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Team effort delights Watkinson
Coach Mike Watkinson insisted all his players had made vital contributions to Lancashire's County Championship Division Two title triumph.
Top spot was confirmed when Northamptonshire completed an innings victory against Yorkshire on Saturday, and Watkinson believes Lancashire's success was fully deserved.
He told BBC Sport: "We're very pleased. Winning the division was a major goal for us.
"It's a long season. Durham got off to a good start and we got rained off a few times but we always knew it would be a long old haul and we were strong enough to come through at the end.
"We don't have one batsman with 1,500 runs or one bowler with 70-odd wickets. Everybody's chipped in.
"Mal Loye's probably top of the hit parade and on the bowling front everybody's contributed well.
"It's perhaps the first full season that James Anderson has had for us and he's led the attack pretty well."
Durham and Yorkshire were also promoted, with the northern counties replacing Glamorgan, Gloucestershire and Surrey in the top-flight.
