Trent Bridge start for Lancashire

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LANCASHIRE’S return to Division One of the LV= County Championship starts at Trent Bridge.

The 2014 season gets under way on April 6, when Nottinghamshire are the hosts.

Glen Chapple’s side, the reigning Division Two champions, host Warwickshire at Emirates Old Trafford two weeks later.

The Twenty20 competition starts on much earlier than normal on May 16.

The NatWest T20 Bash, as it is now called, consists of group games, followed by quarter-finals and a finals’ day.

Warwickshire have changed their name to Birmingham Bears for the T20.