Weekend Preview
Wednesday July 27th 2022

Accrington 1st XI 2022 ©Nigel Stockley

The weekend games start on Friday when Accrington host Baxenden in a re-arranged Charity T20 friendly in aid of the NICU Unit at Burnley General Hospital.

The game starts at 6pm.

Accrington travel to Rishton on Sunday looking for a first league win since mid May when they beat Rishton by 23 runs.

Accrington lost at home to Enfield last Saturday whilst Rishton completed the double over Nelson.

Accrington make a couple of changes with Connor Tattersall and Jimmy Hayhurst replacing Simon Hanson and Jon Hayhurst who captains the seconds.

Rishton also make a couple of changes with Mark Leathert and Karl Andrews returning in place of Matt Nuttall and Andrew Hickey. Bryce Street again stands in as sub professional..

The seconds host Rishton on Sunday.

The thirds are back in action on Saturday when they host Rawtenstall.

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This season's Looking Back Feature takes us back to 1992 when Dipak Patel was professional. This week we look back at a 3 wicket defeat at Haslingden on Sunday August 1st.

If you have any memories of 1992 please email Nigel Stockley

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