East Lancashire Cricket Club | |
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League | Lancashire League |
Ground | Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn, Lancashire |
Professional | Adithya Siriwardhana (Sri Lanka) |
2023 League Position | 5th (Div 2) |
East Lancashire Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at Alexandra Meadows in Blackburn. For the 2024 season its captain is James Westhead and its professional is Adithya Siriwardhana.[1] The club has been very successful, winning the League on 14 occasions, the Worsley Cup on 18 (more than any other club), the Inter League Club Challenge Trophy twice in its ten-year history, and has won a greater percentage of its games than any other club.[2] It has employed professionals including Fazal Mahmood, Allan Border and Paul Reiffel.[3]