By Paul Eddison
LANCASHIRE play host to the team that denied them the County Championship a year ago and Dane Vilas wants a win over Essex to springboard a title charge this season.
While they were the side that pushed Essex closest, in truth Lancashire never really threatened to claim red-ball glory last season.
But after a slow start to this campaign they had started to find some form at the end of the first block of games.
Since then they have fallen in the group stages of the Royal London One-Day Cup, losing more than they won despite the form of Keaton Jennings and Liam ...