THE Lancashire Telegraph's new weekly cricket pull-out – LT Cricket – launches this week.

The eight-page feature will be free inside the Telegraph every Friday during the campaign, starting with a season preview special on Friday, April 13.

Each week LT Cricket will preview the weekend action, round-up the latest results and pictures and feature exclusive interviews and columnists from the local cricket scene.

The pull-out will feature the latest from the Lancashire League and the Ribblesdale League as well as keeping tabs on Chorley's efforts in the Northern League.

Lancashire Telegraph Sports Editor Alex James said: “We have been a longstanding supporter of local cricket and the new LT Cricket feature serves to further underline our commitment to the sport.

“We have a wonderful cricketing heritage in East Lancashire and it is an exciting time for us to launch the pull-out.”

The Lancashire Telegraph will continue to feature all the latest local cricket stories online and in print as they happen across the week.

Telegraph editor Steve Thompson added: “When I joined the LT in July last year, it quickly became apparent the strength of feeling people have about cricket in these parts.

“There’s a great deal of excitement as we gear up for the new season and LT Cricket will reflect that.”