The weekend starts on Friday with the return of the T20 Competition.
Accrington host Burnley in the opening game in the JWL Founders Group which also includes Church, Colne, Nelson and Great Harwood.
Accrington include Noah Cronshaw and Simon Hanson.
The Match Ball Sponsor is G and E Hayhurst.
On Sunday new Division 2 leaders Rishton face deposed leaders Accrington in a local derby at Thorneyholme Road.
Accrington lost at Bacup for the second match running to drop down to third whilst Rishton beat Colne to move to the top of the table on Sunday after losing to Greenmount in the cup on Saturday.
In 260 previous league meetings Rishton have 93 wins, Accrington 91 with one tie and 75 draws/no result.
Accrington make two changes with Simon Hanson and Noah Cronshaw replacing Ali Hasham and the injured Oliver Lowe.
Rishton name an unchanged team.
The Match Ball Sponsor is David Rogers.
The seconds travel to Rishton in the reverse fixture on Sunday.
The thirds will host Darwen 4th XI on Saturday.
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 lost for the fourth time in six matches going down on run rate at Haslingden on Saturday May 29th 1976.
Accrington's Worsley Cup adventure ended at Bacup where the home side notched up a 3 wicket victory on Saturday June 1st 1996.
A big upset at Thorneyholme Road saw bottom club Accrington end a season long losing streak of seven defeats with a 46 run over second placed East Lancs on Sunday June 2nd 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
