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4 Andy Anson, Chair 

8 Daniel Gidney, CEO 

12 Mark Chilton 

18 David Thorley 

24 Dane Vilas 

30 Josh Bohannon 

38 Fi Morris 

44 Glen Chapple 

50 Mahika Gaur 

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72 Quiz 

FROM THE EDITOR 

Welcome to the autumn edition of Spin Magazine. 

In this post-season edition, you will read reflections from our 

Chair Andy Anson, Chief Executive Daniel Gidney, Director 

of Cricket Performance Mark Chilton, and Regional Director 

of Women’s Cricket David Thorley in their regular columns. 

Our main two features are with your Men’s 

Player of the Year Josh Bohannon and Thunder’s 

Player of the Year Fi Morris – who both sat down 

with Spin to talk about their unforgettable 2023 campaigns. 

There is also an in-depth interview with outgoing Men’s Head Coach Glen 

Chapple who takes an emotional look back on his 31-year association with 

the Red Rose, and much more throughout the magazine including a new 

quiz page – a feature which has been requested by so many of you. 

I hope that you enjoy this edition of Spin Magazine and on behalf of everyone at 

Lancashire Cricket, I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 

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Andy 

Anson 

— CHAIR — 

I 

hope you had a productive summer and are looking forward 

to the festive period. I would like to begin this update by 

reflecting on the 2023 cricket season. As I wrote in these 

pages back in April ahead of the season, bringing trophies back to 

Emirates Old Trafford is our number one priority and as a club we 

have not won enough silverware in recent years. Hopes were high 

after coming runners-up in every Men’s competition during 2022 and 

so we were all disappointed that we were unable to go one better 

and win one of the competitions this year. More frustratingly, we 

seemed to go backwards results-wise. Although we made progress 

with our Regional Women’s team, Thunder, we still need to be more 

competitive. We remain focused on addressing this and building a 

winning mindset for both our Men’s and Women’s teams. 

Following the conclusion of the 

season, it was announced that 

our Men’s Head Coach Glen 

Chapple would be stepping 

down after seven seasons 

in the role and away from a 

31-year association with the 

Club. I know that Mark Chilton 

will elaborate further within his 

column, but on behalf of the 

Board I would like to place on 

record our appreciation for 

Glen’s contribution to Lancashire 

Cricket. Glen has been a legend 

of Lancashire Cricket, in both a 

playing and coaching capacity, 

over such a sustained period 

of time and his presence will 

be undoubtedly missed. 

However, as one door closes, 

another one opens and the 

recruitment process for Glen’s 

successor is well underway, and 

we look forward to sharing an 

update on this once we are in a 

position to do so. The recruitment 

process will be a rigorous one 

to ensure that we appoint the 

right candidate to take our Men’s 

squad forward. As mentioned 

above, we need to be winning 

trophies and that will be the 

number one priority for our new 

Head Coach, whist keeping 

a focus on the development 

of new, young talent. 

Following a recruitment process of 

their own, Thunder have recently 

announced the appointment of 

former Nottinghamshire captain 

and England wicketkeeper, Chris 

Read as their new Head Coach. 

This follows the announcement in 

August that Paul Shaw would be 

stepping down at the end of the 

season. Paul has led Thunder 

since the creation of the regional 

structure back in 2020 and 

his hard work led to the team 

reaching Charlotte Edwards Cup 

Finals Day for the first time this 

summer. We wish Paul well as 

he leaves us in order to spend 

more time with his family. Once 

again, with the investment and 

resources which are being put 

into the Thunder programme, 

we as a Board believe that we 

should be in a position to be 

winning trophies and this will be 

the aim of a new Head Coach. 

Off the field, we were pleased 

that Emirates Old Trafford 

was allocated with a major 

match package of International 

fixtures for the period covering 

2025-2031. This includes four 

India Men’s fixtures, a Men’s 

Ashes Test as well as five 

International Women’s fixtures. 

The package provides us with 

seven years of certainty which 

is important for us as a Club, 

as we continue to pay for the 

redevelopment work which has 

taken place at Emirates Old 

Trafford during recent years. 

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It will also be the first time 

that our venue has hosted 

International Women’s cricket 

for over 20 years. At a time 

when one of our key priorities 

is to grow Women’s cricket 

within the county, there can be 

no better way to inspire young 

cricketers than to welcome the 

best female English players as 

they take on stars from around 

the world. It will also provide 

our local players such as Kate 

Cross, Sophie Ecclestone, and 

Emma Lamb with an opportunity 

to play International cricket at 

their home ground, something 

which I know they are 

extremely looking forward to. 

In order to create a sustainable 

business model, which supports 

a world-class cricket stadium, 

it is vital that we create a 

venue which supports a range 

of revenue streams. It was 

brilliant therefore, to see the 

first phase of our Hilton Garden 

Inn extension in action during 

the Ashes Test at Emirates 

Old Trafford in July. Hospitality 

guests were welcomed into 

the new restaurant on the first 

floor – The Edge – as well as 

the improved Sportsbreaks. 

com terrace. The additional 

100 rooms are now open for 

business with the expansion 

of our on-site Hilton Garden 

Inn being officially launched 

in November – taking us from 

150 to 250 bedrooms here 

at Emirates Old Trafford. 

The New Development, 

alongside other existing 

event spaces within Emirates 

Old Trafford, such as The 

Point, improves the longterm 

financial sustainability 

of Lancashire Cricket and 

allows us to generate revenue 

throughout the year which can 

then be invested back into the 

cricket side of the business. 

Cricket matchday revenues 

alone do not allow us to own 

and operate a major Test Match 

ready venue and therefore it 

is vital that our Conference, 

Events and Hotel business 

continues to grow and thrive 

in order to support this and 

allow us to achieve our goals 

– both on and off the field. 

Another key element of our 

strategy for the Club is the 

ongoing Farington project, 

which will provide us with a 

second home in the heart of 

the county. There have been 


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several hurdles to overcome 

during the planning and 

approval processes, as you 

might expect, but these have 

now been addressed with work 

starting recently on the site. 

The Farington project is vital for 

our future cricket ambitions – 

providing us with an alternative 

venue to Emirates Old Trafford 

for training and matchdays for 

all our teams, from age-group 

level right through to the Men’s 

and Women’s First Teams. We 

aim to make Farington extremely 

Member friendly, and we will 

be establishing a subgroup in 

the coming months to work on 

how we can make Farington 

into a venue where Members 

and supporters can really 

enjoy watching their cricket. 

You have pressed the Club 

over many years to reverse the 

decline in Member numbers. 

It has therefore been very 

encouraging to see our 

Membership grow to record 

levels for the 2023 season, 

and we are really pleased with 

the strong number of early 

renewals ahead of 2024. We 

have been working hard to 

engage our existing Members 

more effectively and to expand 

and enhance our Membership 

offering to attract new Members 

to join the Red Rose. It is great 

to have Chris Peacock on the 

Board - following his election 

at the AGM - to make sure 

Members’ views are represented 

in each Board meeting. I 

would like to thank him and 

our Members’ Representative 

Group (MRG), who have worked 

diligently as the link between 

our Members and the Club, 

and have continued to raise 

key issues and work closely 

with us to make your voices 

heard throughout the Club. 

In June this year, we welcomed 

the publication of The 

Independent Commission for 

Equity in Cricket (ICEC) report. 

On behalf of the Board, I 

reiterate our commitment to 

the continued action on these 

important issues which have 

been taking place across 

Lancashire Cricket. The 

ECB publicly apologised on 

behalf of the game, and we 

all acknowledge that more 

action is required to tackle 

discrimination in the sport. 

We can never afford to drop 

our guard in this key area. 

Over the past couple of years, 

we have worked hard on our 

own Equity, Diversity and 

Inclusivity (EDI) framework to 

ensure that Lancashire Cricket 

is making a difference to the 

community we serve. We have 

been implementing a very clear 

10-point action plan to establish 

long-term and tangible change. 

This has included the recent 

appointment of Helen Davies as 

the Club’s Diversity Lead. Helen 

has already begun work on 

our EDI strategy and helping to 

ensure that Lancashire Cricket 

is as welcoming and accessible 

as possible to people of all 

backgrounds and best reflects 

the many diverse communities 

that we represent as a county. 

As ever, I would like to thank our 

staff from across the business 

at Lancashire Cricket for their 

incredible work to deliver a 

summer of events including 

an Ashes Test, two sold out 

Arctic Monkeys concerts, a full 

domestic season and almostdaily 

Conferences and Events 

across the venue – as well as a 

new 250-bed Hotel. Finally, to all 

of our Members, thank you for 

your ongoing support. I hope that 

you enjoy the festive period with 

your families, and we are already 

looking forward to seeing you at 

Emirates Old Trafford next year 

for an exciting new season. 

Best Wishes, 

Andy Anson 

Chair of Lancashire Cricket 



Daniel 

Gidney 

— CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER — 

A 

s we come to the end of another busy year, it 

gives us an opportunity to reflect proudly on what 

we continue to achieve. 2023 has been an 

incredibly exciting, rewarding, and challenging year but 

I’m really proud of how everyone connected with 

Lancashire Cricket has come together. I really do believe 

that across all areas of the Club, we are moving in the 

right direction. 

On the field – particularly 

focusing on men’s cricket – 

we probably didn’t see the 

results or as much progress 

as we would have liked, 

particularly in the County 

Championship - where we 

finished fifth - and being 

knocked out of both whiteball 

competitions at the 

quarter-final stage. Two 

statistical quirks are that we 

are unbeaten away from 

home in two years in the 

County Championship and 

also unbeaten at home in 

the group stages of the 

Vitality Blast for two years. 

Mark will go into more detail 

in his column, but it’s been 

great to see some of the 

younger players, such as 

Tom Aspinwall and Matthew 

Hurst - as just two examples 

- take their opportunities 

throughout the season. 

The Lancashire Thunder 

squad continues to 

develop, at pace, which 

is great to see. As a Club, 

improvements both on and 

off the field for Thunder 

has been a key area of 

focus for us – and it was 

encouraging to see the 

squad reach their first 

Finals Day in the Charlotte 

Edwards Cup, albeit losing 

out in the semi-final to 

the eventual tournament 

winners, Southern Vipers. 

Whilst performances in 

the 50-over weren’t what 

we would have expected, 

to see the progress in 

the T20 competition 

was pleasing – but we 

know there is still much 

room for improvement. 

I would also just like to 

congratulate both our 

captains – Keaton Jennings 

and Ellie Threlkeld – who 

continue to lead our teams 

brilliantly. They are both 

outstanding individuals 

and fantastic ambassadors 

for the Red Rose. 

I’d also like to take this 

opportunity to thank the 

contribution, effort and 

hard work shown by both 

recently departed Head 

Coaches of our men’s 


and women’s sides. Glen 

Chapple will go down 

as a legend of this great 

Club, for both his on-field 

performances for over 20 

years taking over 1,300 

wickets across all formats 

for the Red Rose, whilst he’s 

overseen seven years as 

a coach. Meanwhile, Paul 

Shaw contributed across 

a much shorter period of 

time, but has had a huge 

impact on the development 

of our young Lancashire 

Thunder squad over the 

last three years. A fantastic 

coach and leader, he has 

helped put in place strong 

foundations for the years to 

come. We wish them both 

all the best in the next stage 

of their respective careers. 

We are proud to have 

seen 19 Lancashire players 

represent England at all 

levels this year. At times it 

can be frustrating (for both 

the Club and Members) 

when you lose key players 

to international cricket, 

but it is also one our key 

objectives, to produce 

homegrown players that 

develop with us and 

become good enough to 

go on and play for England. 

It is testament to the great 

work which is being done 

from our County Age Group 

pathway and Academy 

system right the way up 

to First Team level, across 

both men’s and women’s 

cricket, and whilst naturally 

we want to see our players 

wearing the Red Rose 

as often as possible, 

it gives us great pride 

to see our homegrown 

players performing on 

the international stage. 

This year, we were once 

again honoured to host 

a men’s Ashes Test at 

Emirates Old Trafford in July. 

The first three/four days 

were probably the best 

days of Test Match cricket 

I’ve witnessed at the venue 

during the last decade. 

The atmosphere around 

the ground, the cricket 

itself and the spectacle 

of the Ashes was quite 

extraordinary. Unfortunately, 

we saw most of Day Four 

washed out and then a 

complete abandonment 

on Day Five, both of which 

were tough to take after 

all the hard work that went 

into delivering a five-day 

Test Match. Whilst the Club 

generated record revenues 

from the Ashes, the last 

two days have significantly 

challenged us, given the 

refunds that were made to 

ticket and hospitality buyers 

and all of the associated 

costs involved in staging 

international cricket. 

During the Ashes, we were 

thrilled to open the Edge 

restaurant, Jimmy’s Bar and 

the Sportsbreaks Terrace, 

which were initially used 

for corporate hospitality 

during the Ashes Test and 

then used by Members 

for the first time a week 

later - during the Northants 

County Championship 

fixture. October then 

saw the opening of the 

new Hilton Garden Inn 

100-bedroom extension. 

The New Development, 

which completes the 

£75m redevelopment of 

Emirates Old Trafford, was 

the culmination of our 

diversification strategy to 

create Club owned assets 

where all profits returned 

go directly back into cricket. 

The New Development was 

certainly one of the more 

challenging projects that 

I’ve been involved in over 

the years, and I would like 

to thank the ECB, Trafford 

Council, Metro Bank, Hilton, 

Sportsbreaks and Corinthian 

for their continued support, 

as well as the North-West 

based Eric Wright Group 

– our construction partner 

- who have delivered a 

fantastic final product. 

Throughout this year, 

we have also seen 

incredible support from 

our commercial partners. 

Commercial partnership 

revenue is the highest it’s 

ever been – which is a 

fantastic achievement by 

the team here – and has 

also seen us celebrate the 

10th year of our partnership 

with headline partner 

Emirates. We’ve also seen

considerable support 

and additional funding 

this year from Hilton, who 

have specifically helped 

us to professionalise and 

support the Lancashire 

Thunder set up with a game 

changing investment. 

There has also been the 

continued and accelerated 

growth of LancsTV - 

the Club’s leading live 

streaming service and the 

home of content for all 

things Lancashire Cricket 

and Thunder – throughout 

this year. We continue to 

receive fantastic feedback 

on the product and our 

next step is to focus on 

commercialising LancsTV 

with a headline partner. 

To give you an idea of its 

scale and growth, last year 

we had nearly eight million 

live stream views across 

YouTube and Facebook – 

as well as into India with 

Jio and FanCode – but 

this year we’ve seen over 

15 million views across 

all home matches. They 

are truly staggering 

numbers and shows the 

level of interest globally 

in Lancashire Cricket. 

Earlier this summer, the 

ECB allocated Emirates 

Old Trafford with a major 

match package for the 

period covering 2025- 

31, which provides the 

Club with seven years 

of certainty for match 

scheduling. As well as a 

men’s Ashes Test, a number 

of India men’s fixtures, 

the venue will also host 

five international women’s 

(white ball) fixtures, which 

is incredibly exciting. It will 

be the first time the venue 

has hosted International 

Women’s cricket for over 

20 years and something 

that we’ve had a real focus 

on in recent times. One 

of our aims next year is 

to increase our domestic 

attendances for Lancashire 

Thunder’s home fixtures, 

as we build an engaged 

database, who we can then 

target to attend women’s 

internationals in 2025. I 

would really encourage you 

– as well as your friends 

and family – to get behind 

our women’s team next year 

and come along to watch 

a Thunder game in 2024. 

Next year is going to be 

another very busy year 


In addition to Lancashire 

Men’s and Lancashire 

Thunder’s domestic 

campaigns, the venue will 

be hosting a Sri Lanka Test 

Match and an Australia IT20. 

The venue will also host 

three concerts (two nights 

of the Foo Fighters and one 

night of Green Day) in June, 

which we look forward 

to. As Members will be 

aware, additional forms of 

revenue – including hosting 

concerts – contribute 

significant revenue to the 

Club which help fund our 

cricket activities. These 

concerts follow on from 

the venue successfully 

hosting back-to-back gigs 

this summer with Arctic 

Monkeys selling Emirates 

Old Trafford out with over 

50,000 in attendance on 

each night. It also allows us 

to take cricket further afield 

across the North West for 

various outground fixtures, 

which we know are very 

popular with our supporters. 

We are also thrilled to 

confirm that contracts have 

been signed and ground 

broken on the new second 

cricket ground in the heart 

of the County in Farington. 

Looking further ahead, the 

Club continues to progress 

with its India strategy. 

Emirates Old Trafford will 

host four India matches, 

including Tests in 2025 and 

2029, and we are looking 

at having a pre-season 

training camp for both 

our men’s and women’s 

squads in Bangalore next 

March. This will be another 

fantastic experience for 

our players, experiencing 

unique and different playing 

conditions, whilst we will 

continue to explore several 

commercial avenues. 

Thanks again to you – 

our Members – for your 

fantastic support of the Club 

over the past year, it really 

is truly appreciated. I hope 

you all enjoy the upcoming 

Christmas break, winter 

well and we look forward to 

seeing you at the Members’ 

Christmas Party event on 

Monday 11 December. 

Kind regards, 

Daniel Gidney 

Chief Executive Officer 


Mark 

Chilton 

— DIRECTOR OF CRICKET PERFORMANCE — 

D 

espite not winning any silverware this year, that should 

not detract from plenty of positives which all the teams at 

Lancashire Cricket have achieved this summer. The hard 

work that has been put in since pre-season back in November 

2022 has reaped rewards for many individuals who have 

continued to progress their games. The challenge for all of us, is 

to continue in this vein and keep putting ourselves in contention 

to compete for trophies in the long-term. 

In the County Championship, the 

weather seemed to play its part 

more than usual this season and 

to not come away with any wins 

from the first five games was 

disappointing given the quality 

of cricket that we played. That 

quality shone through against 

two of the stronger teams with 

excellent wins against Surrey 

and Hampshire during the 

middle of the season. In my 

opinion, a mid-table finish didn’t 

reflect the quality of cricket that 

we played in the Championship 

– losing just once in 14 matches. 

Lancashire Lightning made 

the Vitality Blast quarter-finals 

for the sixth time in seven 

seasons which, again, reflects 

our strength and consistency 

in this format. This year, after 

finishing second in the North 

Group and securing a home 

quarter-final, we came across 

a very strong Surrey side at 

Emirates Old Trafford - who 

played a great game and ran out 

deserved winners on the night. 

Once again, the Metro Bank 

One Day Cup provided an 

opportunity for some less 

experienced members of the 

squad, with plenty of positive 

performances and some great 

learning experiences. It was 

brilliant see Tom Aspinwall 

and Matty Hurst both make 

their debuts in this format and 

impress, with Matty using the 

momentum built in the One 

Day Cup to go on and make his 

County Championship debut 

– ending the season strongly 

with two very impressive halfcenturies 

– whilst Tom only 

missed out on making his red 

ball debut due to injury. 

September also brought the 

news that our Men’s Head 

Coach Glen Chapple would be 

stepping down at the end of the 

2023 season. Glen has made 

an immense contribution to 

the Club over the last 31 years 

as a player, captain and - most 

recently - as Head Coach for 

the last seven seasons. He 

is a great friend of mine who 

will go down as a legend of 

the Club for everything he has 

achieved - 1,373 wickets as 

a player, captaining the Club 

to the County Championship 

in 2011 before overseeing a 

sustained period of success 

as Head Coach. On behalf of 

the cricket department, I wish 

Glen well for what comes next. 

I know that Thunder’s Regional 

Director of Cricket, David 

Thorley, will provide you with 

much more detail on this during 

his column within these pages, 

but I would also like to thank 

outgoing Thunder Head Coach 

Paul Shaw. Paul joined us from 

the other side of the Pennines 

in 2020 and has led a huge 

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not only with the first team but 

the structure of the Academy 

and pathways that sit below. 

The culmination of Paul’s work 

led to Thunder reaching their 

first ever Charlotte Edwards 

Cup Finals Day this summer, 

several members of the squad 

have achieved international 

recognition, and the foundations 

are now in place for a 

successful future for Thunder. 

The search for Glen’s successor 

as Men’s Head Coach is 

currently on-going and we 

will provide an update on 

this process in due course. 

Likewise, on the playing side, we 

are assessing all of our options 

when it comes to overseas 

recruitment for the 2024 season. 

Ideally, we would like to bring in 

players who can be available for 

a large section of the season, 

however this is challenging with 

a packed international schedule 

which includes a T20 World Cup 

in the Caribbean and USA during 

June. We have also been really 

pleased to have acted quickly 

since the end of the season 

to tie down Josh Bohannon, 

Tom Bailey and Luke Wells – 

three of our key performers 

– to new contracts that will 

run until the end of 2026. 

As ever in professional sport, 

the dynamics of our team 

continue to evolve, and with 

that in mind, I’d like to wish 

Richard Gleeson, Rob Jones, 

Danny Lamb and Matt Parkinson 

well with their next chapters. 

Although, I’m sure this year has 

had its frustrations, they have 

all impacted Lancashire Cricket 

over recent years, and I’d like 

to personally thank them for 

their efforts during this time. 

I would also like to make a 

special mention for Dane 

Vilas who announced his 

retirement from County Cricket 

in September. Retirement can 

often be a daunting time for a 

professional sportsman but I’ve 

no doubt that Dane will thrive 

in whatever environment he 

chooses to explore. He’s been 

a dedicated servant for the Club 

over the last seven seasons and 

we wish him and his family well. 

Once again, this year we 

have seen strong Lancashire 

representation across various 

England teams. Three of 

the boy’s pathway players 

– Keshana Fonseka, Charlie 

Barnard and Jack Carney - have 

represented the Young Lions 

in their series against Australia 

this summer, and Charlie and 

Jack will now tour India before 

the U19s World Cup in Sri Lanka 

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and Tom Hartley, alongside Jos 

Buttler and Liam Livingstone, 

have featured regularly for 

England Men’s T20 and 50 

over teams with Jos and Liam 

competing at the recent Men’s 

ICC Cricket World Cup out in 

India. It was also announced 

recently that Jos, Liam and 

James Anderson had all been 

offered ECB Central Contracts 

and we congratulate them 

on that achievement. There 

was also a deserved maiden 

England Lions call-up for George 

Balderson who will travel to the 

UAE in November alongside 

Bohannon and Hartley, and 

I am sure that George will 

impress within the England 

set-up after a fantastic season 

with us here at Lancashire. 

Our Men’s squad returned 

to winter training at Emirates 

Old Trafford in mid-November, 

undertaking a series of fitness 

tests and indoor training 

sessions, before stepping up 

their cricket programmes in the 

New Year which will culminate 

with the annual pre-season 

tour overseas in order to get 

outdoor training and match 

practice under their belts 

ahead of the new season. 

In some off the field news, 

construction at Farington 

has now started which is 

fantastic news. As the Chair 

mentioned, there have been 

a few hurdles to overcome, 

but with a project this size, 

that is to be expected. We are 

hopeful that meaningful cricket 

will take place at Farington 

during the latter stages of the 

2025 season. The laying of 

the square will be one of the 

most difficult, but ultimately 

important, aspects of the project 

and getting this right will ensure 

we have a high quality cricket 

facility in place at Farington 

for many years to come. 

Finally, I would like to recognise 

the huge amount of energy, 

resilience, and efforts from our 

staff at all levels at Emirates 

Old Trafford which have 

gone into the season. As a 

Cricket Department, we don’t 

underestimate the amount 

of work involved throughout 

the season which includes 

selling tickets, encouraging 

young players to embrace 

and play grassroots cricket 

across our communities, 

whilst also continuously 

staging conferences and 

events and running the onsite 

Hilton Garden Inn hotel 

in order to keep driving 

revenue into the Club. 

To our Members, thank you 

for your brilliant support 

throughout the season. We 

hope that you enjoy a happy 

and healthy Christmas and 

New Year, and we look forward 

to welcoming you back to 

Emirates Old Trafford in 2024. 

All the best, 

Mark Chilton 

Director of Cricket Performance 



David 

Thorley 

— REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF WOMEN’S CRICKET — 

T 

he last couple of 

months has given us an 

opportunity to look 

back and reflect on the 

summer, which has seen 

another season of progression 

both on and off the field for 

the Thunder set-up. 

After a really difficult start to the 

season in the Rachael Heyhoe 

Flint Trophy (50 over) – where 

the team struggled to gain 

any form or momentum – we 

were delighted to see a real 

improvement in the Charlotte 

Edwards Cup (T20) throughout 

May and June, which culminated 

in Thunder qualifying for Finals 

Day for the first time in our short 

history. After losing our first two 

T20s, we really found some 

form at the right time, and went 

on to win four out of our last 

five games to end up finishing 

third in the group – and secure 

our place at Finals Day. It was 

the last group stage game that 

I remember vividly; playing 

against our Roses rivals Northern 

Diamonds, who were batting first 

in Blackpool, and knowing that 

we had to chase down the target 

of 97 to win within 16 overs. This 

was a winner-takes all clash 

- with the added pressure of 

being effectively a quarter final 

- and probably one of Thunder’s 

biggest and most important 

games in its three years of 

professional cricket. That day we 

saw some great performances 

from Mahika Gaur, Olivia Bell 

and Fi Morris, who all stepped 

up to see us over the line. 

Whilst we were delighted to 

reach Finals Day, we were 

disappointed not to go on and 

win the competition. In the end, 

we were beaten in the semifinal 

at New Road by Southern 

Vipers, who are an extremely 

experienced outfit and went on 

to win the final and the regional 

trophy double. This game 

showed us that we still have 

work to do in order to reach 

where we want to be, but we 

aren’t far away, and it was great 

to see that initial progress to 

reach Finals Day for the first time. 

One of the highlights for me this 

year has been how our younger 

players have continued to make 

progress and we were thrilled to 

see three teenagers make their 

Thunder debuts throughout the 

season. The obvious standouts 

were Mahika, who we’ll come 

on to shortly, but also right-arm 

spinner, Olivia Bell, who was 

named the Young Player of 

the Year at the End of Season 

Awards. She came into our T20 

side and made a real difference 

– and ended up finishing the 

season with 19 wickets. 

I would like to mention here 

our Senior Regional Talent 

Manager, Paul Hindmarch, 

who works hard to ensure a 

smooth transition for Academy 

players, and also our Women 

& Girls Pathway Manager, Chris 

Chambers (also Head Coach 

of Lancashire Women), who 

is doing a great job, ensuring 

standards are as high as 

possible across the pathway as 

a whole. As mentioned, it’s been 

really encouraging to see three 

players make their professional 

debuts this summer, with left 

arm spinner Sophie Morris 

joining Mahika and Olivia – two 

of which coming through the 

Lancashire Cricket pathway. 

You’ll be able to find out a bit 

more about Mahika’s journey 

later in the magazine. 


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The pleasing thing is that 

they’ve all come in and made 

an impact to the squad, 

which is a fantastic sign for 

the future and meets one of 

our key objectives - which 

is to produce homegrown 

players for our First Team. 

We continue to see Kate 

Cross, Sophie Ecclestone and 

Emma Lamb make an impact 

on the world stage playing for 

England and, for the first time 

this summer, we saw Mahika 

make her debut for the Three 

Lions. Aged just 17 - and 

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currently doing her A Levels at 

Sedbergh School - she made 

her Thunder bow in late April, 

contributed significantly for the 

Manchester Originals in The 

Hundred throughout August 

before playing in England’s 

IT20s and ODIs against Sri 

Lanka in September. We’re all 

incredibly proud of what she 

has achieved this summer and 

we look forward to seeing how 

she continues to progress. 

It’s at this point that I would 

like to thank Paul Shaw – who 

has recently departed as Head 

Coach - for his efforts and 

commitment to the Thunder set 

up over the last four years. Paul 

initially joined us in 2020, on 

a one-season agreement, but 

he made such an impression 

and impact on the squad that 

we were delighted when he 

agreed to stay on and help to 

build the strong performance 

foundations that are now in 

place across the structures and 

pathways. From those early 

Covid-affected seasons, to now, 

Paul has helped to evolve the 

playing and coaching staff and 

taken us into the professional 

era, culminating in that first Finals 

Day appearance. He leaves the 

squad - and the whole set-up - in 

a better place and, although we 

are sad to lose Paul, we respect 

his decision to take a step back. 

As soon as we were made aware 

of Paul’s decision to step down 

as Head Coach, our attention 

turned to finding his successor. 

Following an incredible 

response to the job advert and 

applications from across the 

world of men’s and women’s 

cricket, we are delighted to 

confirm the appointment of 

former Nottinghamshire and 

England wicketkeeper, Chris 

Read. We look forward to 

Chris starting in the role and 

working together towards a 

successful future for Thunder. 

I would also like to say a fond 

farewell and thanks to Alex 

Hartley, who announced her 

retirement earlier this summer. 

Alex came up through the 

Lancashire Cricket Academy 



from U13s level - before making 

her debut for the Red Rose 

senior team in 2010, aged 

16. She played 32 times for 

England between 2016 and 2019, 

including being part of the team 

that won the World Cup in 2017 

– an incredible achievement. 

She was also Thunder’s first 

permanent captain, leading the 

side during the first two years of 

regional cricket, before handing 

over the reins to Ellie Threlkeld 

in 2022. Alex has had a fantastic 

career both at international level 

with England, but she’s also had 

a huge influence on Thunder in 

recent years and further back 

during the Kia Super League era. 

We thank Alex for all her efforts, 

and we wish her the very best 

for the next stage of her career, 

particularly as she continues 

to embark on what is already a 

hugely successful media career. 

I would also like to take this 

opportunity to thank the 

Club’s commercial partners 

– particularly Hilton and 

Sportsbreaks.com - for their 

ongoing support and additional 

funding, which is specifically 

being used to develop 

Thunder, both on and off the 

field. Hilton, who have been a 

long-term partner of Lancashire 

Cricket, have been very 

generous with their support. 

We have a number of exciting, 

upcoming announcements to 

make throughout the winter 

which would not have been 

possible without Hilton. 

In addition to the above, 

Sportsbreaks.com are helping 

to fund a warm-weather spin 

camp to Mumbai for a number of 

our Thunder squad in January. 

This experience will be vital 

for our young players to help 

them develop their skills against 

spin bowling, in particular. 

The Thunder squad have all 

returned to winter training over 

the last couple of weeks and 

it has been great to see the 

enthusiasm of all the players and 

their desire to hit the ground 

running. As always, the initial 

phase before Christmas will be 

mainly focused on building the 

fundamental basics and fitness 

work with our sports science 

and medicine team, before we 

get back into building volume 

and refining cricket skills in the 

new year. It’s looking very likely 

that Thunder will join the men’s 

squad once again on a preseason 

tour to Dubai and India 

next March, which is another 

incredibly exciting opportunity. 

I’d just like to take this 

opportunity to thank everyone 

at their Club for their ongoing 

support of Thunder and the 

women’s programmes at 

Emirates Old Trafford. Finally, to 

the Members and supporters of 

Lancashire Cricket, we hope to 

have the opportunity for Thunder 

to play even more matches at 

HQ next summer and I know 

all the girls would really value 

your support in the stadium. 

Enjoy the winter and we look 

forward to seeing you next year. 

Thanks, 

David Thorley 

Regional Director of 

Women’s Cricket 


DANE VILAS: 

LEAVING 

COUNTY 

CRICKET 

‘IN A GREAT 

PLACE’ 

After seven seasons at Emirates 

Old Trafford, Dane Vilas called 

time on his county career at the 

end of the 2023 campaign. 

Spin Magazine sat down with the former South 

Africa international to talk through how he made 

Lancashire his home and look back at the highs 

and lows of his time with the Red Rose. 



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ou can take the boy out of South Africa, but you will 

never take South Africa out of the boy. The Rainbow 

Nation runs right through Dane Vilas. Of course it 

does, for that will always be home. But one thing you can be 

sure of, the red flash in that rainbow will shine brightest within 

the popular wicketkeeper-batter, who will never ever forget his 

seven seasons at Lancashire. 

“I would call it my second 

home away from South 

Africa, and I’ve loved it here,” 

said Vilas as he prepared 

to farewell Emirates Old 

Trafford last month. “It’s 

had a fantastic impact 

on me and my family. 

“Every single person I’ve 

interacted with has been 

incredible, be it in the Hilton 

hotel, which was my home, to 

this side of the ground. I love 

all the people here. It’s been 

an absolute privilege from the 

start to play here. It’s been 

an incredible experience.” 

Vilas first arrived at 

Lancashire ahead of the 

2017 summer as one of two 

Kolpak signings. The fact 

he more than matched the 

contributions of the other 

one indicates his success. 

That was West Indies legend 

Shivnarine Chanderpaul. 

Four of those seasons were 

spent as captain - from 

2019 to 2022. There were a 

number of strong challenges 

for trophies, but ultimately 

all near misses. The trio of 

second-placed finishes in 

2022 was the best example. 

“In my time here, I think it’s 

three seconds we’ve had in 

the County Championship, 

coming so close,” he reflected. 

“I will never forget that day at 

Liverpool in 2021 when we’d 

won it (against Hampshire), we 

were top and then the next 

day we lost it to Warwickshire. 

“The Finals Days we’ve 

been involved in, Hampshire 

coming down to the last ball 

last year - we won it and then 

lost it. That was really tough. 

“I don’t look back on them 

with regret. I don’t have any 

of those leaving here. But 

they are disappointments. 

I feel like some of the 

performances we’ve put in 

over the years, I think as a 

team we definitely deserved 

to win at least one trophy. 

“I’ve always said to the 

guys in the changing room, 

‘I think we’re so close to a 

tipping point’. Once we get 

over the line in one and get 

that winning feeling, I think 

hopefully the floodgates 


will open and we’ll start 

winning a few more.” 

We will get onto the 38-yearold’s 

personal statistics with 

bat and gloves. They are 

exceptional. But in keeping 

with Vilas’s attitude and 

mentality, we will concentrate 

on the team first. That is 

exactly what the six-Test 

former Proteas star always did. 

“I could have gone on one 

or two more years, but I 

wanted to give it 100 percent, 

and I felt like this was the 

last year I could really do 

that for the team,” he said 

of his decision to leave 

Lancashire and return home 

to South Africa, where he will 

continue to play T20 cricket. 

“And you never want to be in a 

position where you can’t give 

it your maximum because the 

team and club deserve that. 

“The timing of it for myself and 

my family, wanting to be at 

home a bit more and spend 

some time with them is the 

main thing. But I also wanted 

to leave the club and county 

cricket on a high when I’m 

still enjoying it and loving it.” 

He continued: “With the 

captaincy, my mantra was 

always to try and lead from 

the front. I would never be in 

a position where I would ask 

someone to do something 

that I wouldn’t do myself. 

“I wouldn’t expect a standard 

from someone when I 

wasn’t pulling my weight. 

The most important thing 

for me was to go above 

and beyond and try and 

drag a couple of people 

with me. Most of the time, 

the guys excelled and 

outshone everything 

that I did just because 

of their work ethic. 

“As a captain, people would 

look to you. If they can see 

that you are putting it in, you 

give 100 percent, you’re 

putting and you’re authentic 

and trustworthy in everything 

you do, that goes a long way. 

“It was great to represent 

Lancs, but also to be 

captain of the club was 

an amazing privilege.” 

Vilas leaves the club with a 

fabulous personal record. 

He scored 7,393 runs across 

all formats (4,438 first-class, 

1,494 T20 and 1,461 in List 

A) from 211 appearances. He 

posted 14 hundreds, including 

a trio of double centuries. 

One of those doubles 

was a career best 266 in 

a win over Glamorgan at 

Colwyn Bay in 2019 when 

Lancashire won the Division 

Two title and promotion. 

Either behind the stumps or 

in the outfield, Vilas claimed 

239 catches 

and stumpings 

combined. 

“I always 

wanted to 

come and play 

county cricket,” 

he said, rewinding 

right back to when he first 

walked through the doors 


“Some of the heroes I 

grew up watching played 

county cricket. Even some 

of the guys I played with 

in South Africa, when I 

would go in the indoor 

nets in the winter, they 

were coming here to hone 

their skills and get the 

best out of themselves. I 

always wanted to do that. 


“Coming to a big club like 

Lancs was amazing. It was 

initially on a two-year deal, 

and I was just trying to 

play for as long as I could 

to get an extension on my 

contract and to spend as 

much time as possible. 

“Coming into a new team 

and environment was tricky 

and nerve-wracking. But 

everybody made it so easy for 

me to filter in and just play my 

game, which was really good. 

“In any team you come into 

there will be a question mark, 

‘Why have we signed him, 

what is he going to bring to 

the party?’ I was quite lucky 

that I started off well. I got 

two fifties against Essex (at 

Chelmsford, 2017) and got 

onto a roll pretty early on. 

“It’s not only the runs you 

score but what you bring to 

the changing room, I think 

that’s very important. I wanted 

to have that and do as much 

as possible for the team and 

help out where I could. 

“There’s been some incredible 

games we’ve played. 

“The number of wins we’ve 

had at Emirates Old Trafford 

and all around. But the Roses 

clashes we’ve been involved 

in. Those sell-out games have 

been incredible in the T20s. 

“That four-day Roses game 

we had here (2021) when 

we hadn’t beaten Yorkshire 

at home in years. To win 

that was top-drawer. 

“I loved those moments when 

we’ve won late in the season, 

middle of the fourth day, 

and the sun’s out and we’ve 

had a beer on the ground. 

You talk with the guys and 

everybody’s so keen to spend 

some time with each other.” 

Vilas says county cricket 

is in a “great place”. 

“You look at the England 

Test side and the way they’re 

playing, they wouldn’t be able 

to do that without the players 

that are coming through 

into the system,” he said. 

“You have the superstars, 

but then you look at the 

likes of Harry Brook, Zak 

Crawley, county cricket has 

given them the foundation 

to go and shine. 

“There are lots of players 

knocking down the door. 

Look at someone like 

Josh Bohannon, he’s been 

fantastic and is really pushing 

for higher honours. 

“In my seven years, there’s 

never been an easy team 

that you play. Every week 

is difficult and challenging. 

That’s exactly what you want.” 

And one thing you can 

be sure of, Vilas leaving 

is just farewell rather than 

goodbye. He will be back 

soon. But that’s no surprise. 

You can never stay away 

from home for too long! 

“I will definitely be following 

and checking in with the 

boys to see where they are,” 

he added. “I might send a 

few messages when I’m 

watching the live stream, 

asking the coach, ‘What are 

they doing, what’s going on?’ 

“I love it. Even the games 

I’ve been injured or 

have missed out on, I’ve 

always followed them. 

“I can’t wait to come back 

here, sit on the sidelines 

- in the hotel maybe - and 

watch on. I’ve no doubt 

this team will go on from 

strength to strength.” 


JOSH BOHANNON: 

BOSH 

REFLECTS 

ON 2023 

Lancashire’s Men’s Player of the 

Year sat down in the LancsTV studio 

to have his say on a summer that 

saw him finish top of the run scoring 

charts in Division One of the County 

Championship before extending his 

contract with the Red Rose until 2026… 



W 

hat a player. What a season. For Josh 

Bohannon, the most recent summer could have 

hardly gone better. And the great news is that 

Lancashire will be seeing a lot more of one of English 

Cricket’s brightest batting talents after he recently 

extended his contract to remain at Emirates Old 

Trafford until at least the end of 2026. 

Let us list his personal 

achievements. 

Bohannon was the leading 

run-scorer in Division One 

of the LV= Insurance County 

Championship, amassing 

1,257 runs from 22 innings 

at an average of 59.85 with 

four hundreds. His nearest 

challenger was Essex captain 

Tom Westley with 1,130 to his 

name. The former England 

man, however, gained his 

runs from five more innings. 

Bohannon, 26-years-old, 

was in fact the second 

leading run-scorer cross 

the entire Championship. 

Durham’s Alex Lees topped 

the overall chart with 1,347 

runs in a Division Two titlewinning 

campaign. 

The Red Rose man was 

therefore named as the 

club’s Hilton County 

Championship player of the 

year and also the CMS Law 

men’s player of the year, the 

latter award voted for by the 

members and supporters. 

“I suppose every trophy is 

really nice, but the fact it’s 

been voted for by those 

people makes it more 

touching,” said the product 

of the Farnworth Social 

Circle club in Bolton. “For 

me, it gave me that closure 

on what’s been a really 

good year for myself. To 

pick up that award was a 

proud moment.” 

But for Bohannon - or Bosh 

to use his nickname - there’s 

no I in Team. He’s a man 

with his eyes on more 

important prizes, and the fact 

Lancashire fell short means 

there is obvious room for 

improvement. The Red Rose 

finished fifth in Division One 

added to qualifying for the 

knockout stages of both 

limited overs competitions, 

the Vitality Blast and the 

Metro Bank One-Day Cup. 

“If you looked at where 

we finished, you’d say we 

IT GAVE ME 

THAT CLOSURE 

ON WHAT’S 

BEEN A REALLY 

GOOD YEAR 

FOR MYSELF. 

TO PICK UP 

THAT AWARD 

WAS A PROUD 

MOMENT 


want to be higher up and 

challenging for silverware 

in all comps,” he assessed. 

“But, especially in the red 

ball, we were massively 

affected by the weather. 

“You can’t prep for weather, 

but it is something we talk 

about - how can we put 

pressure on earlier in the 

game or later to try and 

get ourselves in a position 

to win every game. We 

played good cricket all 

year. Of course there are 

always things you can get 

better at, but to get to the 

knockout stages in white ball 

competitions - overall it’s 

been a good year. 

“I thought we played a lot 

of good cricket, but there’s 

a lot for us to learn from in 

the winter.” 

Bohannon is a man who 

very much gets into his own 

little bubble, be it during an 

innings, a match and even 

a season, as indicated by 

his answer to the question 

of when did you first think 

that there was a chance you 

would finish as the leading 

run-scorer in the division? 

“I never kept an eye on it,” 

he said. “I started well but 

went through a frustrating 

period where I kept getting 

30 or 40 and didn’t make 

them count, turning them into 

hundreds and big hundreds. 

“I’ve spent a lot of time 

chatting to the coaches 

about where I was potentially 

going wrong and why I was 

getting starts. Was it a lack 

of concentration, which I 

didn’t think it was. But we 

made a couple of tweaks in 

the season, just ones which 

benefitted me towards the 

end of the season. 


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“I’m not a massive stats man, 

but to finish with that weight 

of runs was pleasing.” 

Bohannon’s consistency 

over the last few years in 

Championship cricket has 

been outstanding. Post 

Covid, so from the start 

of 2021, he has averaged 

exactly 50 across 46 

appearances, including 

the Bob Willis Trophy final 

defeat against Warwickshire 

at Lord’s at the end of the 

2021 summer. He has scored 

3,200 runs with 14 fifties and 

nine centuries. 

“I’ve made massive changes 

over the last couple of years 

in terms of state of mind 

stuff,” he continued, “The 

one thing I’ve got better 

at is understanding it’s not 

always going to be perfect. 

My practice is very different 

to other people’s as well, 

and I suppose I’ve learnt 

what I need to do to be able 

to go and play. 

“Providing I’ve done 

everything I need to do to 

get ready, the rest of it is the 

game just panning out as it 

is. Some days, you can get 

a good ball, other days you 

can get yourself out. 

“It’s just about being able 

to stay level-headed and 

understand that the game 

ebbs and flows and take the 

rough with the smooth.” 

Bohannon’s form in that 

format is the main reason 

why he has been handed a 

new long-term deal to stay 

with his home county, and it 

is why he is thought highly 

of by the England selectors 

who have had him in their 

Lions set-up for some time 

now. He is due to travel to 

the United Arab Emirates 

for a three-week training 

campaign before Christmas. 

He hasn’t been able to make 

the step up to senior level, 

though surely it is matter of 

when and not if. 

On the new contract, he 

enthused: “It gives me the 

real excitement to be playing 

for the next three years at 

Emirates Old Trafford. It gives 

you a real honour and pride 

and excitement for what we 

can do as a club. For me to 


sign for a long time at my 

home club, it’s something I’ll 

be excited about. 

“The fact it’s my home county 

makes it more special. When 

you’re out in the middle with 

all the stands and buildings 

around, Emirates Old Trafford 

is becoming a real venue 

now. It’s a real honour to 

play here. Mix that with a 

great bunch of players and 

staff as well. Everyone who 

works at the club is always 

really friendly and helpful 

with everything we do as a 

cricket team.” 

On the Lions selection, he 

said: “I’m really proud to be 

in another winter with them. 

It massively benefitted me 

last year, and the results 

have been shown. Hopefully 

I can do the same again and 

kick on next year.” 

Bohannon will be joined 

by county colleague 

George Balderson on that 

trip, the rapidly improving 

all-rounder progressing 

through from England Under 

19s duty as recently as the 

start of 2020 when the now 

23-year-old captained them 

at the One-Day World Cup in 

South Africa. 

“George has come on leaps 

and bounds and has a real 

senior head on his shoulders 

for someone so young,” said 

Bohannon. “He’s had a great 

season again with bat and 

ball. I think he’ll really thrive 

in that environment.” 

Boxing off the Championship 

season, Bohannon’s four 

centuries were 108 in the 

drawn season opener against 

Surrey at Emirates Old 

Trafford in April before 128 

against Northamptonshire 

in another draw at the same 

venue in late July. He finished 

the season off with 175 

against the same opponents 

at Wantage Road in 

September before 113 against 

Kent at Canterbury during 

the final round of the summer. 

Both of those matches were 

also draws. 

“Probably my hundred 

against Northants in 

September away (was my 

favourite),” he said. 

“I didn’t feel like I had much 

rhythm, and one thing I’ve 

potentially done in the past 

is - I wouldn’t say get bored 

- to potentially try and do 

something. I felt like I was 


chewing it up at the start. I 

like to put pressure on the 

bowler, but everything I tried 

didn’t work. The fact I stuck 

at it and finished with 170 

was really pleasing.” 

Bohannon actually scored 

five first-team centuries this 

summer - the other coming 

against Kent at Blackpool 

in August’s One-Day Cup 

campaign. It was a superb 

105 in a landslide win against 

the defending champions. 

The Boltonian’s chances in 

white ball cricket haven’t 

been as regular. He only 

played once in the T20 Blast 

in 2023 and has only 26 

times in that format since 

debuting in 2018. 

“I felt like I was just starting to 

get some rhythm in the One- 

Day Cup with the hundred at 

Blackpool, and then I picked 

up a calf niggle and didn’t 

play again,” he reflected. “I’m 

really looking forward to that 

comp next year, and hopefully 

we can go and do better 

(than a quarter-final exit).” 

Bohannon was a senior 

head in that MBODC side 

as Lancashire dealt with 

a number of absentees 

because of the Hundred. 

“I feel that way, yeah,” he 

said. “The more you play 

and the older you get - we 

also have a young dressing 

room, I feel like a more 

senior player since being 

capped. I suppose you want 

to set examples. For me, 

that’s by scoring as many 

runs as I can. I certainly 

feel like I’ve helped people 

out and bounced ideas off 

Keaton (Jennings).” 

When Bohannon returns to 

Lancashire from Lions duty, 

things will be different in the 

Indoor School as the squad 

ramps up their preparations 

for next summer. There could 

be a new head coach in 

place by then, replacing the 

outgoing Glen Chapple, to 

whom the right-hander owes 

a huge debt of gratitude. 

“I’ve never played under 

anyone else. I signed a 

scholarship under Ashley 

Giles before he left,” he said. 

“Then all my cricket’s been 

played under Glen Chapple. 

It’s sad to see him leave. 

He was a great player and 

offered us great support 

and all that comes with that 

being a head coach. He 

was fantastic.” 

There will be definite change 

ahead: “For me, it’s really 

exciting to see someone new 

come in. It might be a bit 

of freshness that we might 

need,” he said. 

“But the foundations blocks 

have been set by Chappie 

- the way we go about 

things as a team - and that 

certainly won’t change. With 

a different coach, you might 

go down a certain route, But 

the foundations of the whole 

club will remain.” 

Another thing which won’t 

change is Bohannon’s thirst 

for runs. He added: “Ultimately 

my main aim is to score as 

many runs as I can at the 

top of the order in whatever 

format that is to help us push 

for silverware.” 



FI MORRIS: 

SPIN SITS 

DOWN WITH 

THUNDER’S 

PLAYER OF 

THE YEAR 

All-rounder Fi Morris starred with 

both bat and ball during her debut 

season after making the move 

to Thunder from Western Storm 

during the winter of last year. 


A 

t the end of her maiden summer, Spin Magazine 

sat down with the 29-year-old to discuss her 

start to life in Manchester - which culminated in 

being named Thunder Player of the Season at 

Lancashire Cricket’s annual End of Season Awards. 

SPIN: Overall, how would 

you assess your first 

season here at Thunder? 

FM: With the performances 

we’ve put in throughout 

this summer as a Thunder 

team, I see no reason why 

we can’t push for trophies 

in both formats next year. 

I’m really confident that next 

year could be our year. We’ve 

performed well with bat and 

ball a lot more this season. 

Now, moving forwards, it’s 

about marrying them together 

more often. That consistency 

is what you need. 

SPIN: Paul Shaw, the 

Head Coach who brought 

you to Thunder last year, 

announced that he is 

moving on at the end of 

the season. What was your 

reaction to the news? 

FM: I want to put on record a 

massive thank you to Shawsy 

for everything he’s done 

for Thunder and myself. I 

wouldn’t be playing cricket 

if it wasn’t for him taking a 

chance on me and bringing 

me up here last winter. I’ve 

been fairly successful this 

year, and a lot of it is down 

to him. A lot of his work is 

behind the scenes, and it can 

sometimes get overlooked. 

SPIN: With a new Head 

Coach set to come in, what 

sort of place will they find 

Thunder in, following the 

hard work done by Paul 

and his coaching staff 

over the last few years? 

FM: Paul Shaw has laid 

the foundations, and a lot of 

good work is being done. 

We’re in a good place to 

build from. There are 

things which can be added, 

that’s the case with any 

side. And with a new coach 

coming in, there will a fresh 

perspective. But we’ve said 

as a playing group that the 

new coach doesn’t really 

need to change a great deal 

about what we’re doing. 

We’re heading in the right 

direction, and it’s just that 

little extra push that we need. 

SPIN: What are your 

standout moments from 

the 2023 season? It felt 

like we saw the Thunder 

squad made great progress 

on the field this summer. 

FM: There are so many 

positives to reflect on this 

year. Making Finals Day in 

the Charlotte Edwards Cup - 

our first one - was a massive 

highlight. We had a poor start 


to the season, but we came 

back brilliantly and pushed 

a strong Southern Vipers 

side hard in that semi-final. 

In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint 

Trophy, I would actually say 

the highlight of the season 

was the final game of the 

season against Western 

Storm at Emirates Old Trafford 

a couple of weeks ago when 

we won chasing 251 having 

been 17-3. I think it’s fair to 

say, the majority of the time, 

we’re a stronger bowling 

team than we are with the 

bat. But we didn’t bowl well 

in that game, and the batters 

got us home. It was a great 

template for us moving 

forward - it showed we can 

win from any position. Ellie 

Threlkeld scored a brilliant 

107 not out and shared 177 

with Naomi Dattani, who 

was also excellent for 82. 

SPIN: What was it like 

to play under Ellie’s 

captaincy for the first 

time this season? 

FM: Ellie’s just one of those 

players who you want to do 

well - the same with Naomi. 

They work so, so hard. It’s 

a bit of cliche, but they’re 

ultimate professionals. They 

probably haven’t scored as 

many runs as they wanted 

to this season, but they 

were brilliant in turning 

around a losing position. 

SPIN: You have spoken 

about the teams’ 

memorable moments 

from this summer, but 

do you have a personal 

highlight that stands out 

from your first summer at 

Emirates Old Trafford? 

FM: Personally, my highlight 

of the summer was taking 

that five-wicket haul for the 

Originals in the Hundred 

against Birmingham Phoenix. 

I know it wasn’t for Thunder, 

but to do it at Emirates Old 

Trafford in front of a crowd 


like that, it’s not something 

I ever expected to happen. 

It was a whirlwind of a 

day, and it might never 

happen to me again. It 

wasn’t just the highlight of 

my summer, I would say it 

was my best ever moment 

on a cricket pitch. My 

phone exploded afterwards 

from my mates and my 

family. It was pretty cool. 

SPIN: Are there any areas 

you felt you could have 

improved on this season? 

FM: I would have loved to 

score a few more runs in the 

50-over stuff (155 runs, eight 

wickets) and convert a lot 

of starts into some real big 

scores. That will be my focus 

going into the winter. But I 

was delighted with how the 

T20s went (209 runs, seven 

wickets). I don’t feel they 

could’ve gone much better. 

SPIN: How pleased 

have you been to be 

able to make an impact 

in all aspects of the 

game this summer? 

FM: I pride myself on 

being a three-dimensional 

cricketer. In the last couple 

of years, I’d lost that ability 

to contribute in all areas. But 

this season I feel like I’ve 

done that. That’s all I’ve ever 

wanted to do, and hopefully 

I can keep improving to win 

more games for Thunder 

because that’s the main aim. 

SPIN: How did it feel to 

mark your first season by 

picking up T20 Player of the 

Year and overall, Thunder 

Player of the Year at the 

End of Season Awards? 

FM: It was really special for 

me, I was delighted. I had 

a pretty tough final season 

at Western Storm, made the 

move here and I’ve loved 

every minute of it. It’s really 

nice to pick up awards and 

get individual recognition 

for your performances 

but, as I alluded to 

earlier, it is all about team 

performances and winning 

trophies and that’s what 

I want to experience 

now with Thunder. 

SPIN: Finally, what 

do you have planned 

for the winter? 

FM: I’m hoping to go 

abroad and get some match 

play in at some point this 

winter. There’s a potential 

for some franchise cricket. 

The Super Smash in New 

Zealand is of interest to 

quite a lot of people, but it’s 

not something I’ve looked 

deeply into yet. Phoebe 

Graham did that last year, 

and it went well for her. 

So, we’ll see. We have a 

couple of pre-season tours 

organised with Thunder 

and a bit more time abroad, 

which is great for your 

cricket and as a person. 

First, though, I’ve got a 

holiday coming up, and I’m 

also moving into my own 

place in Manchester. I’ve 

absolutely loved my first 

season with Thunder, and 

hopefully I’ll be here for 

the foreseeable future. 


GLEN CHAPPLE: 

THANK YOU, 

GLEN 

After over 30 years of service to 

the Red Rose – as a player, captain 

and Head Coach – Glen Chapple 

stepped down from his position at the 

end of the 2023 season. 

Spin Magazine caught up with Glen for an 

emotional stroll down memory lane…

G 

len Chapple - Red 

Rose legend and 

leader. If you were 

sat watching a day of 

county cricket in the 

Emirates Old Trafford 

stands with your family 

and friends and had the 

age-old sporting debate 

of, ‘Pick your best ever 

Lancashire XI’, you can 

beat your bottom dollar 

that Chapple’s name 

would feature heavily in it. 

Names such as Wasim 

Akram, Jimmy Anderson, 

Neil Fairbrother, Andrew 

Flintoff, Clive Lloyd, Brian 

Statham and Ernest 

Tyldesley would all surely 

be discussed alongside 

Chapple, who departed the 

club in September following 

31 years’ service as a player 

and coach. 

Chapple, now aged 49, 

spent the majority of his 

career with the county as a 

talismanic all-rounder. He 

was latterly captain, winning 

the LV= Insurance County 

Championship title, and then 

a head coach who chased 

the same honour alongside 

silverware in white ball cricket. 

As a player - between 1992 

and 2015 - Chapple played 

his part in 10 title wins in 

Championship and oneday 

cricket. Three of those 

were successes in Division 

Two campaigns across both 

of those formats. He won 

the Benson and Hedges 

Cup in 1995 and 1996, the 

NatWest Trophy in 1996 

and 1998, the Axa League 

in 1998, the CGU League in 

1999 and the Championship 

in 2011. Lancashire were 

National League Division Two 

champions in 2003 and the 

Championship Division Two 

champions in 2005 and 2013. 

Titles are what mean the 

most, but without personal 

statistics nothing is possible. 

Chapple played 650 

competitive matches for the 

county and amassed 1,332 

wickets and 10,887 runs. 

Broken down, he played 

306 times in first-class 

cricket, taking 948 wickets 

and scoring 8,566 runs. In 

his List A career, he played 

278 matches for Lancashire 

with 316 wickets and 2,020 

runs. He also played 66 T20 

matches and claimed 68 

wickets and hit 301 runs. 

In all first-class cricket, 

Chapple finished with 985 

wickets upon retirement in 

2015. And, in truth, it was 

an absolute travesty that he 

went throughout his career 

only playing a solitary oneday 

international for England. 

“I played young, I played 

when I was 18, and managed 

to play a first-class game in 

24 consecutive seasons,” he 

reflected, recently. “That’s 

something I’m fairly proud 

about. I was pleased that 

I could stay fit, work hard, 

keep improving and be 

committed to what we were 

trying to do. 

“Personal milestones have 

never been that big a deal. 

To be honest, if you want 

1,000 wickets and you’re 

15 shy, of course you can 

get them. It wasn’t the right 

thing to do at the time (to 

continue playing), so I didn’t 

get there. But that doesn’t 

really bother me.” 

Chapple was speaking during 

his last game as coach, 

against Kent at Canterbury 

in late September. It was a 

bit of a ‘full circle’ moment 

for Skipton-born product of 

Earby Cricket Club. 

He explained: “I think 

Canterbury was my first 

second-team game in 1990, 

and I remember it because 

I was 16 and we played 

against Fanie de Villiers, 

who was opening the 

bowling for South Africa at 

the time with Allan Donald. 

That was memorable! 


“I’ve played against a whole 

host of fantastic players and 

have had some fantastic 

team-mates. 

“Especially in the 1990s, we 

were a brilliant one-day team. 

We were obviously used to 

going to Lord’s every year 

for finals and were surprised 

when we didn’t. We enjoyed 

so many successes with a 

terrific team. 

“They were brilliant days 

when they were the biggest 

days of the county season. 

To win those games, 

bowling at players like 

Aravinda de Silva - under 

pressure in front of 30,000 

people - was superb. 

“As we moved on, we 

become more of a force in 

four-day cricket. Again, we 

had some wonderful players.” 

Chapple was such a skilful 

cricketer, especially with the 

ball as a new ball 

seamer. But 

he played 

with such 

heart and 

determination 

to go with it. 

How he kept 

on going in the 

2011 Championship 

title decider at 

Taunton with a torn 

hamstring will go down in 

Lancashire folklore. 

In years to come, they will 

say: “He could bowl on one 

leg that Chapple.” Well, 

actually, they’d be right. He 

did exactly that. 

It is no surprise that he 

stands that success out 

from the crowd when asked 

for his career highlights, 

alongside taking 6-18 in 

the NatWest Trophy final 

win over Essex at Lord’s 

in 1996. 

“Winning a 

man-of-thematch 

award 

in a Lord’s 

final, I’ll never 

forget that. It 

was a superb 

feeling on the day,” 

he said. “But winning 

the Championship is 

a sustained effort over 

six months, doing it with 

a group of players who 

commit to everything.” 

That brings us onto his 

coaching….. 

“This current team have 

done exactly that,” he 

goes on. “And I feel for 

them that they’ve not 

been able to get over 

the line - especially two 

years ago when we 

were nearly there and 

just needed one day to 

go our way.” 


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Hilton 2022.

Chapple’s time in charge as 

head coach was a case of 

oh so nearly. He replaced 

Ashley Giles at the start of 

2017 having spent a couple 

of years as assistant coach. 

He was working under Giles 

at the time of the Vitality 

Blast win in 2015. 

He led the team to the 

Division Two Championship 

title in 2019, but from there 

things become a touch 

frustrating. 

The second placed finish 

in the Championship in 

2021 was an obvious 

disappointment when 

Lancashire were top going 

into the final day of the 

season, only to be pipped by 

Warwickshire. In 2022, the 

Red Rose finished second in 

every competition. 

“I’ve had a long crack at it, 

and through the course of 

seven years we’ve achieved 

a lot,” he said. 

“We’ve had a team which has 

competed in all formats and 

have produced a sustained 

period of playing quality 

cricket, challenging for 

everything. The only thing 

we haven’t done is win a 

trophy. I think we’ve come 

second six times. 

“The players will be 

stinging to go one better 

in future seasons. But 

looking at the overall job, 

I think we can be really 

pleased with what we’ve 

achieved. We’ve helped 

players develop, and we’ve 

produced England players, 

which is one of our main 

aims at Lancashire. 

“Every time you don’t 

achieve what you want to, 

that makes you stronger and 

more determined, so I’m very 

confident this team - there’s 

a good age amongst the 

group - will keep getting 

better and better.” 

Chapple was asked about 

the differences between 

being a player and coach, 

and he said: “You do a lot 

more thinking as a coach. 

“A coach’s life is you 

basically finish the season, 

you go home and you 

question everything, whether 

you could have helped any 

more or whether you helped 

too much. It’s getting the 

balance right between letting 

the players get on with it and 

enjoy themselves but help 

where you can. 

“As a player, it’s a lot 

different. You can switch 

off a lot easier. But when 

you’re playing, it’s physically 

very tough, especially as a 

bowler. The players do work 

very hard. 

“You have periods of 

stress as a player because 

performance is everything, 

but you can relax as well. As 

a coach, you’re at it all the 

time and are almost playing 

the game with the players 

from the balcony.” 

Chapple will be exploring 

other coaching opportunities 

within the game, but says his 

heart will forever remain with 

the Red Rose. 

“I’ll always support 

Lancashire. Who knows 

what will happen in the 

future, but it will be good 

to watch how they crack 

on without me,” he added. 

“It will give me a change of 

perspective, and I’m looking 

forward to doing new things. 

“It will be strange, but 

hopefully I’ll be watching 

from the other side of the 

ground in a more relaxed 

state. It’s obviously going to 

be different having had so 

many years at one club. 

“I’ve done other things in 

the past in the off-season 

and at various tournaments, 

and I’ll be looking forward 

to seeing what’s out there. 

I have a great relationship 

with the players, and if they 

ever need anything they can 

give me a call. 

“I’ve also had a lot of 

messages from players I 

played with and coaches I 

coached with. I couldn’t be 

happier with the amount 

of time I’ve spent at such a 

good club. I’m leaving on 

fantastic terms.” 


MAHIKA GAUR: 

A DREAM 

SUMMER 

We examine the incredible rise of 

teenage bowling sensation Mahika Gaur. 

From being spotted by Warren Hegg during 

a Lancashire Cricket coaching session at the 

Dubai Expo 2020, to making her Thunder debut 

in May, before a dream debut for England in 

September, aged just 17.

T 

he first ball Mahika Gaur bowled in international 

cricket was a no-ball, but since then a lot has 

changed for the 17-year-old left-arm seamer, 

including receiving her first senior England call-up and 

making her debut in September. 

The Reading-born teenager 

made her international debut 

for the United Arab Emirates 

aged 12, against Indonesia 

during the Thailand Women’s 

T20 Smash in 2019. 

Her love for the game began 

at six years old, when Gaur 

went to an Indian Premier 

League game in Jaipur to 

watch Rajasthan Royals v 

Delhi Capitals with her family. 

“I don’t remember much of 

the match but when we got 

back to England, I would 

try to bowl like them in 

the garden,” says Gaur. 

“My dad said I was rolling 

my arm properly and not 

chucking the ball so he 

thought I could have a future 

and I joined a club nearby.” 

After moving to Dubai in 

2014, Gaur had to end her 

love affair with cricket after 

not being able to find a 

club and she turned her 

attention to badminton. 

“The first badminton match 

I played I lost 21-3, 21- 

3, which was really bad. 

That’s when I decided it 

wasn’t for me,” she says. 

“On our way to training for 

badminton we would pass 

the International Cricket 

Council Academy in Dubai, 

so we decided to go in 

and the UAE women were 

having a training session. 

“They asked me to bowl 

to the captain of the UAE 

women’s team and I kept 

bowling full tosses and 

she was defending them. 

That’s how it all started.” 

Gaur was part of the 

Manchester Originals side in 

The Hundred this year and 

has made an impression on 

her team-mates, coaches, 

and commentators with her 

form, taking four wickets 

in the competition to back 

up an impressive debut 

season with Thunder. 

“I was part of the team last 

year but didn’t get to play, 

but I still got to experience 

the environment. This year 

is different because I was 

in the squad. I’ve really 

enjoyed it. It’s a great group 

and they made me feel really 

comfortable,” she says. 

“The backing I’ve got from 

our captain and our coaches 

has been great. They allowed 

me to bowl without any fear 

and I really enjoyed it.” 

Taking after her father, who is 

6ft 4in, Gaur’s height is often 

the first thing people notice 

about her. She’s 6ft 2in and 

tall left-arm swing bowlers in 

the women’s game are rare. 

England’s World Cup winner 

Alex Hartley, who recently 

announced her retirement 

from cricket, admires Gaur: 

“She offers something 

different, both from being 

left-arm and 6ft 2in. What’s 

awkward is the bounce she 

gets from that height, but with 

that, she swings the ball a lot. 

“Because she is so young, 

she hasn’t got the variations 

- she relies on her swing and 

pace. So as a batter, you 


want to get after her early 

and put her under pressure.” 

England’s swing bowler 

James Anderson has similar 

thoughts on the youngster: 

“She has got a really nice 

action. I have been really 

impressed with her. 

“She’s still very raw at 17 

and has got lots of room to 

develop, but the initial signs 

are great. She swings the 

ball back in from that height 

and it’s very difficult to play.” 

Anderson is one of Gaur’s 

heroes. “I look up to 

him a lot, he’s obviously 

the GOAT [greatest of 

all time],” she says. 

Gaur is already following 

in her idol’s footsteps 

with her England call-up 

and debut. 

“In the morning of our 

game against Trent Rockets 

I was late for breakfast 

and I had a text from head 

coach Jon Lewis asking 

to call him,” she recalls. 

“I inhaled my breakfast 

and came back. I thought 

it was going to be about 

how I was performing. 

“Honestly, the thought of 

playing for England wasn’t 

on my mind, so when he told 

me I didn’t know what to say. 

“I’ve always had it as a goal 

to play for England and I 

was always hoping it would 

come in the next four or five 

years, but I never thought 

it would come so soon. 

“When I spoke to my parents, 

they were really happy. They 

had only just gone back to 

Dubai and then they came 

back to see my debut.” 

While gracing the field, Gaur 

is also balancing finishing her 

A-levels, studying biology, 

psychology and maths. She 

hopes to go to university 

and study management. 

“It’s been really difficult, 

especially this year because 

there has been a lot of 

change,” she says. 

“It’s helped me become 

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you have no choice but to 

play cricket or study, you 

waste less time. However, 

I do get really drained.” 

There are currently no South 

Asian women playing for 

England and Gaur hopes 

her inclusion will increase 

representation and inspire 

other young girls. 

“I hope there will be more 

role models now for young 

Asian girls in England so they 

feel like they can get into the 

sport, and hopefully in the 

future we’ll see more and 

more South Asian women 

in the team,” she says. 

“It’s not something I’ve 

felt scared about, I’ve felt 

super welcome in the 

squad and I want to act as 

a role model for them.” 

After taking five wickets 

across the T20I and 

ODI series’ against Sri 

Lanka, Gaur reflected 

on her first experiences 

of the England set-up. 

“We’ve got our own thing 

going on with being 

fearless,” she says. 

“It’s a great environment 

and I really loved the way 

the head coach spoke 

to me. I felt no pressure. 

We just go out there and 

express ourselves. 

“You’re going to make 

mistakes and they expect 

us to because it will make 

us better. 

“I’m learning to just let 

things happen. For my 

bowling I used to be very 

particular with it but lately 

I’ve just been allowing it 

to happen. I think we can 

apply that to life too.” 

When Gaur was younger, 

she would imagine herself 

bowling in an England 

shirt to help her get to 

sleep. In September, that 

dream became reality. 


ACE Programme 

launches in 

Manchester 

The ACE (African Caribbean Engagement) programme was recently 

launched in Greater Manchester – in partnership with the Lancashire 

Cricket Foundation - to bring the game of cricket to members of the 

African and Caribbean community living in the region. 

hair Ebony Rainford Brent 

initially launched the ACE 

C 

programme with Surrey 

Cricket in 2020 in response to the 

decline of black professional 

players in Britain by 75%. The ACE 

programme has since launched 

as an independent charity and is 

now making strides to have a 

wider national impact. 

Meet Jameel Stuart. He is 

the ACE programme’s cricket 

development officer for 

Manchester, working out of 

Emirates Old Trafford. “My 

job is to get participation up 

in the African and Caribbean 

communities in this area,” he says 

when asked to explain his role. 

So, basically, Stuart is tasked 

with finding, for example, 

another Clive Lloyd - a 

great West Indian name of 

Lancashire’s past. Fast forward 

a few decades and another 

Jofra Archer would be handy 

- a great name of England’s 

present, if not Lancashire’s. 

Well, Stuart should certainly 

have a fair idea of what it takes 

to make a special fast bowler 

such as Archer given he knows 

the man himself very well. 

Let’s introduce Stuart. He is a 

28-year-old from Barbados, 

an all-rounder with five List A 

appearances to his name - all 

for the Combined Campuses 

and Colleges team in January 

and February 2018. 

He is a former Barbados Under 

19s captain - that’s where Archer 

comes in - who has been playing 

local league cricket in the North 

West since 2016. He played 

for Sefton Park in the Liverpool 

Competition, then for Shaw in the 

Pennine League and, currently, 

for Farnworth Social Circle in 

the North West Cricket League. 

He joined them ahead of 2022 

as professional and impressed 

enough to earn a three-year 

contract with them starting this 

summer. It is Josh Bohannon’s 

home club and the one which 

also nurtured Haseeb Hameed. 


This season, left-handed 

Stuart scored 1,460 runs in all 

competitions, more than any 

other batter. That was more than 

former Lancashire overseas 

player Jake Lehmann, who pro’d 

for champions Little Lever and 

more than ex-Sri Lanka Test 

player Milinda Siriwardana, who 

played for cross-town rivals 

Farnworth. He also took 64 

wickets with his off-spin, the 

sixth best haul in the league. 

So, to Archer, England’s 

Barbados-born World Cup 

hero of 2019. 

“Myself and Jof, we played 

together coming through the 

ranks in Barbados,” said Stuart. 

“I captained him when we 

played for the Barbados Under 

19s team. I also played a lot 

against him when we played 

for our secondary schools. 

That’s how I know him. 


“We are mates. I can call him or 

message him and he’ll be there. 

When I was at my old club, I 

got him to do a video message 

wishing the players well. He’s 

very humble in that respect. He 

won’t turn down things like that. 

“He’s obviously had a tough 

time with injuries of late, but 

you watched him bowl in the 

South African T20 League 

and the ODI series earlier 

this year, and he’s still one 

of the best bowlers in the 

world. It will be good to see 

him back playing soon.” 

Stuart’s day job at Emirates 

Old Trafford is through the ACE 

programme charity, which was 

launched in 2020 by Surrey CCC 

in response to the decline of the 

black British professional players 

by 75 percent, and less than one 

percent of the recreational game. 

A nationwide talent search 

was the brainchild of former 

England women’s star Ebony 

Rainford-Brent, who is the 

charity’s founder and chair. 

ACE aims to support diverse 

talent from grassroots to the 

elite game via talent pathways, 

an elite Academy and workforce 

development (supporting the 

development of coaches such 

as Stuart and other volunteers). 

Development officers are 

based in places such as 

Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, 

Nottingham and Sheffield. 

“I’m going into schools to 

talk and coach people who 

have never heard of cricket 

before. I see that as an 

exciting opportunity - to get 

them interested in the game,” 

continued Stuart, who has 

been in a post which is closely 

linked to the Lancashire 

Foundation since May. 

“That’s something which 

has dropped a lot in the 

last decade or so. 

“I’ve been into schools where 

the kids haven’t known about 

cricket and they’re coming back 

weeks afterwards asking me 

about the Ashes and different 

things around the game. To 

me, that’s a success on its own. 

I’ve been really enjoying it. 

“There’s a lot of natural athleticism 

in those communities. I’ve met a 

few lads who I was astonished 

that they weren’t further ahead 

in their development. 


“Now they have that opportunity 

because the ACE Programme has 

an Academy which goes around 

the country to play against other 

counties and National Counties. 

They have to chance to be 

seen. Before this programme, 

they wouldn’t have had that.” 

Lancashire have had many great 

West Indians down the years, 

from Lloyd to Patrick Patterson 

and more recently Shivnarine 

Chanderpaul to name a few. 

Though he is not from the 

Afro-Caribbean communities, 

Stuart says someone such as 

Red Rose and England quick 

Saqib Mahmood is a player 

aspiring cricketers from all ethnic 

minorities can look up to. 

“That’s definitely the case,” he 

says. “A lot of those players 

from minority communities pave 

the way for others. They see 

that they can get somewhere, 

and it drives them on.” 

Stuart also runs his own 

Academy out of Bolton, the 

Jameel Stuart Cricket Academy, 

with separate 10-week winter 

camps running either side of 

Christmas for 8-15 year-olds out 

of the Cricket Point facility in 

Bolton (Follow @JameeelStuartCA 

on X if you are interested). 

He also knows Lancashire 

second-team and England 

Under19s batter Keshana 

Fonseka well. The Sri 

Lankan-born 17-year-old is 

a pupil at Bolton School. 

“He’s top quality, and he will go 

a long way, I believe,” added 

Stuart. “He doesn’t come to my 

Academy. He’s a bit young for 

that. But I’ve had conversations 

with him, and I’ve given him some 

tips. His dad is always asking 

me what he can improve on.” 

It may well be going on in the 

background, but Jameel Stuart 

is certainly someone who is 

having a significant influence on 

the development of cricket in 

Lancashire. Long may it continue. 



STAN PRITCHARD: 

LONG-SERVING 

STEWARD 

RETIRES 

Stan tells Spin Magazine the story 

of his 42 years spent welcoming 

players, staff, Members and 

supporters through the gates of 

Emirates Old Trafford. 


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title in 2011, the triumphant squad were 

honoured with a welcome party back at Emirates 

Old Trafford following their return from Taunton. Heroes 

led by Glen Chapple and Peter Moores were welcomed 

back through the gates and Stan Pritchard was right in 

the middle of the adoring faithful. In truth, you could say 

it was a bit of busman’s holiday for the Red Rose fanatic 

because his day job was exactly that - to welcome 

players into our famous old ground. 

Pritchard, 84, has been a 

Lancashire steward since 

1981 and retired last month 

after 42 years on the staff. 

Players, staff, members, 

supporters and media were 

always met with a friendly 

face, a knowledgeable chat 

about the game and even 

the odd horse racing tip 

wherever they met Stan, be 

it at Emirates Old Trafford, 

Liverpool, Southport, 

Blackpool or, more recently 

Sedbergh. One or two 

players got a friendly piece 

of advice here and there. 

“I did once tell Karl Brown, 

who kept getting out in the 

nineties, ‘Don’t lose your 

bottle today - make sure 

you get over the line’,” he 

laughed, as he reflected on 

his time with the club, which 

included manning the players’ 

gate off Great Stone Road. 

“Anyway, he did and that 

was the headline in the 

Manchester Evening News 

the next day - ‘Steward tells 

Brown not to lose his bottle’.” 

Pritchard has seen some 

wonderful moments - the 

Championship title success 

chief amongst them - and 

has seen some remarkable 

players down the years. He 

has also made many a friend 

who will still see him around 

the ground in the years 

to come given Lancashire 

honoured him with a life 

membership as part of his 

leaving gift. 

“I just thought it was the right 

time to go,” he continued. “I’ll 

be 85 in three months’ time. 

“I always got on really well 

with Steven Croft. And 

during my final game against 

Nottinghamshire, Crofty said, 

‘Why are you not staying on 

to make your half century?’ If 

I did that I’d be 93! 

“I started with the club in 1981. 

I was working at Manchester 

United at the time, and the 

lad who I used to work with 

was on night security at 

Lancashire. He asked me 

would I go across because 

they were short of stewards. 

“I was a Lancashire fan all my 

life, so it wasn’t something 

I was going to turn down. I 

started with a John Player 

League game and was there 

until last month. 

Pritchard is a big United 

fan as well as supporting 

Lancashire and married 

working at both clubs until 

1999, the year the Red Devils 

won the treble - the Premier 

League, the Champions 

League and the FA Cup. 

“I’ve been watching United 

since 1947/48,” he continued. 

“I went to the European Cup 

final in Barcelona against 

Bayern Munich with my wife, 

my lad and a friend.” 

Pritchard wasn’t exclusively 

posted on the players’ 

entrance, but it was a big 

part of his role. 

“I also did the pavilion, the 

media centre and the old 

executive boxes, which 

is a place I missed,” he 

explained. 

“They asked me to do the 

players’ entrance because 

a few were being refused 

entry with other stewards not 

knowing who they were. I 

did that gate until the players 


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came in and then went over 

to the pavilion to help out 

over there.” 

Pritchard was keen to put a 

few thank yous on record to 

members of staff at the club 

and his fellow stewards. 

“I’ve got to thank Daniel 

Gidney, Andy Smith, the 

chief steward, Steve Law and 

Mark Hughes,” he said. “I’d 

also like to thank my very 

good friend Chris Law, who 

unfortunately a couple of 

years ago had a stroke and 

hasn’t been able to work 

since. It was very sad that he 

couldn’t be here to see my 

departure against Notts. 

“There are many more, but 

I can’t mention everyone by 

name. The ground-staff as 

well, I got to know them well. 

The players and coaches 

as well. They were all very 

good to me.” 

Pritchard was honoured 

by the club on the final 

day of the draw against 

Nottinghamshire at Emirates 

Old Trafford, with him ringing 

the pavilion bell to signal the 

start of play. A week earlier 

against Middlesex, retiring 

former captain Dane Vilas 

did the same thing. 

“That was a very nice 

moment,” he said. “I was 

upstairs on Level Two in the 

pavilion and Steve Law came 

to me and said my Fish and 

Chips were ready. So I went 

downstairs not thinking what 

time it was and he walked 

me through into the Long 

Room before play. And all 

the stewards had made a 

guard of honour for me. 

“Lee Morgan made a 

speech and I did too. I got a 

wonderful round of applause 

from the members. It was all 

very touching. The members 

looked after me over the 

years. I got on very well with 

them, which is unusual for a 

steward I know! 

“There was a bit of a do on 

the Friday night after the Notts 

game. I got presented with a 

framed shirt signed by all the 

lads and a life membership. 

Off John Abrahams, I got 

an ECB polo shirt and a 

Lancashire tie from when 

we won the Championship. 

I also got a lot off my fellow 

stewards as well. I’m very 

grateful for all of it.” 

The Lancashire shirt 

wasn’t the only piece of 

memorabilia he picked up 

down the years, continuing: 

“When we did the Test Match 

between England and the 

West Indies during Covid, 

I was put on the gantry 

between the hotel and the 

pavilion, where the West 

Indies were spending a lot 

of their time. I got to know 

their side well, especially the 

captain Jason Holder. 

“Anyway, they were 

asking me for local 

knowledge around tactics 

and things like that. 

“I said, ‘You can bowl all 

afternoon at Emirates Old 

Trafford and not get a wicket 

and then three or four will go 

after tea’. That happens quite 

regularly here. I told Jason 

this. Whether he took it on 

board or not, I don’t know. 

But at the end of the match, 

he came to me with a signed 

shirt and said, ‘Thank you for 

looking after us’. I even ended 

up on TMS talking about that 

with Dan Norcross.” 

At the time, Jason Holder 

wrote a column in the Daily 

Mail and said: “Our guys 

have shared shirts and the 

like with the people who 

have looked after us, as 

tokens of our appreciation - 

and there is one guy who I 

would like to mention. 

“He has been sitting by 

the stairs on our level of 

the hotel at Emirates Old 

Trafford - a steward called 

Stan - making sure no one 

comes in who shouldn’t be 

there. He’s one of the most 


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fans I’ve ever met. I made 

sure I signed a shirt for him 

before we left. Those are the 

people you really appreciate 

in a situation like this.” 

Pritchard continued: “I got 

on well with players and 

coaches from all teams, not 

just Lancashire. Ashley Giles 

was someone I got on really 

well with, Peter Moores came 

and chatted to me during the 

Notts game and was 

surprised I was leaving 

and Mark Chilton is a really 

good friend of mine. Freddie 

Flintoff as well. He’s a 

wonderful man.” 

That brings us to his 

favourite memories of his 

time at Emirates Old Trafford. 

“My favourite day was when 

we won the Championship. 

I listened to it on the radio 

from Taunton and then went 

down to the ground the 

following day,” he recalled. 

“I’ve still got the photo at 

home. That was an amazing 

couple of days. 

“Also when we won the T20 

at Edgbaston in 2015, I got 

to hold the cup as the lads 

were doing a lap of honour.” 

We also posed Stan a 

hypothetical question. If we 

gave you a pitch facing post 

as a steward for the day, pick 

one batter you would want to 

watch bat all day and a bowler 

you would want to watch bowl. 

“The one and only Clive 

Lloyd with the bat,” he said 

in a flash. “He was my hero, 

my absolute hero. Clive was 

class as a batter. I’ve not 

seen anyone as good as him 

for his stroke-making, and 

he’d get you out of some 

sticky situations. 

“With the ball, Brian Statham. 

You just had to throw him 

the ball and he’d get you a 

wicket. He could bowl on 

any sort of pitch. Can I add 

another? That would be 

Freddie. He’s the best allrounder 

I’ve ever seen. 

“But I reckon in the next 

four years we could have 

two more lads playing for 

England. One is George 

Bell. He’s got some lovely 

strokes, he really has. I love 

him. Another is George 

Balderson. He’s fantastic. 

Josh Bohannon is so unlucky 

for me as well. He’s so 

consistent. But there’s a lot of 

competition for places in that 

England team, isn’t there.” 

As he alluded to earlier, 

being a steward can throw 

up a number of challenges. 

“I remember telling Ian 

Botham off for not having his 

accreditation once,” he said. 

“Another was the first time 

we went to Sedbergh. I was 

on the players’ entrance at 

the back of the pavilion, and 

we had a G4S steward on 

there and he didn’t know 

who some of the players and 

coaches were. He refused 

entry to Paul Allott, and Paul 

shouted to me to get him in. 

“I said, ‘Yes Paul, but you 

should have your accreditation 

on’. The other steward was 

right not to let him in, but we 

got it sorted in the end. 

“There were loads of 

instances like that, although I 

had a wonderful time. I loved 

every single minute, and I’m 

sad to be leaving. But it’s not 

goodbye.” 

Next year, Pritchard will be 

in the stands, relaxing and 

watching the cricket instead 

of patrolling them. He 

won’t get to watch Lloyd or 

Statham, but he will hopefully 

watch Messrs Balderson, 

Bell and Bohannon drive 

the Red Rose on to another 

Championship title. And you 

can bet your bottom dollar 

that he will be leading the 

celebrations if that triumph 

comes to pass. 


Members’ 

Representative 

Group Update 

A Message From 

Chris Peacock... 

T 

he MRG has kindly 

asked me to introduce 

their article for this 

edition, to highlight how your 

MRG and I are working together 

to ensure that Members’ voices 

are being represented 

throughout the Club. 

Since being elected to the 

Board at the last AGM, I have 

been working closely with the 

MRG and would like to thank 

them for their continuous work. 

Whether it is dealing with 

questions about match days, 

to representing views on the 

future of county cricket, I have 

been so impressed with the hard 

work and diligence of the group 

working for all Members. During 

the cricket season, there is never 

a week that goes by without 

them engaging with the Club. 

It is crucial for me, in my role 

as Non-Executive Director 

for Member Services and 

Communication, to be aware of 

the perspectives of all Members, 

and your MRG is the organisation 

to consolidate this information. 

Together, we then can take 

forward the key issues that are 

raised by Members, present them 

to the Club and if needed provide 

the appropriate challenge. 

I look forward to continuing 

working with them and 

encourage all Members 

to get in touch with your 

MRG when required. 

We have recently undergone 

a very successful recruitment 

campaign for volunteers for your 

MRG. I understand from previous 

years that there have been 

difficulties in finding volunteers to 

come forward. So, this year, we 

have held open the opportunity 

to register an interest and apply 

for the group for several months. 

This has proven very successful, 

and I am keen to replicate this 

in the future. Interviews have 

recently taken place and there 

will be a further update in the 

coming months ahead of the 

MRG elections at the next AGM. 

Through the work of your MRG, 

and the role I have been elected 

to, the Membership has a strong 

voice that is helping to shape 

the direction of our Club. 

I wish you and your families 

all the best for the New Year 

and hope for success at 

Lancashire Cricket in 2024. 


MRG Meeting 

The MRG works 

continuously with the 

Club and in August held 

a second formal meeting 

of the year with the 

Club’s Senior Executives. 

Minutes can be found on 

the Club website. At the 

meeting, Mark Chilton 

provided an update on 

the Men’s and Women’s 

teams’ performances in all 

formats, spoke about the 

departure of players and 

paid a tribute to Dane Vilas. 

Other topics discussed 

at the meeting included 

MRG 2024 recruitment, 

closing of stands domestic 

matches, Flexi Members 

having to book tickets, 

Heritage Hub, Forum with 

other Counties, access to 

the pitch for spectators and 

food prices in The Edge. 

MRG Email 

Account 

During the 2023 cricket 

season, our email account 

had just short of 400 emails. 

We would like to thank 

all Members for getting 

in touch with us and we 

worked hard to ensure 

everyone received a speedy 

response. Any issues that 

needed taking up with 

the Club were tackled 

immediately. The pie chart 

below shows all the themes 

that had over 10 emails. The 

top five categories were 

MRG recruitment, ticketing 

processes, Membership 

renewals, stand closures 

and rule changes. During 

the 2022 season, the 

highest email themes were 

in relation to the Special 

General Meeting and 

High-Performance Review. 

New Member 

Event 

The MRG supported a 

New Members event in 

July 2023. The event 

was organised following 

the impressive increase 

in Membership across 

all categories. With more 

than 100 attendees, it was 

great to see increased 

engagement and 

participation from new 

Members. Members heard 

about the MRG and its 

initiatives – then enjoyed 

a tour of Emirates Old 

Trafford prior to the T20 

game against Northants 

– culminating in a lively 

Q&A between Members 

and Mark Chilton. 

Stadium Tours 

The MRG, through Colin 

Gore and Chris Bent, have 

continued to support the 

successful stadium tours 

at Emirates Old Trafford 

and Chris recently was 

able to lead on two 

very special events. 

A party from the William 

Hare Steel Engineering 

Group were interested 

to hear about the Club’s 

history and in particular the 

ground redevelopment. 


This is the company 

where our much-missed 

Chairman David Hodgkiss 

was Managing Director and 

ex-player and Director of 

Cricket, Mike Watkinson, 

started as a draughtsman 

after leaving school. 

Seat Unique, Official Partner 

and Official Hospitality 

agent for Lancashire Cricket, 

were the instigators of a 

special occasion for Noah 

Adams together with his 

parents. What Noah thought 

was going to purely be a 

stadium tour, turned into 

the biggest surprise of 

all. Waiting for him in the 

changing room was his 

hero Jos Butler. It was such 

a brilliant occasion and 

worth Members searching 

LancsTV to see the story. 

A stadium tour 

with the William 

Hare Engineering 

Group 

Tribute to Dane 

Vilas and Glen 

Chapple 

On behalf of Members, the 

MRG wishes to pay tribute 

to both Glen Chapple 

and Dane Vilas for their 

contribution to Lancashire 

Cricket as they both step 

down at the end of 2023. 

Glen had an unprecedented 

31-year-career with 

Lancashire as a player, 

Coach and Head Coach 

and took a huge total of 

1,373 wickets for Lancashire 

across all formats. Dane has 

been at the Club for seven 

seasons and was Men’s 

Captain for four of those 

years, leading the County to 

promotion in his first year of 

captaincy. Although we are 

losing such experienced 

cricket people, it has been 

welcoming to see promising 

new young talent emerging 

in both the men’s and 

women’s First Team squads. 

Sensory Room 

Members facilities at 

Emirates Old Trafford were 

enhanced this season 

with the opening of a 

dedicated Sensory Room 

within the Players & Media 

Centre. MRG member 

Steph Neville took her 

son, Sam, to experience 

the multi-sensory space 

during The Ashes, bumping 

into Jonathan Agnew 

from Test Match Special, 

who also welcomed the 

excellent new initiative. 


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Q1: When Lancashire tied with Somerset 

in the County Championship match at 

Taunton in 2018, which Red Rose bowler 

took the final wicket - that tied the game? 

.......................................................................................... 

Q2: Who holds the record for the fastest T20 

fifty by a Lancashire Lightning batter (20 balls)? 

.......................................................................................... 

Q3: Who is the only Lancashire player to 

have scored a century in four consecutive 

First-Class innings v Yorkshire? 

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Q4: Which two batters jointly hold the record for 

most List A One-Day centuries (11) for Lancashire? 

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Q5: Which former international bowler 

has taken the only hat-trick for Lancashire 

Lightning in a T20 match? 

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Q6: Josh Bohannon scored 1,257 First- 

Class runs for Lancashire in 2023, the most 

by a ‘home-grown’ player (i.e. excluding 

overseas players and players signed from 

another county) in 25 years, when which Red 

Rose batter scored 1,681 runs in 1998? 

.......................................................................................... 

Q7: Of the Lancashire bowlers to have 

taken 350 First-Class wickets for the Red 

Rose since 1946, Tom Bailey has the fourthbest 

strike rate of taking a wicket every 

49.9 balls. Which three bowlers have the 

better strike rates of 41.9, 45.9 & 46.0? 

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Q8: Which overseas all-rounder is the only 

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and taken four wickets in the same T20 match? 

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Q9: Which two Thunder batters have scored 

centuries at Emirates Old Trafford? 

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Q10: Which Lancashire batter has scored 

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ANSWERS: Q1 Keshav Maharaj. Q2 Jos Buttler v Worcestershire Rapids at Worcester in 2016 . Q3 Keaton Jennings: 114, 132, 238, 119 (2021-22). Q4 Sir Clive Lloyd & Michael 

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v Derbyshire Falcons at Emirates Old Trafford in 2004. Q9 Emma Lamb, 111* v Sunrisers in 2019 & Ellie Threlkeld, 107* v Western Storm in 2023. Q10 Neil Fairbrother - 12,834 runs 

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