Lancs apologise to supporters for poor start to season
Lancashire have apologised to their supporters after finding themselves bottom of County Championship Division Two after the opening five matches of the season.The Red Rose county were relegated last season and, after four draws to begin the current campaign, they lost this week to Northamptonshire at the County Ground.That prompted an update on the club website, external in which performance director Mark Chilton and board member John Abrahams said sorry to members and other supporters.Chilton added: "We are all desperately disappointed with the start to the season over the last six weeks and acknowledge that our current form has not been good enough. "The coaching staff and players are working extremely hard to turn things around, and we expect to see improvement and progress in the coming weeks, starting with the game starting on Friday against Derbyshire."Being bottom of Division Two is not acceptable and we have critical work to do over the coming days to get back on track, and we will make necessary changes to enable us to do this."Abrahams added that the board are behind head coach Dale Benkenstein and his staff, but that measures are being taken to try to improve results, including player recruitment."We want members to know that the club will do whatever the cricket department needs to effect change quickly," said Abrahams. "We continually look at different ways we can improve the squad, whether that be loan or permanent additions."We are also working closely with the grounds team to look at how we can perform better at Emirates Old Trafford, having experienced the challenging conditions to bowl teams out twice."
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