Lancashire to let Singh and Fonseka go after lean season
Lancashire will release batters Harry Singh and Kesh Fonseka when their contracts expire at the end of this month. The news was reported by BBC Sport on 12 October.
Singh is 22. He played 34 games across three formats for Lancashire, meaning red-ball Championship cricket plus white-ball limited-overs matches. This summer he featured in eight County Championship matches, the four-day competition where batters are tested for patience and technique over long innings. He scored 133 runs in 14 innings. He managed only one half-century for the club.
Fonseka is 20. He has played four One-Day Cup matches for Lancashire, the county 50-over tournament where each side faces 300 balls. He played no One-Day Cup games this season. His first-team chances dried up.
The two will always share one remarkable day. In May they put on an unbeaten 346-run opening partnership for Lancashire's Second XI, the reserve team used to develop young players, against Northants. An opening partnership means the first two batters bat together until one is out. Here neither was out. Lancashire described it as a record opening stand at that level, a feat also celebrated by Lancashire Cricket on Facebook.
The releases follow a hard season. Lancashire finished seventh in Division Two in 2026, the lower tier of the County Championship. That is the club's lowest finish in its Championship history. Off the field, Lancashire has appointed Paul Farbrace as the club's new director of cricket, the man in charge of the playing department.
What makes this stand out is the gap between promise and production. One afternoon brought 346 runs without loss. A summer of first-team Championship cricket brought 133 runs in 14 tries for Singh. That is the sharp edge of professional sport.
For fans, this means fresh starts all round. Lancashire must find runs to climb the table. Singh and Fonseka, still only 22 and 20, must find new clubs to turn potential into scoreboard weight. County cricket moves on quickly, and young careers often depend on that next chance.
