CHRIS Panter is back in nPower Village Cup action for Shipton-under-Wychwood on Sunday (2pm) after missing the Oxfordshire final with a neck injury.

And his consistent bowling could prove crucial if the home side are to defeat Avon and Somerset champions Timsbury in the last 32.

Shipton skipper Steve Bates said: "The further you go in the competition, you need more options.

"With Chris missing, we were probably one bowler short in the last round."

Timsbury reached the semi-finals in 2000 and Bates expects a tough battle as Shipton bid for a last 16 clash with Redmarley or Ynystawe.

He said: "Last year they beat Dumbleton, the Gloucestershire champions, and narrowly lost to the winners (Sully Centurions).

"At this stage everyone is going to be relatively the same standard and we'll have to be at our best."

Shipton (v Timsbury, home): Bates (capt), Lewis, Constable, Si Hole, P Hemming, Hartley, Duff, A Hemming, Panter, Miller, Brain.