Lancashire County Cricket Club
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Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in English cricket. The club has held first-class status since it was founded in 1864. Lancashire's home is Old Trafford Cricket Ground, although the team also play matches at other grounds around the county. Lancashire was a founder member of the County Championship in 1890 and has won the competition nine times. Lancashire has won 26 major honours in its history. The club's men's limited overs team is called Lancashire Lightning and women's team is Lancashire Thunder.
Lancashire was widely recognised as the
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 of Johnny Tyldesley, is the club's leading run-scorer with 34,222 runs in 573 matches for Lancashire between 1909 and 1936. Fast bowler Brian Statham took a club record 1,816 wickets in 430 first-class matches between 1950 and 1968. England batsman Cyril Washbrook became Lancashire's first professional captain in 1954.
The Lancashire side of the late 1960s and early 1970s, captained by
Honours
First XI honours
- County Championship (8) – 1897, 1904, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1934, 2011; shared (1) – 1950
- Division Two champions (3) – 2005, 2013, 2019
- 2015
- Gillette/NatWest/C&G/FP Trophy[notes 1] (7) – 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1990, 1996, 1998
- Sunday/National/Pro40 League[notes 2] (5) – 1969, 1970, 1989, 1998, 1999
- Division Two champions (1) – 2003
- Benson and Hedges Cup(4) – 1984, 1990, 1995, 1996
Second XI honours
- Second XI Championship (4) – 1964, 1986, 1997, 2017; shared (1) – 2013
- Minor Counties Championship (7) – 1907, 1934, 1937, 1948, 1949, 1960, 1964
Other honours
- Refuge Cup (1) – 1988
- Lambert and Butler Floodlit Competition (1) – 1981
Earliest cricket in Lancashire
Cricket may not have reached Lancashire 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 the Manchester Journal dated Saturday, 1 September 1781. It concerned an eleven-a-side match played the previous Monday, 27 August, at Brinnington Moor between a team of printers and one representing the villages of Haughton and Bredbury, who were the winners. As Bredbury was then in Cheshire, the match is the earliest reference for that county too.[1][2]
In 1816, the
History of the county club
Origin
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".
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 at Old Trafford against Middlesex; Lancashire won the match by 62 runs, although Middlesex's V. E. Walker took all ten wickets in Lancashire's second innings.[6][7]
Early successes
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 by
The club's first success came in 1879, when the majority of the cricket press – except for Wisden – agreed that Lancashire and Nottinghamshire were joint champions. Lancashire was the champion county in 1881 and again shared the title with Nottinghamshire in 1882.[8]
Controversy emerged during the 1880s;
The County 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 of Harrow. In 1895 MacLaren made his record-breaking innings of 424 against Somerset at Taunton; his innings remained the highest first-class score for an Englishman, was the first first-class quadruple century, and was the highest score in first-class cricket until Bill Ponsford scored 429 in February 1923. Again, Lancashire was runner up in 1895, despite Arthur 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 (£1,230,000 in 2024);[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,
The golden era
After the war Lancashire developed a very strong batting side, including
Under the captaincy of Peter 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 that Len Hopwood performed the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets (a feat he repeated in 1935) and Cyril 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 and Eddie 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 with Cyril Washbrook and celebrated his innings that evening at Brighton's Ice Palace.[17]
Post-war
When play began in 1946, after World 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 and Winston 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 (£540,000 in 2024),[14] beating the previous record by over £10,000. Despite finishing 11th in 1949, in 1950 – under the captaincy of Nigel Howard – Lancashire shared the county championship with Surrey, winning 16 matches; Roy Tattersall and Malcolm Hilton claimed nearly 300 wickets between them. The 1950 season marked the emergence of Brian 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 1954 Geoff Pullar, Ken Grieves and Alan Wharton all scored over 2,000 runs, whilst Brian Statham, Ken Higgs and Tommy 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 of Joe 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]
Limited-overs success
It wasn't until 1984, under the captaincy of
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 to Derbyshire in 1993. In 1994, young bowlers Peter Martin and Glen Chapple took 50 wickets each. The batting too looked promising, with John Crawley scoring two double centuries and Jason 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 of Muttiah Muralitharan, the departure of coach Dav Whatmore after just two years with the club and again the team finished second in the championship and won the National League.[22]
New century
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 to Gloucestershire 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 of Ian 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 from Essex, Northamptonshire, Worcestershire, and Yorkshire; the most notable additions to the squad were Stuart Law and David 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 and Glen Chapple both took more than 50 wickets; the find of the season was that of James 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 and Graham Lloyd retired.
2003 was a promising year, and Lancashire were genuine contenders for the county championship. Mark Chilton, Carl Hooper and Mal Loye all scored over 1,000 runs and Stuart 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, with James Anderson, Andrew Flintoff, and Sajid Mahmood on international duty, while Glen Chapple, Dominic Cork, Kyle Hogg, Peter Martin, and all-rounder Carl 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 and Chris Schofield – and six joining, as well as a change of captain from wicket-keeper Warren 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 that Peter 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 club
Ground
Since its formation, Lancashire has played home matches at Old Trafford Cricket Ground, west of Manchester city centre. Old Trafford has played host to international matches since 1884.
Lancashire also play matches at Blackpool Cricket Club, Liverpool Cricket Club, Southport and an annual fixture at Sedbergh School.
Finances
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.[47] 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 during Manchester United F.C.'s home matches.[47] Between 2004 and 2006, the club made record profits, each year getting progressively better and in 2006 recorded a profit of £747,370.[47] 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.[48] 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.[49]
Players
Current squad
- No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
- ‡ denotes players with international caps.
- * denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap.
No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batsmen | ||||||
1 | Keaton Jennings* ‡ | England | 19 June 1992 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Club captain |
15 | Steven Croft* | England | 11 October 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | White ball contract |
16 | Harry Singh | England | 16 June 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
20 | Josh Bohannon | England | 9 April 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
23 | Liam Livingstone* ‡ | England | 4 August 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | England central contract |
42 | Tom Bruce ‡ | New Zealand | 2 August 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
All-rounders | ||||||
3 | Luke Wells | England | 29 December 1990 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
10 | George Balderson | England | 11 October 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
13 | Tom Aspinwall | England | 13 March 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
— | Chris Green ‡ | Australia | 1 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player (T20 only) |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
6 | Jos Buttler* ‡ | England | 8 September 1990 | Right-handed | — | England white ball captain; England central contract |
7 | Phil Salt ‡ | England | 28 August 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
17 | George Bell | England | 25 September 2002 | Right-handed | — | |
21 | Matthew Hurst | England | 10 December 2003 | Right-handed | — | |
24 | George Lavelle | England | 24 March 2000 | Right-handed | — | |
Bowlers | ||||||
2 | Tom Hartley ‡ | England | 3 May 1998 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
4 | Jack Blatherwick | England | 4 June 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
8 | Tom Bailey* | England | 21 April 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
9 | James Anderson* ‡ | England | 30 July 1982 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | England central contract |
14 | Luke Wood ‡ | England | 2 August 1995 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | |
18 | Jack Morley | England | 25 June 2001 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | On loan at Derbyshire |
25 | Saqib Mahmood ‡ | England | 25 February 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | England development contract |
27 | Josh Boyden | England | 16 April 2004 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | |
30 | Will Williams | New Zealand | 6 October 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | UK passport |
38 | Mitchell Stanley | England | 17 March 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
67 | Nathan Lyon ‡ | Australia | 20 November 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
Captains
- 2023 to date Keaton Jennings
- 2019-2022 Dane Vilas[50]
- 2018 Liam Livingstone
- 2016–2017 Steven Croft
- 2015 Tom Smith
- 2009–2014 Glen Chapple
- 2008 Stuart Law
- 2005–2007 Mark Chilton
- 2002–2004 Warren Hegg
- 1999–2001 John Crawley
- 1998 Wasim Akram
- 1994–1997 Mike Watkinson
- 1992–1993 Neil Fairbrother
- 1987–1991 David Hughes
- 1986 Clive Lloyd
- 1984–1985 John Abrahams
- 1981–1983 Clive Lloyd
- 1978–1980 Frank Hayes
- 1973–1977 David Lloyd
- 1968–1972 Jack Bond
- 1965–1967 Brian Statham
- 1963–1964 Ken Grieves
- 1962 Joe Blackledge
- 1960–1961 Bob Barber
- 1954–1959 Cyril Washbrook
- 1949–1953 Nigel Howard
- 1947–1948 Ken Cranston
- 1946 Jack Fallows
- 1946 Jack Iddon (captain-elect; killed in RTA pre-season)
- 1939–1945 WWII – no county cricket
- 1936–1939 Lionel Lister
- 1929–1935 Peter Eckersley
- 1926–1928 Leonard Green
- 1923–1925 Jack Sharp
- 1919–1922 Myles Noel Kenyon
- 1914–1918 WWI – no county cricket
- 1908–1914 A. H. Hornby
- 1899–1906 Archie MacLaren
- 1897–1898 A. N. Hornby
- 1894–1896 Archie MacLaren
- 1879–1893 A. N. Hornby
- 1866–1879 Edmund Rowley
Records
Player records
- Batting
Player | Information | |
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Highest scores[51] | 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[52] | 1. Johnny Tyldesley 2. Eddie Paynter 3. Charlie Hallows |
2,633, 1901 2,626, 1937 2,564, 1928 |
- Bowling
Player | Information | |
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Best bowling (innings)[53] | 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)[54] | 1. Harry Dean 2. Walter Brearley 3. Harry Dean |
17–91 v. Recreation Ground, Bath , 1910
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Most wickets in season[55] | 1. Cecil Parkin
3. Arthur Mold |
198, 1925 194, 1924 192, 1895 |
- Wicket-keeping
Player | Information | |
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Most victims in innings[56] | 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[57] | 1. George Duckworth 2. Geoff Clayton |
97, 1928 92, 1962 |
Most first-class runs for Lancashire
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Most first-class wickets for Lancashire
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Team totals
Highest total for[60] – 863 v. Surrey, The Oval, London, 1990
Highest total against[61] – 707 for 9 dec by Surrey, The Oval, London, 1990
Lowest total for[62] – 25 v. Derbyshire, Old Trafford, Manchester, 1871
Lowest total against[63] – 20 by Essex, County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, Chelmsford, 2013
Partnership record for each wicket
Wicket[64] | Score | Batting partners | Opposition | Venue | City | Year |
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1st | 368 | Archie MacLaren and Reggie Spooner | Gloucestershire | Aigburth | Liverpool | 1903 |
2nd | 371 | Frank Watson and Ernest Tyldesley | Surrey | Old Trafford | Manchester | 1928 |
3rd | 501 | Alviro Petersen and Ashwell Prince | Glamorgan | Penrhyn Avenue | Colwyn Bay | 2015 |
4th | 358 | Stephen Titchard and Graham Lloyd | Essex | County Ground | Chelmsford | 1996 |
5th | 360 | Stuart Law and Carl Hooper | Warwickshire | Edgbaston | Birmingham | 2003 |
6th | 278 | Jack Iddon and Henry Butterworth | Sussex | Old Trafford | Manchester | 1932 |
7th | 248 | Graham Lloyd and Ian Austin | Yorkshire | Headingley
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Leeds | 1997 |
8th | 187 | Luke Wood and Danny Lamb | Kent | St Lawrence Ground | Canterbury | 2021 |
9th | 142 | Les Poidevin and Alexander Kermode | Sussex | The Saffrons | Eastbourne | 1907 |
10th | 173 | Johnny Briggs and Dick Pilling | Surrey | Aigburth | Liverpool | 1885 |
See also
- Lancashire County Cricket Club in 2005
- List of cricket grounds in England and Wales
- List of Test cricket grounds
Notes
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Further reading
- Lancashire CCC Yearbook – various editions
- Lancashire: Every Day of the Year – a chronological record of facts, figures and trivia