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English seamer James Anderson will step in as skipper for Lancashire in the next two rounds of the County Championship after regular captain Marcus Harris returned to Australia for the birth of his child.
This will be Anderson’s first game as a captain in any form of professional cricket.
“Jimmy will lead the side and it is exciting for him and us. He has obviously got a lot to offer on and off the field. It will be a proud moment for him. It is not obviously all on Jimmy but it helps and his presence, particularly as captain, is a massive boost for the rest of the lads,” Steven Croft, Lancashire’s interim head coach, told the BBC.
This will be Anderson’s second County game of the season, with the first coming in May. The veteran pacer, though, represented Lancashire in four Vitality Blast matches recently, tallying an impressive 10 wickets.
Anderson has the most Test wickets for a pacer, with 704 scalps from 188 games, at an average of 26.45. He retired from international cricket in July 2024.
The 42-year-old’s first assignment as captain will be a home game against Kent, which will be followed trip to at Chesterfield, where Lancashire will face Derbyshire.
