“We roll on,” says Dan Salpietro, Lowerhouse’s Australian professional as he looks back on a successful 2025 for the Burnley club’s first team and sets out their aim for a repeat this summer. 

Lancashire skipper James Anderson took four for 18 to help his side defy the odds and defeat Derbyshire by 29 runs on a dramatic last day of the Rothesay County Championship match at Emirates Old Trafford.

Gaby Lewis scored an excellent century as defending champions Lancashire opened their Women's Metro Bank One-Day Cup competition with a crushing 149-run win against Durham.

The affable 38-year-old may be a true blue Aussie hailing from the Melbourne hipster hotspot of Brunswick, though he very much falls into the category of adopted Lancastrian as well.