County Championship 2025: Will James Anderson Lancashire help for promotion? Division two candidates and predictions Cricket news

England’s All-Time almost test goal James Anderson has extended his career for at least the next season, and there is a great chance that at the end of the promotion.

Lancashire appears to be a standout team in the regional championship two and should ensure that he spends only one season outside the best flight after the descent at the end of 2024.

Anderson – whose new agreement in Emirates Old Trafford will take him for his 43rd birthday – will sit the first month of the season with a calf complaint, but an attack on the seams containing Tom Bailey, Anderson Phillip of West Indies and young man aspinwall and George Balderson is depth.

Runs should not be a problem with the Keaton Jennings club, which is a regular source of these – in the last term of office above 1,000 in the highest level – and New Recruit in Australia International Marcus Harris after an average of 48 in this competition.

Support will be provided by Josh Bohannon, Luke Wells, Wicketkeeper-Bater Matty Hurst and 16-year-old Rocky Flintoff-synus English legend Andrew-Kterna became the youngest Centurion in England when he impressed Australia this winter.

Candidates

Lancashire So they are popular, but Middlesex, Northamptonshire and Kent – the latter descended with Lancashire last season – will also focus on promotion.

Middlesex’s The hopes that they will require a place in the first two – ended the third last period for Yorkshire and Sussex – will be strengthened by the arrival of New Zealand Kane Williamson after at least five years with a 34 -year -old advance of over 9,000 test runs.

Williamson will complement the power of the launch, including Max Holden, Robson Sam Robson, Luus du Plooy and Ryan Higgins, with the other side after the contribution of 1,133 runs – including five centuries – and 30 goals in 2024 during the star versatile campaign.

The Party of the Lord saw Seamer Ethan Bamber, who joined the One Warwickshire division, but South Africa Dane Paterson will replace it with a early season and the postponed Tobland-Jones comes from the back of 52 goals, while the Rotation series was strengthened by the acquisition of the left arms of Zafar Gohar.

Northamptonshire, Now he trained former Australian Supremo Darren Lehmann, seeing England firing hopeful Emilio Gay departure for Durham and sailor Jack White to Yorkshire, but Ricardo Vasconcelos and Luke Procter still have a scoring while reliable Ben Sanderson continues to attack.

In addition, the Indian leg-Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal will return to the run, available for the last seven games, after wrapped 21 goals in four games last season. He could enjoy bowling on a tedious playground.

Top-DVA targets can be outside Northants if Lancashire and Middlesx are at their best and the same could apply to the same KentWho can face the period of consolidation after the season of descent in 2024, won only one match with a red ball and no dough on average 40.

The six best, including Zak Crawley, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Ben Compton and Joe Denly, should find things in the second division easier, but will they have ammunition in the bowling department?

In the district cricket in the district cricket, the seam recruitment in the early season Keith Dudgeon (South Africa) and Kashif Ali (Pakistan) may not be made, so many heavy lifting may need to be made by Spinner Matt Parkinson.

The appointment of former Captain Surrey and England Adam Hollioake – and a one -time fighter CAGE – is also fascinating as the head coach.

Predictor

Four other parties – Gloucestershire, Glamorgan, Derbyshire and Glamorgan – will hope to start promotional pressures and ensure that they avoid a wooden spoon.

Derbyshire He suffered this fate in 2024, raised only one victory over their 14 games and wrapped only 20 bonus launch points, the smallest in the division.

Wayne Madsen, now 41, has recently culminated in 1,000 runs and may have to be so fruitful for Derbyshire, although Zak Chappell – 54 goals last season – and New Zealand Blair could be strong with the ball.

It can be that Leicestershire They are best placed about outsiders who print for promotion with Captain Pakistan Shan Masood, who has been coming from the end of May – back for its fourth straight season of the regional cricket after magic with Derbyshire and Yorkshire – and connects to the line -up with Peter Handscomb and Rishi patel.

Glamorgan and Gloucestershire The sixth and seventh, or recent times, and the last periods, may be a little more about them in 2025, including the rapid pace of Marchant de Lange, Ajeet Singh Dale and Zaman Akhter.

Cameron Bancroft, a colleague of Aussie Cameron Green – is available for five games in April and May – and James Bracey should also provide permanent runs for Outfit based in Bristol.

Glamorgan’s launching should be supported by Colin Ingram, Sam Northeast and Kiran Carlson – the first two have ate 1,000 runs in the last period and performed more than 900 – while the English Spinner Shoib Bashir is on their books for the first three games.

The new coach Richard Dawson, who was appointed when the previous reigning Gradburn was released after the fee for misconduct, also has Sri Lanka Seamer Aith Fernando on the first seven games. Promotion can be too great to ask for it, with the procedure certainly the main goal.

County Championship – opening accessories

All matches start on Friday 4th April at 11:00

• Derbyshire vs Gloucestershire (Derby)
• GLAMORGAN vs Gloucestershire (Cardiff)
• Middlesx vs Lancashire (Lord’s)
• Northamptonshire vs Kent (Northampton)