Bohannon is out to make a point if Lancashire start

LANCASHIRE’S Josh Bohannon says the absence of cricket has driven him and his team-mates to find even more trivial pursuits.

And while the all-rounder confesses he’s ‘not a massive thinker’, he says the squad’s regular quiz sessions are helping to keep up the camaraderie they forged in securing promotion to the First Division of the Specsavers County Championship last season.

“It is frustrating,” admitted Bohannon. “But we’re all staying in touch with each other and making sure everyone’s well.

“We’re trying to keep that bond going that we had from last season, trying to stay positive about things.”

Bohannon, moved to the top of the order for the Championship run-in, found a rich vein of form at exactly the right time. His maiden first-class century, 174 against Derbyshire at Old Trafford, set up a win that all-but sealed promotion.

He says he’s never played better than the back end of last season. A productive winter, on Lancs’ training camp in India, followed - but now the momentum must grind to a halt.

He said: “I had a lot more clarity in terms of what I was thinking about; game plans, etc.

“It’s probably been the best winter I’ve had and the best I’ve felt in a long time.

“I felt like I was really building up for the season and ready to try and stake a claim that I could bat at No.3 for long periods of time and score big hundreds.

“But when it does come back, I’ll make sure I’m ready.”

There is no cricket until July 1 at the earliest and even then we may have a summer without any domestic competition with the ECB’s priority on the international game.

“It’d be nice if we could play some white ball cricket,” said Bohannon.

“If I could get a bit of a chance up the order in T20 cricket this season, that’d be great for me.

“I’ll just have to wait and see what happens, I suppose.”