Accrington will be without professional Jurie Snyman this weekend.
Once again the weekend starts on Friday when Accrington entertain local rivals and JWL Founders Group leaders Great Harwood in the second and final home T20 Competition game of the season.
Whalley's Levi Wolfenden will stand in as sub professional.
The Match Ball Sponsor is Lesley and Damian Clarke.
On Sunday joint Division 2 leaders Accrington take on joint ninth placed East Lancs at Thorneyholme Road.
Accrington won at Nelson to return to the top of the table last Sunday whilst East Lancs match against Colne ended as a no result.
East Lancs have won 109 of the clubs 260 previous league meetings.
Accrington have 75 wins with two ties and 74 draws/no results.
Ali Hasham returns for Accrington in place of Jon Hayhurst.
Roe Green's Tilaksha Malshan stands in as sub professional.
East Lancs make two changes with Kamran Anwar and Suhayl Patel replacing Nazir and Eesa Ahmed.
The Match Ball Sponsor is Lee Carter.
The seconds take on East Lancs at Alexandra Meadows in the reverse fixture.
The thirds return to action on Saturday with a home game against Todmorden 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.
The first weekend in June saw champions Accrington pick up maximum points from a double header.
Accrington won for only the second time in seven matches beating Rawtenstall by 5 wickets at Bacup Road on Saturday June 5th 1976.
Alan Worsick took 8-48 to bowl champions Accrington to a 45 run victory over Enfield at Thorneyholme Road on Sunday June 6th 1976.
David Ormerod took 5-41 and professional Roger Harper picked up 4-21 to help Bacup to a third win of the season against bottom club Accrington on Saturday June 8th 1996.
Professional Franklyn Rose took a league best 7-56 to condemn bottom club Accrington to a second defeat of the weekend this time by 6 wickets at Enfield on Sunday June 9th 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
