Steven Croft

James Foster and Steven Croft have agreed to play in New Zealand's Twenty20 competition with the Northern Knights

Steven Croft and Karl Brown put on a magnificent unbroken century stand to lead Lancashire to an eight-wicket victory at Chelmsford, which earned the Group A winners a home semi-final

Ben Scott hundred hauls Worcestershire out of trouble as Simon Kerrigan takes four wickets at Old Trafford

Steven Croft's hundred saved Lancashire from squandering their excellent position on day two at Guildford

Yasir Arafat became the leading wicket-taker in the history of England's domestic T20 competition as Lancashire recorded a thumping eight-wicket win over sorry Durham

On the ground where they secured their first outright championship title since 1934 just seven months ago, Lancashire enjoyed their best day of a season that has taken some time to flicker into life.

Steven Croft's second successive century and some devastating new-ball bowling helped Lancashire seize control of their Championship match against Worcestershire at Blackpool

It was a day with two outstanding figures, one of them, unusually, a fielder. Steven Croft's first century for three years - only the second of the all-rounder's career in first-class cricket - had the most influence on the match

Lancashire cruised to an eight-wicket win over Unicorns to pick up only their third Clydesdale Bank 40 victory of the season

This may be a critical match for both sides, for reasons it was hard to foresee at the start of the campaign

An unbroken 97-run partnership between Steven Croft and Tom Smith helped impressive Lancashire crush Nottinghamshire by nine wickets in their Friends Life t20 match at Old Trafford

Lancashire revived their hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Friends Life t20 with a convincing 26-run win against Durham at Old Trafford

Lancashire revived their hopes of qualifying for the Clydesdale Bank 40 semi-finals with a dramatic last-over win against Nottinghamshire at Old Trafford

Lancashire chased down 121 from the final 15 overs to win a thrilling County Championship match against Roses rivals Yorkshire at Liverpool

Captain Marcus Trescothick hit a 69-ball century as Somerset made it maximum points from five Clydesdale Bank 40 games with a seven-wicket Group C win over Lancashire

Kent face an uphill battle on the final day of their County Championship clash with Lancashire at Canterbury

Lancashire limped to an overall lead of 120 runs with seven second innings wickets intact in Canterbury after another cut and thrust day that saw 10 wickets fall on the second day of the County Championship Division One match against Kent

Kent's unlikely allrounder Darren Stevens grabbed three wickets in 13 balls on a dramatic opening day in Canterbury as the hosts closed on 53 for 2 in reply to Lancashire's 266 all out

West Indian batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul saved Lancashire from embarrassment with an innings of 118 at the Rose Bowl, the 54th first-class century of a distinguished career