Head coach Benkenstein pays price for dismal Lancs start

DALE Benkenstein has left his role as Lancashire's head coach, paying the price for a dire run of form for the Red Rose.

- By RORYDOLLARD

The club were relegated from Division One of the Rothesay County Championship last season and have continued their slump in the second tier, sitting second bottom as the only one of the 18 first-class counties without a win after seven rounds. In all they have won just three times in their last 21 championship games.

Benkenstein's removal comes just a fortnight after Keaton Jennings stood down as red-ball captain, leaving Lancashire in apparent disarray.