Appleton Cricket Club chairman Antony Hurst insists their ECB Club Open Day events are the perfect chance to engage with the local community – something he believes is essential to the team’s future.

Jos Buttler missed the start of Lancashire’s County Championship season, instead broadening his horizons with a stint for Mumbai Indians in the IPL.

Lancashire Director of Cricket Ashley Giles admitted that he is approaching the prospect of Division One cricket with a mixture of excitement and uncertainty, stating ‘let’s get on with it’.

Cricket in Greater Manchester is on the verge of perhaps the biggest transformation in the county’s history.

If you ever needed reminding how strong Michael Atherton’s Mancunian roots are just mention the weather.

MM reporters have come together to produce Mancunian Natters, a sports podcast looking at the sport that gets the city talking.

Denton’s Jordon Williams is proud to have played his part in helping to progress the game of physical disability cricket after scoring crucial runs as England triumphed in the final of the sport’s first multi-nation competition.

Tom Abell’s performances this season earned him the LV= Breakthrough Player Award for 2015 and former England batsman Mark Butcher is convinced the Somerset opener is on track for international honours.

When opportunity knocks you have to open the door but Alex Davies has gone one better and battered it down with Lancashire this summer – according to former England international Mark Butcher.

On a weekend crammed full of memorable sporting occasions, football let itself down once again.

Any negative self-reflection after the Ashes should be left firmly to the vanquished Australians, former England wicketkeeper, Alec Stewart, has said.