Mt Barker and Manypeaks chase T20 title in rescheduled decider on Sunday

Manypeaks’ hopes of upsetting Mt Barker in Sunday’s Albany and Districts Cricket Association Twenty20 final will be bolstered by the return of damaging opener Dan Rees. The Bulls’ only loss this season in any format came in round 11 against Manypeaks in their T20 clash. Peaks and Bulls progressed to the final after winning three of their four T20 matches to be the top two teams. The pair were set to play the decider on January 10 but the game was washed out and has been rescheduled for this Sunday. Rees will be a major inclusion for Peaks, who are in terrific form, having won their past five matches across both T20 and 50-over formats. In his first season with Peaks, Rees is averaging 64 with the bat from six matches and comes back into the team after playing a second-grade match for Claremont Nedlands last weekend. Rees was the leading run scorer at the recent A-section country week competition and will join a in-form batting line-up that contains Regan Poett, Nathan Poole and Paul Donaldson. Peaks captain Aran Tilbury said his side would need to be at their best to down the Bulls. “Barker are the team to beat and we will go from there, it would be nice to take home success on Sunday,” he said. “It’s definitely important that we keep building momentum towards the finals and obviously our main focus is winning on Saturday and hopefully we can take that into Sunday. “I think we will have to take early wickets and bat deep if we are to beat them “We will be up against it, they’re a very good team.” The Bulls are hot A-grade premiership favourites and boast a talented first XI. Nathan Crudeli and Neil Ferreira are the two leading run scorers in the A-grade competition and are part of the formidable Bulls side. Crudeli also has 19 wickets while spinner Paul Osborne and captain Jeremy Wood are key parts of the Bulls bowling attack. The two grand final opponents will clash in a 50-over fixture in round 16 of the A-grade competition on Saturday before facing off in the T20 decider at Turf North on Sunday. The T20 grand final will start at 3.30pm. Peaks juniors Charlie Walters and Jack Stephens will play under-17s before the final, that match has been brought forward to start at 8.30am.