Lancashire completed 21 factors adrift of Nottinghamshire as they have been relegated for a fourth time since successful the Championship in 2011.
They misplaced six video games, together with 4 by an innings and three of these in a row by August and early September, which left them an excessive amount of to do within the closing two matches.
Lancashire solely managed to gather 15 batting bonus factors all summer time and no batter aside from captain Keaton Jennings averaged greater than 40 runs.
Earlier captain Dane Vilas left final 12 months, whereas Steven Croft retired from red-ball cricket and that have within the center order was by no means changed.
It was a really robust problem for children who have been blooded, like 16-year-old Rocky Flintoff, son of former England captain Andrew.
“Division One has some very skilled groups,” stated Benkenstein. “Whenever you do lose a little bit of expertise in key areas, we have seen a giant distinction.
“It was additionally a tricky 12 months to get high quality abroad gamers for lengthy durations of time.
“We wanted that to assist stability the staff and to not put as a lot emphasis on younger gamers to win us video games.”