Action returns with fight for second spot | Ballarat Cricket Association firsts teams

The third-placed Red Caps trail their opponents this weekend, East Ballarat, by three points but share 30 points with Mt Clear below them and Napoleons-Sebastopol in fifth.

Both sides enter the one-day affair looking to extend two-match winning streaks, though Wendouree has spent a week longer on the sidelines, having had the bye in the final round before the break.

East Ballarat's pre-holiday clash saw it defeat Ballarat-Redan by six runs in a nail-biter.

A sub-par batting performance that saw only two Hawks batters pass 20 was saved by some outstanding bowling by Josh Brown (3-22), who took 2-2 in the final over with the Two Swords needing eight runs for a first win of the season.

Wendouree's last hit-out was a two-day match in which an Ash McCafferty five-wicket haul saw it defeat Brown Hill by 23 runs.

The Hawks and Red Caps met in a one-dayer back in round five. The latter celebrated a six-wicket win after Ash McCafferty's four wickets restricted the Hawks to 131 before Cole Roscholler (42) fired in the chase.

Elsewhere, Golden Point has the chance to leapfrog Napoleons-Sebastopol and enter the top four with a win when the two sides meet at Eastern Oval.

The reigning premiers are looking to recover from a 113-run loss to Darley before the break, while Naps-Sebas is coming off a 10-wicket win against Buninyong.

All-rounder Sajith Dissanayaka hit 65 runs off 39 balls with eight fours and four sixes as Naps-Sebas reached the target of 63 in the 12th over.

The Pointies and Naps-Sebas have not yet met this season.

At Buninyong, top plays bottom as Darley looks to extend its five-match winning streak.

The Lions bowled the Bunnies out for 52 and 30, with Danza Hyatt hitting an unbeaten century to record an innings and 89-run win back in round six.

WENDOUREE V EAST BALLARAT

Wendouree: Ryan Simmonds(c), Thomas Godson, Heath Pyke, Mathew Begbie, Tom Batters, Brandon Weatherson, Tristan Maple, Liam Brady, Cole Roscholler, Ashley McCafferty, Liam Wood

East Ballarat: Jacob Eyers(c), Harli Givvens, Luke Hodgson, Mitchell McKee, Joshua Brown, Tom Walton, Hayden Walters, Abhilasha Rodrigo, Rory Low, William Hodgins, Sam Cocks

BUNINYONG V DARLEY

Buninyong: Harrison Bond(c), Brad Byrnes, Bailey Ryan, Hudson Palmer, Ethan Giri, Campbell Palmer, Fletcher Downs, Rory Fisher, Nicholas Schiemer, Mitchell Tierney, Brodie Wells

Darley: Ben Longhurst(c), Bradley Barnes, Andrew Pickett, Drew Locke, Rockey Hoey, Dayle Locke, Dilan Chandima, Harry Killoran, Hasitha Wickramasinghe, Madushanka Ekanayaka, Danza Hyatt

NAPS-SEBAS V GOLDEN POINT

Napoleons-Sebastopol: Daniel Scott(c), Luke Corden, Nathan Doonan, Jonah Healey, Dylan Price, Dylan Sexton, Dylan York, Sajith Dissanayaka, Viraj Pushpakumara, Lachlan Storey, Janath Tissera

Golden Point: Joshua Pegg(c), Joshua White, Andrew Falkner, Andrew Warrick, Simon Ogilvie, Jack Bambury, Lukas Pegg, Leo Turnbull-Gent, Manjula De Zoysa, Lachlan Herring, Daniel McDonald