WIDNES, who have made an impressive start to the Premiership season with five wins in seven completed games, host leaders Bowdon in the Chapel Press Cheshire County League match of the day tomorrow.
Former Pakistan Test bowler Zia ur Rehman has been the catalyst to Widnes’s fine start with 26 wickets, but skipper Ian Spencer has other stars in his side like teenagers Ben Williams and Tom Evans and brothers Luke and James McCoy, while veteran Tony Hurdley has been churning out the runs.
Eleven points behind the leaders, second-placed Neston take on Nantwich, fourth, in another attractive fixture with skipper Jack Smith hoping to call upon a full-strength side.
Ex-New Zealand Test batsman Lou Vincent will be in the Dabbers’ line-up.
The only club in the top division without a win, Chester Boughton Hall take on Hyde at Filkins Lane, while Andy Birley’s mid-table Oxton go to Toft.
Runaway Division One leaders Bramhall go to lowly Upton, while second-placed Irby are at Urmston and bottom side Warrington meet Poynton at Walton Lea.
Surging ahead in Division Two, Bollington are at home to Mobberley, while fast bowler Chris Stenhouse who has transferred from Oxton, makes his debut for struggling Birkenhead Park at Stockport Georgians.
FIXTURES: TOMORROW: ECB Premier Division (12.30pm): Alderley Edge v Oulton Park, Chester Boughton Hall v Hyde, Macclesfield v Didsbury, Neston v Nantwich, Toft v Oxton, Widnes v Bowdon. First Division (1pm): Cheadle v Grappenhall, Cheadle Hulme v Heaton Mersey, Christleton v Timperley, Upton v Bramhall, Urmston v Irby, Warrington v Poynton.Second Division (1pm): Bredbury v Brooklands, Bollington v Mobberley, Burnage v Oakmere, Marple v Sale, Middlewich v Tattenhall, Stockport Georgians v Birkenhead Park.
SUNDAY: National Club championship third round (1pm): Hyde v Ormskirk, Neston v Kearsley. Cheshire Cup third round (1.30pm): Toft v Bowdon, Poynton v Chester BH, Northwich v Macclesfield, Malpas v Burnage, Romiley v Alderley Edge, Widnes v Old Parkonians, Bollington v Cheadle Hulme, Sale v Didsbury, Grappenhall v Heaton Mersey, Nantwich v Wallasey, Birkenhead Park v Irby, Oulton Park v Bowdon Vale, Middlewich v Weaverham.
