Lancashire ponder move to Wigan

Old Trafford has been home to Lancashire since 1864

Lancashire chairman Jack Simmons says the cricket club will consider a move from Old Trafford to Wigan.

Wigan Council want Lancashire to relocate to a purpose-built £30m stadium on a 17-acre site.

Other options are to give Old Trafford a much-needed face-lift or move to the Eastlands part of Manchester.

"Everybody ruled by their heart will want to stay at Old Trafford, but you have to think of every alternative," Simmons told BBC GMR.

Old Trafford has been home to Lancashire since 1864, but the club have spent almost two years in negotiations with Manchester City Council about a possible development in Eastlands.

"The members will decide where this club goes to and this will probably only get discussed at a committee meeting on Tuesday," Simmons added.

Old Trafford's an old ground and there are a lot of things that would need to come down Lancashire chairman Jack Simmons

"We'll have to look at every alternative and see what's going to be the best thing for us.

"They've put another alternative there that's maybe similar to the one in east Manchester.

"If everybody thinks it's too far from Manchester we probably wouldn't go any further with it.

"The only problem with Old Trafford is that we need to spend a lot of money to get it up to standard if we want to continue as a Test match ground.

"So the choice is to redevelop Old Trafford, move to east Manchester or Wigan and we'll have to see which works out to be the best way we can go.

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"Old Trafford's an old ground and there are a lot of things that would need to come down.

"Redevelopments and new buildings have to be taken into consideration in three-quarters of the ground."

The club have promised to make a decision by the end of the summer.