Lancashire Cricket Board Member, John Abrahams and Director of Cricket Performance, Mark Chilton have apologised to the Club’s members and supporters following a disappointing start to the 2025 campaign for Lancashire Men.
After five games of the Rothesay County Championship season, Lancashire have drawn four and lost one and are sitting bottom of the County Championship Second division ahead of this week’s fixture against Derbyshire at Emirates Old Trafford.
Mark Chilton said: “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. We apologise to our members and supporters for that.
“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.” Chilton stated.
John Abrahams – who Chairs the Cricket Development Committee at Emirates Old Trafford – added: “The Lancashire Cricket Board remains fully behind the coaching group, and we want members to know that the Club will do whatever the cricket department needs to effect change quickly.
“We continually look at different ways we can improve the squad, whether that be loan or permanent additions to the squad.
“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.
“I’d like to thank the members for their continued support of the Club, and we all hope to see a change of fortunes for the team in the next couple of weeks in the County Championship, ahead of the Vitality Blast starting at the end of this month.”
