It has been a terrible start to the Championship for Lancashire this season in Division Two following relegation, with the Red Rose picking up no wins from eight games as they sit sixth.

Captain Keaton Jennings resigned last month before head coach Dale Benkenstein was sacked a fortnight later.

Steven Croft is the interim head coach while Australia batter Marcus Harris has been appointed as the red-ball skipper.

But with Harris back home on paternity leave, Anderson has taken over for the games with Kent and Derbyshire.

Lancashire’s mammoth 639-9 dec was their highest score for 10 years, with three players – Luke Wells, Josh Bohannon and Ashton Turner – scoring centuries.

And they had Kent on the ropes at 116-7 in their second innings, only for a stand of 182 between Joey Evison and Grant Stewart to effectively save the game.

“The way we applied ourselves this week felt different to the rest of the season,” said Anderson.

“We had a lot of positive energy in the field and then the way we applied ourselves with the bat – we dug in when needed and when the opportunity was there to put the pressure on the opposition, we did that.”