FORMER Lancashire favourite Kyle Hogg is relishing the prospect of helping the next crop of Red Rose cricketers next month when he links up with the club’s Academy as a coaching assistant.

Hogg’s career as a seam bowling all-rounder was cut short at 31 last year due to a degenerative back condition.

But he has slipped seamlessly into a post-playing career, firstly with music concert promoters SJM liaising with bands and artists and secondly as a part-time coach with Lancashire.

He has already undertaken some coaching during the most recent winter, but will work more regularly alongside Academy director Gary Yates during the second half of the summer.

“In some ways, I think I'd rather be involved with the younger lads because it's pointless me going up to some of the first-teamers and giving them ideas on what to do,” said Hogg, who is qualified as a Level Three coach.

"You are hoping that some of the lads who have not played will listen to you. That's where the fulfilment is, trying to help the next group of Lancashire bowlers.

"I've done Level Three, and the only one after that is Level Four, which is pretty much a two-year University degree. I'm not going into that. Level Three all you need to do anything.

"To me, coaching is not about a piece of paper or a number, it's about how you deal with individual players and what you speak to them about.

“Pretty much anyone can go on a Level Four course and pass, but it's when you've got 10-15 players in front of you - are they going to listen, are they not? That's the main thing.

Hogg says the biggest influence on his playing career was former England coach Peter Moores, with the pair winning the Championship title together in 2011.

“Even though his knowledge was unbelievable, as a person Mooresy made everyone feel the same, whether that was the dressing room attendant or the cleaners,” he added.

“He treated everybody the same as the overseas, and that's all you can ask for. If you create the right environment, which he did, you get the best out of players.”

Meanwhile, Lancashire won Thursday’s T20 Blast clash with Durham by six wickets chasing 142 to claim their fourth win from eight North Division matches.

Durham slipped from 72-3 after seven overs as spinners Arron Lilley, Stephen Parry and Steven Croft returned 4-61 from 11 overs combined.

Lancashire have issued legal proceedings against banks NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland over the alleged miss-selling of a financial product in 2009.

The High Court claim relates to an interest rate hedging product the county bought having borrowed £10m to build The Point as part of Old Trafford's redevelopment.

Lancashire say "the banks failed to discharge a number of duties they owed to the club and has suffered substantial losses as a result".