COLWALL hope to move within two matches of a dream trip to Lord's on Sunday.

The Stowe Lane club has once again reached the last 16 of the National Village Championship, where they entertain Warwickshire side Fillongley this weekend.

They hope for another big crowd to will them one step closer to the game's headquarters for the first time in their history.

Colwall skipper David Sutton admitted he didn't know a great deal about Fillongley, but said: "They will be a useful side and have scored quite heavily in the competition - I believe they've scored over 200 in every game. We shall have to be at our best."

Unlike last year when they came through a succession of close finishes to reach the last eight, this time Colwall have won most of their matches in relative comfort.

Sutton added: "This season we have played a lot better. We had a close game at Feckenham but other than that we have won reasonably comfortably."

Richard Williams could be the key man for Colwall, having taken three wickets and scored 82 to help them beat Isham in the last round.

"He is in good form but it has been pretty much a team effort. We have a fairly well balanced side with a good mixture of pace and spin, and we bat a long way down."

The one cloud on the horizon for Colwall, if they win on Sunday, is the prospect of yet another meeting with Elvaston in the quarter-finals.

If both win their matches on Sunday they will meet at Elvaston on August 4, and the Derbyshire club have knocked out Colwall in each of the last two seasons en route to reaching the final on both occasions, winning the competition in 2000.

Last season Colwall were skittled out for just 37 in the quarter-finals at Stowe Lane to lose by 164 runs, but the previous year at Elvaston the home side prevailed only by losing fewer wickets in a tied game.

Sutton added: "That was just one of those days - on our day we can beat any of the sides in the competition. But let's worry about Fillongley first."

Sunday's 40-over contest starts at 2pm.