It has been confirmed that Ashley Giles will be the new coach and Director of Cricket at Lancashire.
But this could be bad news for some of the Lancashire squad as former Director of Cricket, Mike Watkinson, believes the Red Rose roster exceeds requirement and may prevent other players from developing.
Cypriot Andrea Agathangelou has already left the recently relegated Lancashire and more players could follow this winter.
Agathangelou was one of fifteen players to attain a contract at the start of 2014, but a lack of first team action led to his departure after three years as a professional at Lancashire.
The Red Rose started the season with 23 players, losing pace bowler, Kyle Hogg, to injury and his subsequent retirement.
Watkinson, who recently stepped down from his post at Lancashire, believes the squad is too big and is likely to hamper the development of young players.
He said: "We need to get our numbers down or else giving people an opportunity isn’t easy.
"Your second team gets cluttered and you can’t get people in that team quite as easy.
“We’ve lost Kyle through injury and no doubt we’ll lose a couple of others.
Watkinson has put his faith in Lancashire's senior players and says that they have the ability to help these youngsters in their development.
“We’ll have some experienced players to give a good backbone to the side and some of these youngsters will get their opportunity.”
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