Central Stag paceman Seth Rance will be wearing the wicketkeeping gloves for Greytown when they meet Red Star in Cricket Wairarapa's Bidwell Cup grand final at Queen Elizabeth Park oval in Masterton tomorrow and Sunday.
A shoulder injury suffered early in his opening bowling spell for Wairarapa in their Hawke Cup challenge game with Hamilton in Hamilton a fortnight ago means Rance won't be able to bowl this weekend and with Greytown keeper Mark Childs out with a broken finger he will take up that role instead.
For Rance it will be the return to a position in which he repped for Wairarapa in his age-group days and he doesn't foresee any problems with it.
"I actually enjoy keeping so there shouldn't be too many worries, and not too many byes either I hope," he said.
While Rance's absence from their bowling line-up is a blow for Greytown they will still field a powerful attack, especially in the medium pace department where Daniel Haxton, Jake Smith, Ben Foster and Blake Lyford give them plenty of depth. And they are well served in the batting, too, with Tim Lucas, Paul Lyttle, Jackson Kibblewhite and the hard-hitting Rance likely to lead the way there.