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Chapple’s new captain as Law leaves Lancs

LANCASHIRE captain Stuart Law will not be returning to Old Trafford in 2009. Read

Liverpool Competition meet over league size

THE number of league matches played by teams in the Business Assistance Liverpool Competition could be reduced by nearly a third from 2010 if a radical proposal is given the backing of clubs at their end-of-season meeting at Aigburth this evening. Read

Visa shake-up facing clubs

OFFICIALS OF cricket clubs intending to employ overseas players in 2009 will risk prosecution if they do not abide by new regulations introduced by the Home Office. Read

Watkins looks to bring in new faces

NEW BRIGHTON’S bid to win silverware next season will be boosted by the presence of an experienced county player and the best cricketer at one of South Africa’s most prestigious public schools. Read

Determined Bootle sign Mullaney and Jackson

FIRWOOD BOOTLE’S bid to regain the Premier League title they lost to Ormskirk less than four weeks ago got under way this week with the signings of the all-rounders Steven Mullaney and Patrick Jackson. Read

Clubs are upset by Cockspur Cup axe

CRICKET’S highly-regarded 45-over national knock-out will not take place next season. Read

Griffiths called up

CRICKET: Cheshire captain Lauren Griffiths is the only uncapped player in the England Women’s squad announced by the ECB yesterday for the World Cup in Australia in March. Read

Watkinson focusing on top not bottom

THE dust has hardly begun to settle on the 2008 cricket season but Mike Watkinson is already planning for next summer. The Lancashire manager was delighted with the way his players battled for their vital victories over Kent and Somerset and now wants that toughness to reinforce a title challenge in 12 months’ time. Read

Departing Parry hails ‘best’ league cricket he’s played in

STEPHEN PARRY is leaving Firwood Bootle. Read

Horton heads down under as he expects no call-up

AT SOME point today national selector Geoff Miller will announce England’s touring party to India and also the National Performance Programme squad. Read

Plucky Lancashire battle to the brink of safety

LANCASHIRE will surely be enfolded in the welcoming arms of First Division safety early in this morning’s play at Taunton. Read

Law’s smile is fading as Lancs fail to capitalise

CRICKET’S courtesies are rather misleading. Read

Future is bright but Lancs still need points to stay up

LANCASHIRE go into today’s final match of the 2008 cricket season against title-chasing Somerset needing seven points to be sure of avoiding relegation to the Second Division of the LV County Championship. Read

Lancashire bring some pride amid criticism

“TA,” said Glen Chapple last Friday when someone congratulated him on his match-winning six for 40 against Kent at Liverpool, and the word hung in the air for a moment. Read

Lancs size up Aigburth ahead of Old Trafford revamp

LANCASHIRE’S cricketers are set to become frequent visitors to Liverpool in 2010 when a key stage in the county’s ambitious plan to redevelop Old Trafford limits the number of games that can be played at its 151-year-old home. Read

Lancs draw on reserves in rearguard action

AFTER collapsing with the rapidity of an ailing investment bank on the first day of this game, Lancashire’s cricketers mounted a rescue act with a series of productive partnerships at Aigburth yesterday. Read

Burscough nab promotion

A LAST-MATCH Bromborough Paints Merseyside and Southport Alliance victory over close rivals Alder earned Burscough a place in the Liverpool Competition next season along with champions Rainhill. Read

Bowlers give Lancs some hope

FOR most of the second half of the 2008 cricket season Lancashire’s bowlers have been coming to the aid of the county’s misfiring batsmen. And yesterday at Aigburth they did it again. Read

Cheshire victory

CRICKET: THE Cheshire County League retained the North West Colts Trophy when they beat the Liverpool Competition by 71 runs at Upton. Read

Lancs’ faith in youth

ORMSKIRK’S Simon Kerrigan has signed his first professional contract with Lancashire. Read

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