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Lancashire's women will be better for this experience - Edwards

“This is what can happen,” said Peter Moores. “This is part of it.” We were standing on the away team’s balcony at Lord’s on September 7, 2012. Lancashire’s men had just lost to Middlesex by 109 runs and had been relegated to the second division of the County Championship.

25.05.26, 14:53 Updated 25.05.26, 14:54 4 Minute Read

Paul Edwards

Paul Edwards

“This is what can happen,” said Peter Moores. “This is part of it.” We were standing on the away team’s balcony at Lord’s on September 7, 2012. Lancashire’s men had just lost to Middlesex by 109 runs and had been relegated to the second division of the County Championship.

Such an indignity has been visited upon the Red Rose with relative frequency this century but this particular relegation is still unique. That is because almost 12 months previously, Moores, as Lancashire’s head coach, had been celebrating with his team on the outfield at Taunton after Lancashire had won their first County Championship for 77 years.

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