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10-07-2025
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Lancs captain Jennings relishing 'old foe' derbies
Lancashire T20 captain Keaton Jennings is relishing the first of two Roses clashes with "old foe" Yorkshire as the T20 Blast group stages approach their Lightning slipped to second in the North Group with four matches remaining after Wednesday's defeat by Bears at two of their remaining fixtures are against Yorkshire, who are struggling down in eighth and all but out of contention for the Jennings wants his team to bounce back at Emirates Old Trafford on Friday night (19:00 BST) with the return at Headingley six days later."If you win both of those games, you're flying and you want to win both anyway because it's the old foe," he told BBC Radio Lancashire, external. Lancashire have so far sold around 17,000 tickets for what remains one of the biggest matches in county their relief, the weather forecast is also good, considering the fixture has been rained off in each of the past two years."It's an exciting day - touch wood, the weather is set fair after the last few years - so [we're] keen to go and play some really good cricket," said Jennings."These are two of the biggest games, generally sell-out crowds and loads of niggle in it, so we're really excited to play them."Despite the setback at Edgbaston, Lancashire are well placed to make the knockout stages for an eighth straight season - a record no other county can they are aiming higher, especially given they can call upon England white-ball players Jos Buttler, Phil Salt, Saqib Mahmood and Luke Wood."When you look at the quality of cricketer in that room, it's sensational," said Jennings."It doesn't happen very often but it does come with an expectation of winning, which is nice."It's nice to walk into a room with so many international caps and bounce ideas off guys that have played in so many conditions around the world, get different opinions and use those to try to win games of cricket."
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30-06-2025
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Lancashire take charge of match with Derbyshire
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Queen's Park, Chesterfield (day two) Lancashire 367 & 114-1: Jennings 51*; Dal 1-24 Derbyshire 261: Andersson 79, Madsen 70; Balderson 4-71 Lancashire (6 pts) lead Derbyshire (4 pts) by 220 runs with nine second-innings wickets remaining Advertisement Match scorecard Jimmy Anderson gave another impressive demonstration of the fast bowler's art as Lancashire took control of the County Championship match on day two against Derbyshire at Chesterfield. The former England great struck twice in his opening burst and bowled two more spells in sweltering heat to finish with 2-45 from 13 overs. George Balderson was the visitors' most successful bowler claiming 4-71 with wicketkeeper Matty Hurst taking five catches. Martin Andersson made 79 and Wayne Madsen 70 but Derbyshire were bowled out for 261 to trail by 106 and at the close, Lancashire were 114-1, a lead of 220 with Keaton Jennings unbeaten on 51. Advertisement Anderson with the new ball was always going to be key to Lancashire's hopes and he duly delivered, removing both openers in his first three overs. Running in from the Lake End at Queen's Park for the first time in his career, the 42-year-old's control and movement was too much for Mitch Wagstaff and Caleb Jewell. After leaving several deliveries, Wagstaff shouldered arms to one that came back and was struck in front with only two on the board. Jewell was similarly deceived in Anderson's next over, playing no stroke to a ball that knocked out his off stump. Despite the conditions, Lancashire's captain bowled a seven-over spell, his longest of the season, no doubt in the hope of removing another evergreen but 41-year-old Madsen survived. Advertisement Harry Came did not, caught behind down the legside off Balderson to reduce Derbyshire to 35-3 but that was Lancashire's last success of the morning. Madsen imposed himself on the bowlers and with Brooke Guest adopting a more circumspect approach, the hosts recovered well to reach 109-3 at lunch. But as on the first day, wickets fell after an interval with Guest another victim of a legside strangle for 19 before Balderson got the big wicket of Madsen. The Derbyshire captain was beaten by a ball that cut back to trap him in front and Lancashire should have removed Andersson in the next over. Anderson was the frustrated bowler, seeing an edge fly to second slip where Jennings could not hold on. Advertisement It proved an expensive drop as Andersson played positively, reaching his 50 with his eighth four, a cover drive off Chris Green, but Lancashire plugged away in the sauna-like heat to chip away at the lower order. Anuj Dal became the third batsmen to fall offering no shot, for 21, and after Andersson was dropped in the gully on 57, Zak Chappell (21) was run out in a mix-up Ben Aitchison lasted only three balls for a duck and after Andersson was caught behind cutting at Green, Blair Tickner swung Balderson for a big six before Hurst took his fifth catch to have last man Jack Morley caught behind without scoring. Luke Wells and Jennings drove home Lancashire's advantage and although Dal straightened one to bowl Wells, Jennings followed his first innings century with an unbeaten half-century to put his side on course for a substantial lead. ECB Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
BBC News
29-06-2025
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Jennings & Green lead Lancs recovery v Derbyshire
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Queen's Park, Chesterfield (day one)Lancashire 367: Green 121, Jennings 106; Chappell 4-73Derbyshire: Yet to batDerbyshire 3 pts, Lancashire 3 ptsMatch scorecard Landmark centuries from Keaton Jennings and Chris Green revived Lancashire on the first day of the County Championship Division Two match against Derbyshire at passed 12,000 first-class runs on his way to 106, while Green celebrated his maiden red-ball hundred as Lancashire recovered from 132-6 to 367 all pair shared a seventh-wicket stand of 106 in 28 overs, with Jennings scoring his 33rd first-class century before falling to Zak Chappell, who took was crucially dropped on nine but played a controlled attacking innings to score 121 which contained 20 fours and a six to turn the day in Lancashire's James Anderson leading Lancashire and Wayne Madsen skippering the hosts, it was the first time in a Derbyshire game since 1974 that both captains were over was certainly a vintage feel to the cricket after Anderson chose to bat on a grassy pitch with the visitors made to work for every run against testing seam discipline was rewarded in the fourth over of a hot and humid morning when Luke Wells was drawn into driving at Ben Aitchison and was caught low down at first was the accuracy of the bowling that it was not until the 11th over that Josh Bohannon cut Blair Tickner for the first boundary and although he sent the next ball through mid-wicket for four, he then fell to got a good ball that straightened to take the edge but poor shot selection accounted for the wickets of Ashton Turner and Matty Hurst as Lancashire slipped to was just as well for the visitors that Jennings was displaying good judgement, batting out of his crease to counter any movement, and at lunch was well set on Jones had also established a platform but in the third over of the afternoon, he glanced Tickner only for Brooke Guest to take a superb diving George Balderson edged Anuj Dal to second slip, Lancashire were in trouble at 132-6 and may not have recovered had Mitch Wagstaff not dropped Green on nine at were left to regret that as Green pulled Tickner for six to reach his maiden first-class fifty for Lancashire from 80 completed his century in the next over and at tea, the outlook for Lancashire was far rosier at stand was broken four balls into the evening session when Chappell brought one back to bowl Jennings - but Lancashire's resistance was far from drove handsomely through the offside and with Jack Blatherwick lending more than capable support to pass his previous best score of 35, Lancashire's 300 came up before the second new ball accounted for was dropped again on 98, a return catch to Dal, but thoroughly deserved a hundred that transformed his team's Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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26-06-2025
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Anderson confident wins will come for Lancashire
James Anderson is confident Lancashire can turn their season around if they maintain the positive approach they showed against Kent. England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker captained Lancashire for the first time in the Championship game in Blackpool. Advertisement But the Red Rose could not nail down a first red-ball win of the season as Kent batted out the final day for a draw. However, Anderson was pleased with how his players took the initiative and hopes they can maintain that against Derbyshire in the next Championship match in Chesterfield. "The positive approach we had, if we keep that and keep playing well, we have the quality in the group to win some games," he told BBC Radio Lancashire. It has been a terrible start to the Championship for Lancashire this season in Division Two following relegation, with the Red Rose picking up no wins from eight games as they sit sixth. Advertisement Captain Keaton Jennings resigned last month before head coach Dale Benkenstein was sacked a fortnight later. Steven Croft is the interim head coach while Australia batter Marcus Harris has been appointed as the red-ball skipper. But with Harris back home on paternity leave, Anderson has taken over for the games with Kent and Derbyshire. Lancashire's mammoth 639-9 dec was their highest score for 10 years, with three players - Luke Wells, Josh Bohannon and Ashton Turner - scoring centuries. And they had Kent on the ropes at 116-7 in their second innings, only for a stand of 182 between Joey Evison and Grant Stewart to effectively save the game. Advertisement "The way we applied ourselves this week felt different to the rest of the season," said Anderson. "We had a lot of positive energy in the field and then the way we applied ourselves with the bat - we dug in when needed and when the opportunity was there to put the pressure on the opposition, we did that." 'More pressure when decisions are yours' The game in Blackpool was Anderson's first go at leading a side despite his vast experience of 188 Tests and more than 20 years of first-class cricket. And he admits that certain things took him by surprise. "Day one, the concentration levels weren't quite there when I was bowling," he said. Advertisement "I was thinking about other stuff rather than where I was bowling the ball, so it took a little while to get used to that. "For me, it was something very different. Even when I've played and not been captain, I've always thought about the game and tried to help captains out on the field. "But obviously when the decisions are yours, you feel under that little bit more pressure. "But I got used to it as the game went on and thoroughly enjoyed it."
BBC News
23-06-2025
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Lancashire batters start well against Kent
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Stanley Park, Blackpool (day two)Kent 374: Compton 135; Balderson 3-54, Anderson 2-61Lancashire 120-1: Wells 57*; Evison 1-8Lancashire (2 pts) trail Kent (2 pts) by 254 runsMatch scorecard Having watched Kent bat for nearly a day and a half to make 374, Lancashire produced a determined response in the long evening session at Blackpool to finish on 120-1 and leave their County Championship match fairly evenly poised with two days left to Compton's 135 was the centrepiece of his side's 374 but Luke Wells and Keaton Jennings put on 119 to give supporters a faint hope they might bat past the visitors' score and give their bowlers a chance of forcing their team's first Championship victory of the season on the final their part, Kent's supporters will have been encouraged by the departure of Jennings, who was lbw to Joey Evison for 49 three overs before the close, and by the help Jack Leaning extracted from this slow pitch, especially when bowling outside the two left-handers' off stumps. It all suggests that this match between the bottom sides in Division Two could be set for a fascinating conclusion over the next two morning began almost perfectly for Lancashire when James Anderson had both Leaning and Evison caught at short midwicket by Josh Bohannon inside his opening two having dismissed Leaning for four and Evison for a 12-ball nought, the home side enjoyed no further successes in the first session. Instead, Compton reached his fourth century of the season – and also his fourth against Lancashire - off 201 balls when he back cut Mitch Stanley to the lunch, the Kent skipper was unbeaten on 124 and Harry Finch was 28 not out. The pair had put on 60 for the sixth wicket and the second new ball, which was eleven overs old, was hitting the middle of their trend continued for the first 40 minutes of the afternoon session. But just at the point when it was tricky to see where Lancashire's next wicket might come from, Anderson's bowlers removed both batsmen, Finch, caught behind off Balderson for 52, and Compton, similarly snaffled by Hurst in the next over when nibbling at a ball from Green, for 135. The Kent skipper has batted 402 minutes, faced 296 balls and hit 15 fours and a Stewart followed five overs later when his skier was caught at mid-off by Bohannon, whose third catch of the day also gave Stanley his maiden first-class wicket. Matt Parkinson perished to Wells' leg-spin for 11 but Wes Agar enlivened the play before tea by smashing three big sixes in his 41 before he was caught at long off by Stanley long-off wicket ended the Kent innings on 374 with the wickets spread among six bowlers. Balderson was the best and most successful with 3-54. Anderson took 2-51 and Green bagged 2-104 from 37 frequent appeals and a close calls, Wells and Jennings batted with increasing confidence in the 38-over evening session, Wells reaching his fifty off 97 balls with seven fours and a six and finishing unbeaten on 57. Nightwatchman Tom Bailey was nought not out at the Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay More copy here. Report supplied by the ECB Reporters' Network, supported by Rothesay
