According to Allott in the Members Forum Shah and Moulton had been released, Davies chose to leave, Salt arriving and negotiations were being finalised for all others to remain.
Long answer on contracts:
youtu.be/P0_g9sBeMTg?t=2892 shorter version about all remaining playing staff
youtu.be/P0_g9sBeMTg?t=2973But there is absolutely no truth in the rumour that LSL is trying to pulp all copies of the papers containing their batting and bowling averages.
Bad years - Is it the players or the set up?
A few further thoughts on Lancashire’s recent batting:
In terms championship batting in the last decade from and including the 2011 campaign:
2021: Bohannon (853 @ 53),
Davies (652 @ 38)
Jennings (577 @ 48),
Wells (572 @40)
2020:
Davies (337 @ 48), Bohannon (257 @36),
Vilas (247 @ 35)
2019:
Vilas (1036 @ 80), Jones (624 @ 37), Livingstone (599 @ 46)
2018:
Vilas (792 @ 38),
Davies (732 @ 30),
Jennings (709 @ 47)
2017:
Davies (916 @ 40),
Chanderpaul (831 @ 52), Livingstone (803 @ 47)
2016:
Hameed (1198 @ 50),
Petersen (1134 @ 49),
Procter (822 @ 34)
2015:
Prince 1478 @ 67), Croft (874 @ 42),
Petersen (861 @ 43)
2014:
Prince (1160 @ 43),
Horton (891 @ 32), Croft (786 @ 46)
2013:
Prince (1167 @ 49),
Katich (1097 @73),
Procter (718 @ 34)
2012:
Prince (1008 @ 44), Croft (666 @ 29),
Horton (693 @ 30)
2011:
Horton (1040 @ 37),
Moore (1013 @ 41), Brown (888 @ 34)
1. Inconsistent? (except Prince but Vilas, Horton and Davies deserve a mention).
2. Davies, Hameed, Horton, Moore, Procter all left for other counties.
3. Vilas had a dip this year. Will he pick up again?
4. Croft not appeared in that list since 2015
5. Next year: Jennings, Bohannon and Wells again but that would need consistency? Who other than Vilas could challenge?
6. 2021 first year since 2011 that an overseas player hasn’t featured.
2nd XI championship runs
2021: Lavelle (517 @52),
Cornall (322 @46), Jones (310 @62)
2019: Lavelle (342 @31), Lamb (302 @34,
Ed Fluck (273 @34)
2018: Jones (451 @50), Hameed (420 @84), Bohannon (338 @68)
2017: Jones (775 @78),
Bohannon (471 @47), Procter (437 @73)
2016: Reece (389 @39),
Jones (379 @54),
Guest (226 @25)
2015: Livingstone (538 @41), Hameed (532 @53),
Jones (376 @31)
2014: Livingstone (564 @47), Reece (404 @51), Agathangelou (393 @49)
2013: Reece (546 @109),
Livingstone (439 @40), Brown (287 @78)
2012: Agathangelou (291 @26),
Livingstone (268 @34),
Louis Bentley (215 @31)
2011:
Bentley (715 @51), Agathangelou (542 @ 36)
Clark (541 @49)
1. Wonder what happened to Fluck and Bentley? Or even Cornall?!
2. Depends a lot on not making the first and so playing regularly
3. Jones consistently near the top
4. Weight of runs still (almost always) works to provide opportunities
5. Expect Lavelle to keep for the first team next year?
6.
Orange non contracted at the time.
Blue scholarship at the time
7. All bar Aganthangelou and Cornall are ex-Academy (is it interesting that Cornall was never in the academy?)
8. Allott seems to have ended the scholarship contract scheme.
9. Current leading academy batsmen: Ben Walkden 281 runs @ 40 for the 2nds in 2021, George Bell 275 @34
10. The academy players have never featured in so many 2nd XI selections than this year (53 times cf 30 in 2008)
Cornall has joined Worcestershire
