Accrington meet bottom club Rawtenstall at Thorneyholme Road as the second half of the season gets underway on Sunday.
Accrington beat Rochdale to move back up to second place last Sunday whilst Rawtenstall were beaten at Colne.
Accrington won the reverse fixture on the opening day by 7 wickets after bowling Rawtenstall out for 63.
Ali Hasham returns for Accrington in place of Simon Hanson.
The Match Ball Sponsor is Stephen Lee.
The seconds travel to Rawtenstall for the reverse fixture looking to halt a run of four successive defeats that has seen the team slide down the table to seventh place.
The thirds travel to Chatburn Road on Saturday to face Clitheroe 4th XI.
This season we are looking back at the long hot summer of 1976 when the club finished as runners up in both league and cup to Rawtenstall and also the less successful season of 1996 when the club finished bottom for the third season running in it's 150th year with Chad Grainger as professional.
Champions Accrington were the only team to pick up 5 points to close the gap between themselves and East Lancs to 7 points after a 1 wicket win at Nelson on Saturday July 3rd 1976.
Accrington had the better of their local derby against Church at Thorneyholme Road on Sunday July 4th 1976 to reach the Worsley Cup Final for the first time in six years.
A 49 run win at Rawtenstall saw Accrington claim a second successive victory in the battle of the bottom two clubs on Sunday July 7th 1996.
To get the feel of the club back in 1996 please visit the monthly Newsletters on Crickethistory.website.
https://crickethistory.website/club/accrington/accrington_newsletters_1996/index.html
