Haslingden Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at Bentgate in Haslingden.
For the first time post war, the club did not employ a professional for the shortened 2020 season owing to the Coronavirus pandemic.
[2] It has employed professionals including George Headley, Clive Lloyd and Dennis Lillee.
[3] Another notable professional was West Indian opening batsman Phil Simmons.
Ian Austin went on to have a successful career with Lancashire and England.