Darwen make the trip to Vernon Road for the game with the leaders St Annes.
They will have to stop St Annes’s prolific former Pakistani Test star Atiq uz-Zaman, who has plundered 413 runs to date and also keep out professional Dinuka Hettiarachchi, who has taken 31 wickets.
In the second division, leaders Lancaster (114 points) are 23 points clear of Leyland (91).
Blackpool (84), Morecambe (83) and Chorley (81) complete the top five.
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