Lancashire coach Peter Moores confident county can retain County Championship So we set our goal quite early. When you have planned for something as a new coach and a new captain and you get over the line it does make it special. It was nice for me because without the England job I had a nice clear focus of something else straight away. It allowed me to move on quickly. Moores has now extended his initial three-year contract for a further two years despite interest from Sri Lanka, who wanted to lure him back to international coaching. Moores opted to stay with Lancashire, partly for family reasons - his two children are still at school in the Midlands - and because he believes that Lancashire will not have to wait another 77 years for their next title success. Can we retain the title? Yes we can. I think we have got a competitive squad and we will get stuck in. The advantage of our young players is that youngsters don't normally get complacent, they are hungry," Moores said. Durham showed that you can do it and that was recently. But it will be hard. There are some good teams and you need a few breaks. With a small squad Lancashire again need an injury-free season and they will hope that Moores's prediction that the pitches on the realigned square at Old Trafford will have more pace and bounce than in the past, proves correct. Lancashire played all their home championship cricket away from Old Trafford last season but half of their championship wins came away from home. "Headingley, Taunton and Trent Bridge are tough places to win and we showed that we could win all over the country and on different surfaces," Moores said. The fickle Manchester weather may work against Lancashire who were greeted by grey leaden skies and rain when they returned to Old Trafford on Wednesday for the annual media day after a pre-season trip to Abu Dhabi. The title-winning squad remains almost unchanged. Former captain Mark Chilton has retired but South Africa batsman Ashwell Prince has returned to bolster the batting. Seamer Naqaash Tahir, a Championship winner with Warwickshire eight years ago, is the one new face.