Dominic Cork is preparing for his 19th season of county action but his hunger remains undiminished. He was the last-man out when Lancashire fell 25 runs short of claiming the Championship last year but tells the Manchester Evening News he, and the team, will use that near-miss as motivation.

It was a great effort to get that close and I think if we can take those qualities from that last day into this season, we should again be challenging for a lot of trophies.You can look back at last season and be disappointed we haven't won anything, but also you can be proud of the efforts everybody put in and what we have to do as a side is go that one step further.