The story of Brian Lara’s remarkable ascent to global stardom is coming to cinemas in the North West next week, both at Sale and Stockport.
10.09.26News
Jess Hazell produced a career-best innings to propel Somerset to a five-wicket victory over Lancashire at the Cooper Associates Ground and keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Metro Bank One Day Cup women’s competition while the defeat ends the visitors hopes of defending their title.
09.09.26Matchday
Gloucestershire clinched a second consecutive Rothesay County Championship victory in the battle of the Division Two’s bottom two, defeating Lancashire by 105 runs.
08.09.26Matchday
Three dead rubbers? In terms of points and prizes, yes, for sure. In terms of the mood around the camp, certainly not. Lancashire’s men face an important three weeks ahead.
07.09.26Opinion
Champions Lancashire maintained their Metro Bank One-Day Cup title hopes with a come-from-behind three-run victory at AO Farington, successfully defending a 38-over 170-target.
06.09.26Matchday
Lancashire Women won by 10 runs against Surrey Women on the DLS method to keep their Metro Bank One Day Cup hopes alive in this inaugural Women’s match at the AO Farington Cricket Ground.
03.09.26Matchday
Tom Helm captured four wickets for the second time in the match as Middlesex’s seamers steamrollered Lancashire for 136 to seal a Rothesay County Championship victory inside three days.
02.09.26Matchday
Both the Lancashire men’s and women’s second teams have enjoyed success over the last two months, with the latter winning at the Women’s Second XI T20 Finals Day, while the Men go into September with a great chance of reaching the Second XI Championship final.
30.08.26News
Weather overruled any chance of a result at New Road as a promising final day of Rothesay County Championship action between Worcestershire and Lancashire ended in a share of the spoils.
27.08.26Matchday
By Monday morning Cricket Archive had already placed Lancashire’s 316-run hammering by Northamptonshire neatly between the 321-run stuffing by Kent at Tunbridge Wells in 1910 and the 302-run shellacking by Essex at Clacton in 1937. In other words, this latest loss is the Red Rose’s second-worst-ever in terms of runs to another county.
25.08.26Opinion
Lancashire Thunder’s dream of a home Finals Day in the Vitality County T20 Cup was ended by The Blaze at the Lady Bay ground in Nottingham today.
23.08.26Matchday
Ben Walkden is proof that the dream is always alive even if the path isn’t always straightforwards, the all-rounder from Newton-le-Willows making his Lancashire debut against Northamptonshire this weekend.
21.08.26Features
Northamptonshire’s cricketers completed a quite outstanding all-round display 35 minutes after lunch when they defeated Lancashire by 316 runs in the Rothesay County Championship match at Emirates Old Trafford.
20.08.26Matchday
“Big man back to Lancashire. Looking forward to seeing you again.” That was the text Simon Booth sent to Noman Ali a couple of Thursdays ago, just after his signing had been announced by Lancashire.
17.08.26Features
Durham comfortably defeated Lancashire by 162 runs in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup eliminator at Emirates Old Trafford and will now travel south to play Middlesex in Sunday’s semi-final at Radlett.
14.08.26Matchday
Career-best List A centuries from Keaton Jennings and Rocky Flintoff propelled Lancashire to their highest ever score in one-day cricket and a thumping 174-run Metro Bank One-Day Cup group victory over Somerset at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton.
11.08.26Matchday
A career-best score of 88 by Vansh Jani helped Warwickshire Bears to a four-wicket victory over Lancashire in Group A of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup at Rugby.
09.08.26Matchday
Lancashire gave their chances of reaching the knockout stages of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup a significant boost when they defeated Gloucestershire by four wickets at Emirates Old Trafford.
07.08.26Matchday
Any time you get to represent your country, especially as a Disability touring squad, is a very special moment. So I’m really excited about the next few weeks and our tri-series against India, which started with a victory at Derby yesterday.
06.08.26Opinion
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05.08.26News
Northants Steelbacks all-rounder Gus Miller struck a superb 115, his maiden first team century, to set up a 67-run victory over Lancashire in the Metro Bank One Day Cup at Northampton.
02.08.26Matchday
Arav Shetty’s impressive all-round contribution helped Lancashire end Nottinghamshire’s 100 percent winning start to this season’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup with an enthralling 31-run victory defending 221 at AO Farington.
30.07.26Matchday
England Lions past and present Matty Hurst and Mitch Stanley stood out with bat and ball respectively as Lancashire beat Kent by six wickets in the first ever first-team game played at the Red Rose county’s new second home, AO Farington.
28.07.26Matchday
Lancashire and Kent face off in a Metro Bank One-Day Cup clash which is the first competitive fixture to be played at Lancashire's new second home, AO Farington. The brilliant Dan and Luke Adams and here taking photos, and we have set up a gallery of their work which we will bring you throughout the day.
28.07.26Features
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