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@ianssmart That explains the start of Lancashire's cricket season then.

I’m not religious but even I understand that the day to celebrate over the Easter weekend is not Good Friday but rather Easter Sunday. The whole point of Good Friday is that is a day of sadness on which all hope seems lost. Until, on Sunday, it isn’t.

@LancsCCMG 400 and 4 points will do me, and a Baldy 50* will do his batting confidence a world of good. If our bowlers can't do the job then we're in trouble!

Mixed feelings but a very decent total given the amount of movement on offer. Very good chance to start off with a win.

@NoContextCounty The game that started last (Glam) might finish first!

What are your thoughts following Day 1 of the County Championship season?

@MediaSOI @di_nitterwitter @gymonkey11 @lounew13 Why not post a REAL pic, after all cameras were around before the internet, mobile phones, vaccinations for killer diseases were all invented...?

@di_nitterwitter @gymonkey11 @lounew13 Of course it’s not a real picture

Take me back 🇬🇧

@AGSteel28 @lancscricket Could explain Hartley being picked!

@howardarw @lancscricket Wonder if they’ve prepared a road to nullify our seamers, with the view that a draw isn’t a bad result against us. It’s what sides did to Surrey last season.

🥪 LUNCH: 99-1 (28) A strong first session back out in the middle with Luke Wells (51*) leading the charge alongside Josh Bohannon (21*), with a 50 run partnership between the pair. Match Centre 📊➡ cricket.lancashirecricket.co.uk/match-centre/n… 🌹 #RedRoseTogether

@lancscricket Good stuff Wellsey, Northant's attack is a bit weak but to look so good on the first morning - quality!

PLAYED WELLSY! 👏😍 Half-century up for Luke Wells after a solid start at the top of the order in Northampton. 9️⃣ FOURS 7️⃣0️⃣ BALLS 92-1 (23.4) 🌹 #RedRoseTogether

@lancscricket Done OK. Middle order needs to bed in now, solid start.

Wicket. Singh is caught at fourth slip by Bartlett off Sanderson for 18. 43-1 (12.5) 🌹 #RedRoseTogether

@HollinsSha72477 @lancscricket Thought so too. Interesting they've picked a spinner, would have though they'd have just relied on Wells.

@lancscricket Interesting decision to bat first at this time of year .

2026 HERE WE GO! 🌹😍 Our XI and a lancashire debut for Ajeet Singh Dale wearing the Red Rose at Northampton. The skipper wins the first toss of the season and we will bat first. ✅ 🌹 #RedRoseTogether

@vincent_wareing @calmufc98 @lancscricket Ah well, at least Northants will be batting before Tea so the pitch will still be juicy!

@howardarw @calmufc98 @lancscricket Batting first

Good morning from Wantage Road. 👋📍 Covers coming off after some early morning rain in Northampton and set to start on time at 11am. 🌹 #RedRoseTogether

@calmufc98 @lancscricket Winning the toss and putting them in will do for starters!

@lancscricket Please just win

@NickFriend1 Always intrigues me why cricket is allowed to have a playing area which is short on one side, long on the other! Imagine if football did that, one wing wider than the other!

The Rothesay.

@98NotOut Old Trafford. Second ball of the season. Bloke at back of stand - "Put the bloody spinners on".

The clatter of spikes coming down the pavilion steps. The sound of the ground announcer wafting over the tannoy. Polite applause from the supporters. Freshly cut grass. Pristine Whites. Shiny red ball. The umpire's shout of "Play!" and that first thwack of willow on leather....

@Jennyfurfuls It's OK, they are in a state of panic now. They can't ask for a referendum as they know they'd lose, so all they have left is rage. A bot doesn't have a clue what "Brexit Benefit" they'd miss the most...

@Tilda149 @AntiGrowthCoa @KevinASchofield Xmas turkey Rage coming up...???

@AntiGrowthCoa @KevinASchofield Yep. Reform voters. Turkeys voting for Christmas

NEW: Nigel Farage confirms Reform UK would keep the triple lock for pensions, insisting they could afford it "many many times over" because they are going to announce the biggest ever cuts to the welfare bill in two weeks' time.

@KevinASchofield Welfare cuts? Aren't most of their cult ON welfare? That'll go down well.

@PolitlcsUK Dudley will, no doubt, be welcomed by the other lot....

🚨 BREAKING: Nigel Farage has sacked Reform UK's housing chief Simon Dudley over his comments on post-Grenfell safety regulations

@robben4life @PolitlcsUK If it stays, then eventually the pension age will have to increase - maybe 70+ by, what, 2040? If AI takes over jobs (ie national insurance income) there will be little coming in to pay our pensions later.

@PolitlcsUK Is the pension triple lock sustainable long-term, or just election-year optics? 💷

🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage formally commits to the state pension triple lock if Reform UK win the next election "The people to whom pensions are being paid, certainly compared to a younger generation today, are those who have actually worked and paid into the system"

@pdubl22 I'm sure some TicRot or YouTube effluencer will follow it with a drone (and blocking the view with their face....)

The amount of people expecting a camera angle showing the Artemis II spacecraft from a distant perspective is disheartening. Do they expect an additional spacecraft to be sent along with Artemis II just to photograph it along the way? 🤦‍♂️

@jonhopswan Packed lunch and a long walk in the hills or a day at the beach, whichever's nearer. There might be local groups where kids can play organised sport/games for next-to-nothing; ask on your local face/newsgroups. But keep out of restaurants/take-aways!

Went out for the day with the kids. Nothing fancy, a bit of grub at Nandos & then bowling. Cost a fucking fortune - can't afford to go out again during the school holidays. Got a Summer holiday booked - fuck knows how we're gonna pay for it. Something's wrong somewhere.