THIS weekend marks the beginning of the Fearnley Factory Shop Worcestershire Sunday Club Cricket League.

The competition is now in its eighth season and the third under the sponsorship of Fearnley Factory Shop, also sponsors of the Worcester News cricket awards.

Colwall, Himley and Worcester Nomads make their debuts this season, taking the number of teams to 19.

Defending first XI champions Drotiwich visit Bretforton, while Kidderminster, last year's runners-up host Stourbridge.

Kidderminster are defending the second XI title.

This year the second XI competition has been reduced to 40 overs per side, with the firsts remaining at 45 overs.

First XI: Barnards Green v Bromsgrove; Evesham v Coombs Wood; Studley v Old Elizabethans; Bretforton v Droitwich; Redditch v Swindon; Himley v Halesowen; Kidderminster v Stourbridge; Colwall v Feckenham. Worcester - free week.

Second XI: Bromsgrove v Barnards Green; Coombs Wood v Ombersley; Barnt Green v Studley; Droitwich v Astwood Bank; Swindon v Redditch; Bewdley v Himley; Stourbridge v Kidderminster; Feckenham v Worcester Nomads.