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On Saturday, bottom side Colne travel to Thorneyholme Road to play second placed Accrington. Graeme Sneddon and Damian Clarke return for Accrington in place of Andrew Greenwood and James Ormerod. Colne recall Colin Varley and Matthew Constable in place of Adam Holt and Justin Nutter. Colne professional Blake Snijman Another player on the brink of making history is Accrington skipper David Ormerod who needs just five wickets for 1,000 in the Lancashire League. [Teams] On Sunday Accrington travel to Turf Moor to face Burnley in the cup semi final. Accrington's cup form in recent seasons has been appalling. Their win over Enfield in the last round was their first in the competition since 2001 and only their fourth since 1989. The clubs have met twelve times previously in the cup with Burnley coming out on top on nine occasions, most recently in 2006 and 2001. Accrington's last victory over Burnley in the cup was in 1989 on their way to the final. Both clubs have injury worries. An accident has put Burnley veteran Andy McLeod out of action long term with a broken wrist and Graham Lalor has been struggling with a shoulder injury. The home side name twelve players with Stephen Whittaker added to Saturday's team. Accrington professional Roy Silva has also been struggling with a hamstring injury as has Graeme Sneddon. Both have been passed fit to play but Jimmy Hayhurst is ruled out with a stress fracture of the spine. The slow bowlers may hold the key to this match with David Ormerod's medium pace being backed up by the spin of Toby Bulcock, Paul Carroll and Damian Clarke in the Accrington side. Burnley will rely on spinners Bharat Tripathi and Michael Kelly to back up the medium pace of James Capstick.
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