By Paul Edwards

Easing the pressure: Liam Livingstone has relinquished the Lancashire captaincy to focus on his game
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LANCASHIRE head coach Glen Chapple has given his full backing to new skipper Dane Vilas as the South African prepares to lead the county’s bid to win promotion to the First Division of the County Championship.
Vilas took over from Liam Livingstone last November in a change first broached by the coach and carried out without acrimony.
But Chapple knows his side face a tough battle to bag one of the three promotion places available this season and...