednesday, 15 June 1864 but that was not a first-class match. The first inter-county match, which was first-class, was played in 1865 atOld Trafford againstMiddlesex; Lancashire won the match by 62 runs, although Middlesex'sV. E. Walker took all ten wickets in Lancashire's second innings.[6][7]
The early Lancashire side was reliant upon amateurs, which led to problems; although they were happy to play at Old Trafford, they were less willing to travel to away fixtures. During the early 1870s, the team was dominated byA. N. Hornby’s batting. The team's standard of cricket improved with the arrival of two professional players,Dick Barlow andAlex Watson. The impact of Barlow and Hornby was such that their batting partnership was immortalised in the poemAt Lord’s byFrancis Thompson. The team was further enhanced byA. G. Steel, an amateur sometimes considered second only toW. G. Grace as the country's best all rounder;Johnny Briggs, a professional fromSutton-in-Ashfield and the only player to score 10,000 runs and take 1,000 wickets for Lancashire; andwicket-keeperDick Pilling, who in 1891 was rated byWisden Cricketers' Almanack as the second-best wicket-keeper in the world behindJack Blackham. As Lancashire's consistency improved, so did their support: in 1878, 28,000 over three days watched Lancashire playGloucestershire.[8]
The club's first success came in 1879, when the majority of the cricket press – except for Wisden – agreed that Lancashire andNottinghamshire were joint champions. Lancashire was the champion county in 1881 and again shared the title with Nottinghamshire in 1882.[8]
Dick Barlow carried his bat for just 5not out in Lancashire's total of 69 in two and a half hours against Nottinghamshire on a treacherous, rain-affected Trent Bridge pitch in July 1882.[9] Barlow and his longtime opening partner Hornby are the opening batsmen immortalised in the famous poem byFrancis Thompson.[10] In 1884, Old Trafford became the second ground, afterThe Oval, to stage aTest match in England. Though it rained on the first day, 12,000 spectators attended on the second;[11] the match between England andAustralia resulted in a draw.[12]
Controversy emerged during the 1880s;Kent andNottinghamshire objected to the bowling actions ofJohn Crossland and George Nash. Nottinghamshire even went as far as refusing to play against Lancashire. Although the 1880s was a period of controversy and modest results for the club, it was also a time in which some club records were established. In 1885George Kemp (later 1st Baron Rochdale) scored Lancashire's first century in a Roses Match. In that same year Johnny Briggs and Dick Pilling set a first-class record partnership for the tenth wicket of 173 that stood until1899 and has not been bettered by Lancashire.[11] The club shared the title of champions withSurrey in 1889.[8]
TheCounty Championship was founded in 1890, and champions were decided by points rather than the press as had happened previously. Lancashire was one of the eight founding teams of the championship along with Gloucestershire, Kent, Middlesex, Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Sussex and Yorkshire.[13] The team was runner up in 1890 and 1891.Archie MacLaren was appointed captain in 1894, four years after making his debut whilst still captain ofHarrow. In 1895 MacLaren made his record-breaking innings of 424 againstSomerset atTaunton; his innings remained the highestfirst-class score for an Englishman, was the first first-class quadruple century, and was the highest score in first-class cricket untilBill Ponsford scored 429 in February 1923. Again, Lancashire was runner up in 1895, despiteArthur Mold taking 192 wickets in the season, a feat bettered only twice for the club. The current pavilion was constructed in 1895 and cost £10,000 (£1,460,000 in 2023);[14] it replaced the earlier pavilion, dating from 1857 when Old Trafford was originally built.[11]
Lancashire won its first county championship in 1897, a productive bowling attack made up of Johnny Briggs,Willis Cuttell,Albert Hallam, and Arthur Mold took 420 wickets between them. In 1898 Lancashire bought the ground and some adjoining land from thede Traffords for £24,732 (£3,480,000 in 2023).[14] In 1902, amateur and professional players began walking onto the field side by side in a break with tradition. Lancashire won its second championship title in 1904, going undefeated throughout the season; Wisden described the season as “the brightest in the history of Lancashire cricket”. That season,James Hallows completed the feat of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in the season. During the late 1900s and early 1910s, players such asWalter Brearley,Harry Dean, andBill Huddleston were the mainstays of Lancashire bowling. The club began to experience financial problems during this same period; the increased popularity of other sports was blamed for the dip in attendances. In 1914, Lancashire sank to its lowest position of eleventh, whilst during World War I the pavilion was used by theRed Cross and 1,800 patients were treated there.[11]
After the war Lancashire developed a very strong batting side, includingErnest Tyldesley andJohnny Tyldesley, both Testbatsmen. In 1920, Lancashire finished runner up and bowlers Harry Dean andLawrence Cook took 274 wickets between them. During 1921, interest in cricket reached an all-time high, with over 250,000 people attending Old Trafford and over 4,500 members. 1922 was a year of contradictions, a strong team winning seven out of fifteen matches by an innings, but still managing to lose seven and finish 5th; that seasonCec Parkin and Lawrence Cook mustered 308 wickets between them and Ernest Tyldesley scored over 2,000 runs.[15] Lancashire's steady progress was capped by a hat trick of championship titles between 1926 and 1928 under the captaincy ofLeonard Green. In the 1926 victory, Ernest Tyldesley andHarry Makepeace each scored over 2,000 runs. In 1927,Charlie Hallows scored six centuries and the bowling attack was led byDick Tyldesley andTed McDonald with support from Frank Sibbles. In 1928,Frank Watson and Ernest Tyldesley scored over 2,000 runs each andGeorge Duckworth claimed 107 victims and earned recognition as one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year. At the end of the season Leonard Green decided to retire with a record of three successive championships and 42 wins against just three defeats.[16]
Under the captaincy ofPeter Eckersley, Lancashire finished second in the championship in 1929 and reclaimed the title in 1930, with ten victories and no defeats that season. After four titles in five seasons, the early 1930s saw a number of retirements including McDonald and Dick Tyldesley in 1931 and Ernest Tyldesley in 1935: no Lancashire batsman has matched Tyldesley's 100 centuries in first-class cricket. Lancashire won the championship outright for the last time in 1934, the same year thatLen Hopwood performed the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets (a feat he repeated in 1935) andCyril Washbrook began to work his way into the team. The captain, Peter Eckersley, retired in 1935 to become an MP. The later half of the 1930s was a period of rebuilding up until the war, with the opening partnership of Cyril Washbrook andEddie Paynter the highlight.[16] Paynter scored 322 in five hours for Lancashire against Sussex in 1937 having come down on the sleeper train from the victorious Old Trafford Test against New Zealand. He put on 268 in 155 minutes withCyril Washbrook and celebrated his innings that evening at Brighton's Ice Palace.[17]
When play began in 1946, afterWorld War II, things started badly for Lancashire when the captain and veteran player,Jack Iddon, was killed in a car accident just before the start of the season.Jack Fallows stood in as captain for the season. His successor,Ken Cranston, was an unusual choice as he had no prior first-class experience; despite this his captaincy was not unsuccessful as Lancashire finished third and fifth during his two years in charge. In 1947 Cyril Washbrook andWinston Place both scored over 2,500 runs and scored 19 centuries between them. Washbrook's benefit took place in August 1948 and was watched by 50,000 people; he received £14,000 (£640,000 in 2023),[14] beating the previous record by over £10,000. Despite finishing 11th in 1949, in 1950 – under the captaincy ofNigel Howard – Lancashire shared the county championship withSurrey, winning 16 matches;Roy Tattersall andMalcolm Hilton claimed nearly 300 wickets between them. The 1950 season marked the emergence ofBrian Statham. In the following three seasons, Lancashire finished third each time.[18]
With the retirement of Nigel Howard in 1954, Lancashire appointed its first professional captain, Cyril Washbrook, who would captain the club for the next six years. In 1954Geoff Pullar,Ken Grieves andAlan Wharton all scored over 2,000 runs, whilst Brian Statham,Ken Higgs andTommy Greenhough all took over 100 wickets; despite this, Lancashire managed to finish only 5th. Lancashire came close to reclaiming the county championship in 1960 under a new captain,Bob Barber. Five batsmen scored more than 1,000 runs in the season, and Statham, Higgs and Greenhough all took over 100 wickets; Lancashire finished runner up due to a poor run of form towards the end of the season: losing four and drawing two of the last six matches after topping the table in August. The following year, however, Lancashire dropped to 13th, due in part to Barber's inexperience and Statham's and Geoff Pullar's England commitments. Things declined further in 1962, under the leadership ofJoe Blackledge, who had had no previous first-class experience, as Lancashire dropped to second last, winning only two matches. After a period of unrest, Brian Statham was appointed captain between 1965 and 1967 and Lancashire's results improved. Statham retired in 1968 with 1,816 first-class wickets, a record for the club.[19]
Jack Bond became Lancashire captain in 1968 and remained in the position until 1972. During his tenure, Lancashire performed well in the championship, finishing third in 1970 and 1971. His biggest triumph as captain was the five one day trophies he secured during his five-year captaincy.Farokh Engineer joined Lancashire in 1968, andClive Lloyd joined in 1969; together Lloyd and Engineer helped establish Lancashire as one of the best one day sides in England. The silverware included a hat-trick ofGillette Cups (1970–72) and theSunday League twice in successive seasons (1969–1970). Mainstays of the successful one day side included Clive Lloyd,David Lloyd,Barry Wood,Harry Pilling,Frank Hayes,Peter Lever,Ken Shuttleworth,David Hughes andJack Simmons. In the Gillette Cup semi-final againstGloucestershire in 1971, David Hughes walked to the crease at 8.45pm and hit 24 from an over in near darkness to win the match. David Lloyd was captain from 1973 to 1977 and secured Lancashire's fourth Gillette Cup in 1975, and coming runners up in 1974 and 1976. However, in the late 1970s, the team that had been so dominant in the one day format began to break up. Despite boasting international players such as Lloyd and Engineer, Lancashire's first-class performances never matched the success of the limited overs team.[20]
It wasn't until 1984, under the captaincy ofJohn Abrahams, that the club won more silverware, this time in the Benson & Hedges Cup. Despite a resurgence in limited overs matches, Lancashire finished in the bottom six of the county championship. After suffering defeat in the final of the 1986 Nat West Trophy, David Hughes was appointed captain. Towards the end of the 1980s, Lancashire's side began to develop, withGraeme Fowler andGehan Mendis building a productive opening partnership, while David Hughes andNeil Fairbrother provided support in the middle order. The bowlers were led byPatrick Patterson andPaul Allott with support from David Hughes,Mike Watkinson and Jack Simmons. In 1987 after eleven successive years in the bottom six, Lancashire finished second in the championship, their highest position in 27 years.Mike Atherton made his Lancashire debut in 1987 – scoring 600 runs in the second half of the season – andWasim Akram first played for the team in 1988. Lancashire defeated Worcestershire in the final of the Refuge Cup in 1988. The following year the club won the Sunday League on the last day of the season in 1989 and finished fourth in the championship. At the age of 48, in 1989 Jack Simmons retired after having taken 985 first-class wickets for the county.[20]
In 1990, Lancashire won both the Nat West Trophy and Benson & Hedges Cup finals at Lord's. This was the first time any county had won both competitions in the same year; Lancashire narrowly missed out on a treble, finishing runners-up in the Sunday League. Lancashire's consistency continued, and the team finished second in the Sunday League and B&H Cup. Paul Allott and Graeme Fowler were released at the end of the 1992 season. The team lost the B&H final toDerbyshire in 1993. In 1994, young bowlersPeter Martin andGlen Chapple took 50 wickets each. The batting too looked promising, withJohn Crawley scoring two double centuries andJason Gallian steadily improving. In 1995, Lancashire again won the Benson & Hedges Cup. In 1996, Lancashire again won the double of the NatWest Trophy and Benson & Hedges Cup. In 1998, with Wasim Akram as captain, Lancashire won the NatWest Trophy and Axa League, and finished second in the championship despite losing only five games in all competitions throughout the season. Apart from the National League second division title in 2003, this was the last time Lancashire won a trophy.[21] 1999 was an eventful year for Lancashire with the debut ofMuttiah Muralitharan, the departure of coachDav Whatmore after just two years with the club and again the team finished second in the championship and won the National League.[22]
The team that had been so successful in the 1990s began to break up at the start of the 2000s. Since winning their last trophy in 1998, the team has lost eight semi-finals and two finals.[21] In 2008 Lancashire managed to finish second in the County Championship. The competition was divided into two divisions for the 2000 season, with Lancashire in the first division.[13] Lancashire's one day form began to fluctuate in 2000, losing toGloucestershire in the semi-finals of both the B&H Cup and the NatWest Trophy, and being relegated in the National League. In 2001, Lancashire avoided relegation by just 5 points and were not promoted in the National League. The end of the season saw the retirement ofIan Austin from first-class cricket and of Mike Atherton from all forms of cricket. John Crawley left the club in the winter after not being retained as captain. Between 2001 and 2002 saw the squad change significantly, with players recruited fromEssex,Northamptonshire,Worcestershire, andYorkshire; the most notable additions to the squad wereStuart Law andDavid Byas – the Yorkshire captain of the previous season. After a quiet 2001 season – finishing mid-table in the county championship and again failing to secure promotion in the National League – 2002 was far more encouraging.Mike Watkinson was appointed cricket manager,[23] and Stuart Law and Alec Swann both scored over 1,000 first-class runs and Peter Martin andGlen Chapple both took more than 50 wickets; the find of the season was that ofJames Anderson, who burst onto the scene with 50 wickets in the second half of the season, earning him a promotion to the England side. At the end of the season, Lancashire stalwarts Neil Fairbrother andGraham Lloyd retired.
2003 was a promising year, and Lancashire were genuine contenders for the county championship.Mark Chilton,Carl Hooper andMal Loye all scored over 1,000 runs andStuart Law was player of the year with 1,820 runs. Altogether, 28 championship centuries were scored for Lancashire, the second highest total in a season for the club.Gary Keedy was lead wicket taker with 60 wickets, supported by Martin and Chapple who took 41 and 49 respectively. They were promoted from the second division of the National League, lost in the semi-final of the C&G Trophy, and finished second in the county championship.[24]
In 2004, Lancashire were relegated to the second division of the County Championship for the first time since the competition was restructured into two divisions.[25] This was despite starting the season as the bookmarkers' favourite to win the competition. At one point in the season, the team was without eight bowlers, withJames Anderson,Andrew Flintoff, andSajid Mahmood on international duty, while Glen Chapple,Dominic Cork,Kyle Hogg,Peter Martin, and all-rounderCarl Hooper were all injured. Their problems were not blamed solely on the injuries, Watkinson said "quite simply the opposition have done the basics better than us. In addition we've one or two who are out of form on top of the injury list which ripped us to pieces".[26] Despite being relegated in the County Championship, the team managed finish as runners up in the National League and were expected to be promoted back to the first division of first-class cricket in the 2005 season.[27] While Watkinson expected backlash from the fans, he said that "they were tremendously understanding about the injury situation".[25] The squad underwent changes, with six players leaving – including Martin andChris Schofield – and six joining, as well as a change of captain from wicket-keeperWarren Hegg to batsman Mark Chilton;[27] Chilton was the club's first Yorkshire-born captain.[28] Between 1864 and 2004, Lancashire played 2,790 matches, winning 1,034, losing 583, drawing 1,170, with three tied matches. In this period, no other team had drawn more matches. The team's percentage of wins was 37.06%, third behind Yorkshire (44.05%) and Surrey (39.74%).[29]
Lancashire were promoted back to the first division of the county championship in 2005, winning the second division title in the process. They stayed up in the National League, progressed to the finals' day of the Twenty20 Cup and were knocked out in the semi-final of the C&G Trophy.[30] Despite winning the second division title, there were concerns that the squad may have been getting too old and that there were limited opportunities for the younger players. Of Lancashire's performance over the season, Watkinson said "I was not happy about our batting and, although we have achieved what we set out to do – get promoted – our performance left a lot to be desired".[31] Lancashire are one of three teams, along with Middlesex and Surrey, never to have finished bottom in the County Championship.[13] On their return to the first division in the 2006 season, Lancashire finished second in the Championship. They also finished as runners-up in the NatWest Trophy.[32]
In 2007, although they led the table before the final round of matches, Lancashire were again runners-up in the County Championship. After being knocked out of the Twenty20 competition in the group states and performing poorly in the other one-day competitions early in the season, supporters started to become discontented with the captain and coach.[21] Sussex ended up winning the title as Lancashire lost their final match of the competition against Surrey.Chris Adams, the Sussex captain, said "you played well, you had a hard season, there's no shame in your performance and you nearly did it".[33] After the match against Surrey, Chilton was in tears and said "I'm extremely proud of what our guys have achieved though. As captain I'm privileged to have seen the efforts they have put in. To get close to our target was a phenomenal effort but the lads are just broken. Our players have risen to an almighty challenge and to come so close is an enormous effort".[33] After three years as captain, Mark Chilton stepped down in October 2007 and was replaced by Stuart Law who is the most successful captain in Australian domestic cricket.[34][35] However his captaincy lasted for just one season, and Lancashire again failed to claim any silverware. At the end of the season Law and veteran player Cork were released,[36][37] with Chapple replacing Law as captain. In December 2008, Watkinson's job as cricket manager was changed to that of director of cricket – a job which would focus solely on aspects of cricket, rather than the traditional all-encompassing job of general team management. The move was explained by the club chairman as an effort to modernise.[23]
In February 2009, it was announced thatPeter Moores – who had been sacked as England coach the previous month – would be Lancashire's new coach and had a three-year contract.[38][39] In 2011 Chapple and Moores took Lancashire to their first outright first-class county championship title since 1934, although they had shared the title with Surrey in 1950. Despite being reigning champions in 2012, Lancashire had a poor season and were relegated to the Second Division. In 2013 they bounced straight back to Division 1 by winning the second division championship with a game to spare. They were once again relegated to Division 2 on the last day of the 2014 season after failing to win a tightly fought game against Middlesex. Ashley Giles (formerly of Warwickshire and England) was appointed as Director of Cricket and Head Coach after Mike Watkinson stepped down from the role in October 2014.
Lancashire gained immediate promotion in 2015, finishing as Division Two runners-up behind Surrey, and enjoyed the bonus of winning the T20 Cup for the first time. They were well served that season by overseas players Kyle Jarvis and Ashwell Prince. They finished seventh in 2016 and then improved to finish second in 2017, though they were a long way behind the runaway winners Essex. The team struggled in 2018 and were relegated.[40] In 2019, the team went unbeaten in Division 2 to comfortably win promotion back up to Division 1.
On 30 March 2020, the chairman of the clubDavid Hodgkiss died at the age of 71 due tocoronavirus disease 2019 complications during thecoronavirus pandemic.[41][42][43][44][45][46] am
On 10 May 2024, it was announced thatThe King, asDuke of Lancaster, had agreed to become the club's patron, taking over from the previous Duke,Queen Elizabeth II.[47]
Since its formation, Lancashire has played home matches atOld Trafford Cricket Ground, west ofManchester city centre. Old Trafford has played host to international matches since 1884.
Lancashire also play matches atBlackpool Cricket Club,Liverpool Cricket Club,Southport and an annual fixture atSedbergh School.
Lancashire Cricket Club has a record of strong finances which has been attributed to several factors including its diverse facilities and having the largest membership in the country.[48] The Old Trafford Lodge is a hotel which is part of the ground and the ground has been used for conference facilities and has staged music concerts. Another source of income is opening the ground's car park duringManchester United F.C.'s home matches.[48] Between 2004 and 2006, the club made record profits, each year getting progressively better and in 2006 recorded a profit of £747,370.[48] While in 2009 more than half of the 18 counties were in profit, 15 in 2010 experienced financial losses, Lancashire included. The total losses of the 18 counties amounted to over £9 million.[49] Lancashire suffered losses of £2.1 million for 2010, primarily because of the club's investment in rebuilding Old Trafford, particularly the construction of The Point. The absence of Test cricket and legal action related to the ground's redevelopment also contributed to the financial loss.[50]
| No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| 1 | Keaton Jennings* ‡ |  England | (1992-06-19)19 June 1992 (age 33) | Left-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| 11 | Rocky Flintoff | England | (2008-04-07)7 April 2008 (age 17) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| 12 | Marcus Harris ‡ |  Australia | (1992-07-21)21 July 1992 (age 33) | Left-handed | — | Club captain; Overseas player |
| 16 | Harry Singh | England | (2004-06-16)16 June 2004 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | |
| 20 | Josh Bohannon* | England | (1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| 23 | Liam Livingstone* ‡ | England | (1993-08-04)4 August 1993 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | |
| 26 | Keshana Fonseka | England | (2005-10-01)1 October 2005 (age 20) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | |
| 44 | Michael Jones ‡ |  Scotland | (1998-01-05)5 January 1998 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 3 | Luke Wells* | England | (1990-12-29)29 December 1990 (age 34) | Left-handed | Right-armleg break | |
| 10 | George Balderson* | England | (2000-10-11)11 October 2000 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| 93 | Chris Green* ‡ | Australia | (1993-10-01)1 October 1993 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | Overseas player |
| — | Paul Coughlin | England | (1992-10-23)23 October 1992 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-armfast-medium | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 6 | Jos Buttler* ‡ | England | (1990-09-08)8 September 1990 (age 35) | Right-handed | — | England white ball captain; England central contract |
| 7 | Phil Salt* ‡ | England | (1996-08-28)28 August 1996 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | England central contract |
| 17 | George Bell | England | (2002-09-25)25 September 2002 (age 23) | Right-handed | — | |
| 21 | Matthew Hurst | England | (2003-12-10)10 December 2003 (age 21) | Right-handed | — | |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 2 | Tom Hartley* ‡ | England | (1998-05-03)3 May 1998 (age 27) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 4 | Jack Blatherwick | England | (1998-06-04)4 June 1998 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-armfast-medium | |
| 5 | Charlie Barnard | England | (2004-11-05)5 November 2004 (age 21) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 8 | Tom Bailey* | England | (1991-04-21)21 April 1991 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-armfast-medium | |
| 9 | James Anderson* ‡ | England | (1982-07-30)30 July 1982 (age 43) | Left-handed | Right-armfast-medium | |
| 13 | Tom Aspinwall | England | (2004-03-13)13 March 2004 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-armfast-medium | |
| 14 | Luke Wood ‡ | England | (1995-08-02)2 August 1995 (age 30) | Left-handed | Left-armfast-medium | England central contract; White ball contract |
| 22 | Ollie Sutton | England | (2000-01-25)25 January 2000 (age 25) | Left-handed | Left-armfast-medium | |
| 25 | Saqib Mahmood* ‡ | England | (1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-armfast | England central contract; White ball contract |
| 38 | Mitchell Stanley | England | (2001-03-17)17 March 2001 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-armfast | England development contract |
| — | Ajeet Singh Dale | England | (2000-07-02)2 July 2000 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-armfast-medium | |
| Name | Years as Captain | |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Anderson | 2025 | |
| Marcus Harris | 2025 | |
| Keaton Jennings | 2023-2025[51] | |
| Dane Vilas | 2019-2022[52] | |
| Liam Livingstone | 2018 | |
| Steven Croft | 2016-2017 | |
| Tom Smith | 2015 | |
| Glen Chapple | 2009-2014 | |
| Stuart Law | 2008 | |
| Mark Chilton | 2005-2007 | |
| Warren Hegg | 2002-2004 | |
| John Crawley | 1999-2001 | |
| Wasim Akram | 1998 | |
| Mike Watkinson | 1994-1997 | |
| Neil Fairbrother | 1992-1993 | |
| David Hughes | 1987-1991 | |
| Clive Lloyd | 1981-1983, 1986 | |
| John Abrahams | 1984-1985 | |
| Frank Hayes | 1978-1980 | |
| David Lloyd | 1973-1977 | |
| Jack Bond | 1968-1972 | |
| Brian Statham | 1965-1967 | |
| Ken Grieves | 1963-1964 | |
| Joe Blackledge | 1962 | |
| Bob Barber | 1960-1961 | |
| Cyril Washbrook | 1954-1959 | |
| Nigel Howard | 1949-1953 | |
| Ken Cranston | 1947-1948 | |
| Jack Fallows | 1946 | |
| Jack Iddon | 1946 ‘’’captain-elect; killed in RTA pre-season’’’ | |
| WWII: No County Cricket | 1939-1945 | |
| Lionel Lister | 1936-1939 | |
| Peter Eckersley | 1929-1935 | |
| Leonard Green | 1926-1928 | |
| Jack Sharp | 1923-1925 | |
| Myles Noel Kenyon | 1919-1922 | |
| WW1: No County Cricket | 1914-1918 | |
| A. H. Hornby | 1879-1893, 1897-1898, 1908-1914 | |
| Archie MacLaren | 1894-1896, 1899-1906 | |
| Edmund Rowley | 1866-1879 |
| Player | Information | |
|---|---|---|
| Highest scores[53] | 1. Archie MacLaren 2. Neil Fairbrother 3. Eddie Paynter | 424 v.Somerset,County Ground,Taunton, 1895 366 v.Surrey,The Oval,London, 1990 322 v.Sussex,County Ground,Hove, 1937 |
| Most runs in season[54] | 1. Johnny Tyldesley 2. Eddie Paynter 3. Charlie Hallows | 2,633, 1901 2,626, 1937 2,564, 1928 |
| Player | Information | |
|---|---|---|
| Best bowling (innings)[55] | 1. William Hickton 2. Johnny Briggs 3. Bob Berry | 10–46 v.Hampshire,Old Trafford,Manchester, 1870 10–55 v.Worcestershire,Old Trafford,Manchester, 1900 10–102 v.Worcestershire,Stanley Park,Blackpool, 1953 |
| Best bowling (match)[56] | 1. Harry Dean 2. Walter Brearley 3. Harry Dean | 17–91 v.Yorkshire,Aigburth,Liverpool, 1913 17–137 v.Somerset,Old Trafford,Manchester, 1905 16–103 v.Somerset,Recreation Ground,Bath, 1910 |
| Most wickets in season[57] | 1. Ted McDonald 2. Cecil Parkin 3. Arthur Mold | 198, 1925 194, 1924 192, 1895 |
| Player | Information | |
|---|---|---|
| Most victims in innings[58] | 1. Bill Farrimond 2. Warren Hegg | 7 v.Kent,Old Trafford,Manchester, 1930 7 v.Derbyshire,Queen's Park, Chesterfield, 1989 |
| Most victims in season[59] | 1. George Duckworth 2. Geoff Clayton | 97, 1928 92, 1962 |
Most first-class runs for Lancashire
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Highest total for[62] – 863 v.Surrey,The Oval,London, 1990
Highest total against[63] – 707 for 9 dec by Surrey,The Oval,London, 1990
Lowest total for[64] – 25 v.Derbyshire,Old Trafford,Manchester, 1871
Lowest total against[65] – 20 byEssex,County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford,Chelmsford, 2013
| Wicket[66] | Score | Batting partners | Opposition | Venue | City | Year |
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| 1st | 368 | Archie MacLaren andReggie Spooner | Gloucestershire | Aigburth | Liverpool | 1903 |
| 2nd | 371 | Frank Watson andErnest Tyldesley | Surrey | Old Trafford | Manchester | 1928 |
| 3rd | 501 | Alviro Petersen andAshwell Prince | Glamorgan | Penrhyn Avenue | Colwyn Bay | 2015 |
| 4th | 358 | Stephen Titchard andGraham Lloyd | Essex | County Ground | Chelmsford | 1996 |
| 5th | 360 | Stuart Law andCarl Hooper | Warwickshire | Edgbaston | Birmingham | 2003 |
| 6th | 278 | Jack Iddon andHenry Butterworth | Sussex | Old Trafford | Manchester | 1932 |
| 7th | 248 | Graham Lloyd andIan Austin | Yorkshire | Headingley | Leeds | 1997 |
| 8th | 187 | Luke Wood andDanny Lamb | Kent | St Lawrence Ground | Canterbury | 2021 |
| 9th | 142 | Les Poidevin andAlexander Kermode | Sussex | The Saffrons | Eastbourne | 1907 |
| 10th | 173 | Johnny Briggs andDick Pilling | Surrey | Aigburth | Liverpool | 1885 |
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