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'Lancashire County Cricket Club' is one of the eighteen major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Lancashire. Its limited-overs team is called ''Lancashire Lightning''.
The club is based at Old Trafford in Stretford, Trafford. Usually, one match each year is played at Liverpool and Blackpool. The club has also used other home venues in the past.
Lancashire currently has a strong team which finished as runners-up to Sussex CCC in the 2006 County Championship. The most well known player currently on Lancashires books is Andrew Flintoff, though he rarely plays for the county due to his England commitments. In the upcoming 2007 season Muttiah Muralitharan will play for the county.
Honours
First XI honours
★ 'Champion County (1) - '1881; 'shared (3) - '1879, 1882, 1889
★ 'County Championship (7) - '1897, 1904, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1934; 'shared (1) - '1950
:''Division Two'' (1) - 2005
★ 'Gillette/NatWest/C&G Trophy (7) - '1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1990, 1996, 1998
★ 'Sunday/National League (5) - '1969, 1970, 1989, 1998, 1999
:''Division Two'' (1) - 2003
★ 'Twenty20 Cup (0) -'
★ 'Benson and Hedges Cup (4) -' 1984, 1990, 1995, 1996
Second XI honours
★ 'Second XI Championship (3) -' 1964, 1986, 1997; 'shared (0) -'
★ 'Second XI Trophy (0) -'
★ 'Minor Counties Championship (7) -' 1907, 1934, 1937, 1948, 1949, 1960, 1964; 'shared (0) -'
Other honours
★ 'Refuge Cup (1) -' 1988
Earliest cricket
Cricket may not have reached Lancashire until the 18th century. A match on Brinnington Moor in August 1781 is the earliest known reference to cricket being played in the county. This match was reported in the ''Manchester Journal'' on 1 September 1781.
In 1816, the 'Manchester Cricket Club' was founded and soon became representative of Lancashire as a county in the same way that Sheffield Cricket Club and Nottingham Cricket Club represented Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.
On 23, 24 & 25 July 1849, the Sheffield and Manchester clubs played each other at Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield but the fixture was called "Yorkshire ''versus'' Lancashire". As such, it was the first match to involve a Lancashire county team and also, therefore, the first "Roses Match". Yorkshire won by 5 wickets.
In 1856, the Manchester club moved to Old Trafford, which has been the home of Lancashire cricket ever since.
''For more information about Lancashire cricket's early history, see Manchester Cricket Club.''
Origin of club
Lancashire County Cricket Club was formed on January 12, 1864, at a meeting of thirteen Lancashire cricket clubs in Manchester. In 1865, Lancashire CCC joined the County Championship and played its initial first-class match ''versus'' Middlesex CCC at Old Trafford on 20, 21 & 22 July.
Club history
Lancashire has known two illustrious periods in its history. In the late 19th century, when it had great players like the tragic Johnny Briggs, the pugnacious A N Hornby and classy Test batsmen Johnny Tyldesley and Archie MacLaren, Lancashire was frequently in County Championship title contention.
Lancashire's heyday was the period between the two World Wars when it was the only realistic contender to the dominance of its eternal rival Yorkshire CCC and the "Roses Match" was almost as fiercely contested as The Ashes. Lancashire won the title three years in succession from 1926 to 1928 with further wins in 1930 and 1934. They went through the 1930 season unbeaten, winning 10 matches and gaining first innings points in 8. Dick Tyldesley and Ted McDonald took over 100 wickets while Ernest Tyldesley, Frank Watson and Jack Iddon passed 1000 runs.
Since then, apart from one shared title in 1950, Lancashire have not won the County Championship. Its supporters have found compensation in fast bowling great Brian Statham, the club's greatest opener Cyril Washbrook and in limited overs cricket. Lancashire has at times dominated the one day game, particularly in the 1970s when Clive Lloyd was playing.
Making full use of overseas stars such as Lloyd and Farokh Engineer, captain Jack Bond won a succession of one-day crowns in the company of David Lloyd, Barry Wood, Frank Hayes and 'Flat Jack' Simmons.
Impish middle order batsman Neil Fairbrother, Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram and seamers such as Paul Allott and Peter Martin continued to bring success Lancashire's way, while long-time England captain Mike Atherton has been replaced as Lancashire's biggest contemporary star with the emergence of Andrew Flintoff.
Future prospects
Lancashire CCC - main entrance
Lancashire's failure to win the County Championship outright since the war still rankles with their passionate supporters; however, Lancashire remain among the favourites for any one-day competition, and the leagues of the 'Red Rose' county continue to be a fertile breeding ground for young talent in the game.
Ground
Since its formation Lancashire has played its home matches at Old Trafford, located in Stretford, to the west of Manchester city centre. Old Trafford is one of the largest cricket venues in the United Kingdom, and has played host to international matches since 1884.
In recent years, the club has considered moving to a new ground, with sites in East Manchester and Wigan discussed,[1] but following a long period of discussions and rumours the club decided to remain at Old Trafford, which it hopes to redevelop.[2]
The need for an improved ground was highlighted when Old Trafford surprisingly lost out to Cardiff as a venue for the 2009 Ashes, much to the disappointment of cricket fans in the region.[3] A financial plan is awaited for the redevelopment, costed at £30m.[4]
Lancashire matches are also occasionally played at Stanley Park, Blackpool and Aigburth, Liverpool.
Players
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in 'bold'.
| Name | Nat | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| Karl Brown | RHB | RM | ||||
| Mark Chilton (c) | RHB | RM | ||||
| Paul Horton | RHB | OS | English qualified player and occasional wicket keeper. | |||
| 'Stuart Law' | RHB | LS | British citizen | |||
| 'V. V. S. Laxman' | RHB | OS | Overseas player | |||
| 'Mal Loye' | RHB | OS | ||||
| Iain Sutcliffe | LHB | OS | ||||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 'Glen Chapple' | RHB | RFM | ||||
| 'Dominic Cork' | RHB | RFM | ||||
| Steven Croft | RHB | RMF | ||||
| 'Andrew Flintoff' | RHB | RF | ||||
| Simon Marshall | RHB | LS | ||||
| Steven Mullaney | RHB | RMF | ||||
| Kyle Hogg | LHB | RMF | ||||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Gareth Cross | RHB | RMF | ||||
| Luke Sutton | RHB | |||||
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 'James Anderson' | LHB | RFM | ||||
| Gary Keedy | LHB | SLA | ||||
| 'Sajid Mahmood' | RHB | RFM | ||||
| 'Muttiah Muralitharan' | RHB | OS | Overseas player | |||
| Oliver Newby | RHB | RFM | ||||
| Tom Smith | LHB | RMF | ||||
Brad Hodge played for Lancashire as an overseas player in 2007 but was replaced by Laxman in Mid-August as Hodge prepared for the Twenty20 World Championship. Hodge will return to Lancashire in 2008 as their sole overseas player.
Notable players past and present
Records
★ Highest Total For - 863 v Surrey at The Oval 1990
★ Highest Total Against - 707-9 declared by Surrey at The Oval 1990
★ Lowest Total For - 25 v Derbyshire at Manchester 1871
★ Lowest Total Against - 22 by Glamorgan at Liverpool 1924
Best Partnership for each wicket
★ 1st - 368 AC MacLaren and RH Spooner v Gloucestershire at Liverpool 1903
★ 2nd - 371 FB Watson and GE Tyldesley v Surrey at Manchester 1928
★ 3rd - 364 MA Atherton and NH Fairbrother v Surrey at The Oval 1990
★ 4th - 358 SP Titchard and GD Lloyd v Essex at Chelmsford 1996
★ 5th - 360 SG Law and CL Hooper v Warwickshire at Edgbaston 2003
★ 6th - 278 J Iddon and HRW Butterworth v Sussex at Manchester 1932
★ 7th - 248 GD Lloyd and ID Austin v Yorkshire at Leeds 1997
★ 8th - 158 J Lyon and RM Ratcliffe v Warwickshire at Manchester 1979
★ 9th - 142 LOS Poidevin and A Kermode v Sussex at Eastbourne 1907
★ 10th - 173 J Briggs and R Pilling v Surrey at Liverpool 1885
Individual records
★ Highest Score - 424 AC MacLaren v Somerset at Taunton 1895
★ Most Runs in Season - 2633 JT Tyldesley in 1901
★ Most Runs in Career - 34222 GE Tyldesley 1909-1936
★ Best Bowling - 10-46 W Hickton v Hampshire at Manchester 1870
★ Best Match Bowling - 17-91 H Dean v Yorkshire at Liverpool 1913
★ Wickets in Season - 198 EA McDonald 1925
★ Wickets in Career - 1816 JB Statham 1950-1968
'Most first-class runs for Lancashire' Qualification - 20000 runs [1]
| 'Most first-class wickets for Lancashire' Qualification - 1000 wickets [2]
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Lancashire facts and feats
★ Dick Barlow carried his bat for just 5
★ out of Lancashire's total of 69 in two and a half hours against Nottinghamshire on a treacherous, rain-affected Trent Bridge pitch in July 1882. Barlow and his long time opening partner Hornby are the opening batsmen immortalised in the famous poem by Francis Thompson.
★ Eddie Paynter scored 322 in five hours for Lancashire against Sussex CCC at Hove 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.
★ Lancashire County Cricket Club came runners-up in all four competitions in three seasons from 2004-2006 without winning one. In 2004, they came runners-up to Glamorgan in the Totesport League. In 2005, they came runners-up to Somerset in the Twenty20 Cup. In 2006, they came runners-up to Sussex in both the Liverpool Victoria County Championship and the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy.
See also
★ Lancashire County Cricket Club in 2005
★ List of cricket grounds in England and Wales
★ List of Test cricket grounds
Footnotes
1. Lancs to stay at Old Trafford
2. Old Trafford redevelopment plans
3. LCCC news story
4. The Enquirer news story
References
★ ''Scores & Biographies'' by Arthur Haygarth
★ ''A Social History of English Cricket'' by Derek Birley. ISBN 1-85410-941-3
★ Lancashire CCC Yearbooks
★ Playfair Cricket Annual
★ Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)
External links
★ Official site
★ CricketArchive
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