Lancashire reach the close on 262-8 after being set a target of 309 by Middlesex as the game ends in a draw at Lord's.

The veteran seamer had been set to make his county comeback at the ground where he concluded his Test career before suffering ...

Marcus Harris' century on his Red Rose debut helps Lancashire take charge against Middlesex on day two at Lord's.

However, Holden and Jack Davies applied themselves diligently against the Lancashire seam attack, dispatching loose deliveries to the short boundary as they extended their side's lead further with ...

And breathe. The County Championship is back, the weather is glorious, and the Lords’ hum has returned. With temperatures at NW8 promising to reach 20 degrees, the crowd swarmed into the Home ...

Peter Lever, who has died aged 84, was a fast-medium bowler who won the Ashes with England, for whom he took 41 wickets in 17 ...

When the Yorkshire-Lancashire boundary was changed by the Local Government Act of 1888 it was no longer possible to dance between the two counties, Todmorden having been placed wholly in the West ...

Holden (69) fell while similarly well set to Will Williams as Lancashire threatened to battle back, though a true surface and short boundary towards the Grand Stand made stemming the flow of runs ...