ACCRINGTON may have reached the Worsley Cup final for the first time in 19 years, but captain David Ormerod is not yet daring to dream of a double.

Although the Thorneyholme Road side partied long into the night after edging a tight game against Burnley last week, Ormerod insists his side has refocused fully on the league in preparation for tomorrow’s table-topping clash with leaders Rawtenstall.

“We’ve got to put thoughts of the Worsley Cup to one side and really concentrate on this weekend because it’s a massive game for us,” he said.

“Tomorrow’s game doesn’t win or lose the league, but it could still have an impact.

“We’re not even halfway through the season yet though, and the teams at the top of the table are starting to bunch up a little bit. Lowerhouse and Ramsbottom are playing some good cricket, and really anyone from mid-table upwards is still in with a chance.

“But the mood’s superb in the camp at the moment after last weekend. We know we’ve not won anything yet, but it’s been so long since the club had something to cheer about, it’s been really uplifting for everyone.”

Former Lancashire and England cricketer David Lloyd has been recalled to the squad, in the absence of the injured Graeme Sneddon, for what is expected to be his final game of the season.

League leaders Rawtenstall are sweating on the fitness of two key players ahead of the clash against Accrington.

But skipper Andy Payne is confident Peter Seal and Chris Cook-Martin will recover from injury as they look to bounce back from last weekend’s defeat at Todmorden.

“I would like to think that was just a blip,” said Payne. “We’ve only lost twice all season so we can be forgiven for having the odd off day.”

That other defeat came at the hands of Accrington so revenge, and staying top, are the perfect incentives for Payne’s side.

HASLINGDEN skipper Graham Knowles is targeting Rishton professional Saeed Anwar when the two sides clash tomorrow at Blackburn Road.

And after suffering a one wicket defeat against Enfield last weekend he is confident his team can bounce back against the league champions.

He said: “It’s going to be a big game for us. They’re struggling a bit but Anwar is always the main man for them.

“Usually in the Lancashire League if you can get the pro out then you can go through the order, but I think that applies to Rishton especially.

“He gets good back-up from some of the lads, but if we can get him early then I think we’ll have a good chance.” Lee Ingham comes in to replace Mohsin Imtiaz.

Paul Cropper, team manager at RAMSBOTTOM, believes they have the strength in depth to bat right the way down the order as they prepare to face East Lancs at Acre Bottom.

Jack Walmsley drops out of the starting XI and is replaced by Andy Holt from the seconds.

And although Holt is likely to bat at eight, a century against Haslingden recently proves that he can make the tail wag.

Cropper said: “We’re batting really deep. We’ve got the pro at number five and captain Simon Read at six. It’s a very strong line-up.”

NELSON should be back to full strength as they take on in-form Lowerhouse at Liverpool Road tomorrow.

Farrukh Bukhari is still out injured with Waqas Tahir and Chris Willan dropping out. Andy Aitken keeps his place with Danny Kegg and Sam Halstead returning to the squad.

Skipper Michael Bradley said: “We’re almost back to the side that did so well at the start of the season.

“We got a good win over Church last week, which was important after the defeats to Rawtenstall, and we’re still in touch.”

TODMORDEN skipper Jon Henderson will wait until just before the game against Bacup to announce his side, following today’s Worsley Cup semi-final.

John Campbell is definitely out, but Henderson, who is out with a hamstring injury, has some tough choices to make.

He said: “We will have to see how the semi-final against Ramsbottom goes before we name a team.

“But, whatever team we put out, we will need to be competitive to play in a local derby.

“Bacup have struggled this year but they have some quality players and a class pro.

“But we might be able to put some pressure on them and get the win.

“If we can put a run together, we could put ourselves into the mix for the run-in.”

The popular Mahendra Nagamootoo returns for Colne in their must-win match against fellow strugglers Burnley.

The Guyana, professional at The Horsfield in 2006, stands in for Blake Snijman who has been called up by South Africa for the Emerging Players tour to Australia.

Skipper Matt Wilson said: “Losing Blake is a blow but Naggers is the perfect replacement.

Bottom of the table Colne trail Burnley by 18 points so Wilson knows it is now or never if they are to catch their nearest rivals.

“We’ve said all along that we don’t want to finish bottom but if we lose then the gap would be pretty big,” he added. “ So that is why this match is so important and we’ll all be fired up for it.”