Lancashire have today confirmed 17 names which will make up their boys’ Academy and Emerging Players Programme intake for 2026 at Emirates Old Trafford, and there are some interesting names included.
30.03.26News
“To leave Liverpool as my childhood club - we’re a family of massive Liverpool fans - to step away on my own terms was really difficult. But I guess my ability made the decision for me in terms of prioritising my cricket.”
29.03.26Features
There has been quite a lot of spotlight on the famous old town of Morecambe from a sporting point of view over the last few years, with the troubles of the football club capturing headline after headline.
27.03.26Features
Peter Moores and Championship titles. It really is a combination which fits like hand and glove. You could even call him the magician from Macc.
26.03.26Features
Down at Emirates Old Trafford, it has been quite the day. One which has matched more the unexpected snow and biting winds of the North West than the sunshine of Desert Springs and Potchefstroom, where Lancashire’s senior playing squads are spending the latter stages of their respective pre-seasons.
25.03.26News
Lancashire’s talismanic captain Ellie Threlkeld says winning the double last summer created memories which will “last a lifetime”.
25.03.26Features
Head coach Steven Croft has spoken of his delight at being able to add former team-mate Kabir Ali and serial trophy-winner Matthew Mott to his Lancashire backroom staff for 2026 and beyond.
23.03.26News
“I’ve got tickets for all five Ashes Tests,” said my friend. “It’ll be the trip of a lifetime.”
22.03.26Features
Chris Read believes the overseas signing of Australian batting superstar Meg Lanning for this summer’s Vitality Blast T20 campaign is a great thing for the development of the county game and not just for Lancashire.
20.03.26Features
Kyle Hogg played an integral part in Lancashire’s 2011 County Championship title triumph and is now helping develop the next crop of England men’s stars as the Under 19s’ bowling coach. In between, he has packed a lot in, with plenty of highs and some unenviable lows.
18.03.26Features
Last summer’s double-winning head coach Chris Read has revealed four reasons why the opportunity to succeed Paul Shaw at Emirates Old Trafford just over two years ago was “very, very appealing”.
16.03.26Features
Many a Red Rose fan will have the likes of Farokh Engineer, Sir Clive Lloyd and Wasim Akram up there in the conversation as the best ever overseas players to represent this great county.
15.03.26Features
David Thorley knows a fair bit about packing a punch, with Lancashire landing some heavy blows in 2025 to cement their place as the undisputed market leaders in English women’s cricket.
13.03.26Features
It’s time to get our thinking caps on and put ourselves in Steven Croft’s shoes. Let’s have a look at the key decisions facing the county’s new permanent head coach ahead of the first game of 2026
11.03.26Features
“He had this knack, a little bit like Simon Kerrigan, that when he got into a good place, you thought you were going to get a wicket every ball." Former Lancashire wicketkeeper John Stanworth on Ian Folley.
09.03.26Features
David Thorley, Lancashire’s director of women’s cricket, says Chris Read “really shone through” during the interview process for the county’s new head coach during the second half of 2023.
08.03.26Features
Steven Croft believes Lancashire’s pre-season training camp at Desert Springs in Almeria later this month will provide them with good preparation ahead of their season-opener at Northampton on April 3.
06.03.26News
The Northerners are on the up when it comes to Disability cricket in England, and Lancashire are absolutely doing their bit in that regard. And the county’s Quest head coach John Hughes couldn’t be happier.
06.03.26Features
Steven Croft looks ahead to the new summer with significant excitement and says: “Getting promoted is our main priority.”
04.03.26News
Steven Croft is fully expecting exciting teenager Rocky Flintoff to be in the mix for first-team selection at Lancashire this summer after a frustrating, injury-hit 2025.
02.03.26News
“This team has got to own the fact that they’re very good and have had success."
01.03.26Features
Lancashire are planning to be without overseas Australians Marcus Harris and Mitch Perry for their season-opener away at Northamptonshire on April 3, says Steven Croft, after Victoria qualified for the Sheffield Shield final at the end of this month.
01.03.26News
When new men’s head coach Steven Croft made his Lancashire debut as a young pup in a first-class friendly against Oxford University at The Parks in May 2005, coverage of county cricket was thriving.
“Lloyd, when not in action, tends to shamble about like some amiable Paddington Bear,” wrote John Arlott in 1983. “[He is] capable, though, of exploding into action like a roused panther.”
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