County Championship Division One 2018: Preview

Essex
Essex
are
the reigning Division 1 champions

2) Lancashire

Lancashire v Middlesex - Specsavers County Championship: Division One

This season already looks more promising for Lancashire after their recruitment of Keaton Jennings and Graham Onions. The aggressive captaincy of Liam Livingstone along with coach Gregg Chapple's astute tactics will boost the team.

The young trio of Alex Davies, Saqib Mahmood, and Haseeb Hameed will be the cornerstone of their side. Onions will be replacing Kyle Jarvis, who gave up the Kolpak status to return to play for the Zimbabwe national side. Joe Mennie is the experienced overseas player in the team who will add to the bowling pack.

Jennings will provide some stability in the batting line-up that will also see the return of Shiv Chanderpaul, who averaged 51 last season.

In: Keaton Jennings, Graham Onions, Liam Hurt, Josh Bohannon

Out: Kyle Jarvis, Luke Procter

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