The first double header weekend of the season sees Accrington in action in both cup and league.
On Saturday Accrington travel to the newly renamed The Rossendale Driveways and Patios Worswick Memorial Ground to face Rawtenstall in the 1st Round of the Worsley Cup.
Rawtenstall have won seven of the clubs eleven previous cup meetings, including the classic Final of 1976.
Accrington make a couple of changes with second team captain Antonio Lo-Giudice and Alice Clarke replacing Ali Hasham and Nathaniel Young.
Rawtenstall make three changes with Imran Abid, Thomas Egan and Jack Nightingale, who makes his senior debut, replacing Joshua Parker, Naveen Dasari and Mo Alam.
The Ball Sponsor is Mike Kucharek.
The seconds host Rawtenstall at The iMEP Arena in the Junior Cup.
It's back to league action on Sunday when next to bottom club Accrington take on ninth placed Bacup at The iMEP Arena.
Both clubs have lost their opening two games with Bacup losing to promotion favourites Greenmount and Crompton.
Accrington have also lost to Crompton last Sunday and to Nelson on the opening day.
In 259 previous league meetings, Accrington have 98 wins, Bacup 87 with two ties and 72 draws/no results.
Ali Hasham, Siraj Hussain and Nathaniel Young return for Accrington in place of Asad Khan, Alice Clarke and Antonio Lo-Giudice.
Bacup make one change with Dominic Boardman replacing Musa Rehman.
The Ball Sponsor is K Cars, Accrington.
The seconds travel to Bacup in the reverse fixture.
The thirds travel to Acre Bottom to play Ramsbottom Women on Bank Holiday Monday.
Len Dewhurst has been appointed as captain and will lead the team on Monday.
This season we are looking back at the historic Lancashire League championship winning season of 1975 and also the less successful season of 1995 when Colin Miller was professional.
Accrington chalked up a second successive win but they had to work hard to get home with just 2 wickets left after bowling East Lancs out for 82 at Thorneyholme Road on May 4th 1975.
Accrington went down to a 122 run defeat at Lowerhouse on Saturday May 6th 1995.
On Sunday May 7th skipper Mark Aspin (5-38) and professional Colin Miller (4-41) combined to take 9 wickets between them to help bowl Accrington to a 32 run win over Bacup at Thorneyholme Road.
To get the feel of the club back in 1995 please visit the monthly Newsletters on Crickethistory.website.
https://crickethistory.website/club/accrington/accrington_newsletters_1995/index.html
