Player Profile

Mitchell Stanley arrived at Lancashire from Worcestershire ahead of the 2024 summer, the fast bowler described as an “exciting and raw talent” by Mark Chilton.

That was the view of the county’s director of cricket performance, a view given further weight when he was called up by the England Lions for their 2024/25 winter tours to South Africa and Australia, where he worked under head coach Andrew Flintoff.

Stanley is a Telford-born tearaway aged 23 who has debuted in both forms of limited overs cricket but is yet to play a first-class match.

That owes much to injury issues in recent years.

He played five times for Lancashire in his first summer at Emirates Old Trafford; four in the Vitality Blast and one in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup. He claimed a wicket in three of those appearances.

Stanley has been with the Manchester Originals in the Hundred for the last three years, though only played in 2022.

He is a bowler with express pace and spent two seasons at New Road in 2022 and 2023, having joined Worcestershire from National Counties cricket with his home side, Shropshire.

Even though he is yet to debut in first-class cricket, he did play in a four-day friendly for the Lions against a Cricket Australia XI in Brisbane in January 2025, striking once in a draw.

Before signing with the Pears, he played in their age-groups and second team.

He also played one game for Delhi Bulls in the 2022 version of the Abu Dhabi T10 competition, claiming an impressive 2-16 from two overs in a win over Chennai Braves.

Stanley has a best of 4-18 from three overs to his name in a second-team T20 win for Worcestershire over Gloucestershire in late 2019, contributing to him getting a full-time deal with the Midlanders.

He has a first-team T20 best of 2-24 to his name.