Kamau Leverock’s return home for Cup Match has put an interesting twist on things at Somerset before the holders’ final trial match tomorrow.

The retirement of Janeiro Tucker and Jacobi Robinson have left two spots up for grabs, with Dion Stovell and Joshua Gilbert the likely replacements.

A third change could also be made with Leverock, who attends the Cardiff MCC University in Wales, pushing for his first start since 2013.

“Over the last few years things in Somerset have been pretty straight forward from a selection point of view, but I think this year is going to be a little bit interesting,” Jeff Richardson, the Somerset coach, said.

“Kamau is trying to make the team in the right fashion, he was at training last night and will train tonight. Then he will be selected for the final trial match and if he performs well he throws his hat into the selection process.

“I look at it as an embarrassment of riches, I consider my team to be strong even without Kamau. The options I have to come in and replace Janeiro and Jacobi are just as strong.

“It’s almost a like for like, but what it does as well is strengthen the batting even more. That’s going to be a bit of a problem for St George’s because they have to bowl us out twice. You could see Malachi Jones batting at number nine or ten!”

Off spinner Gilbert, who made his debut in 2009, is developing into a useful batsman. He bats at No 4 in Somerset’s Premier Division team.

“I’ve always considered Joshua to be a very solid batsman and one of the things I said to him is, ‘You need to be a little better, you’ve got the right technique, you’re batting at No 4 and you’re not doing yourself justice in the way you’ve been getting out’.”

Somerset had a large turnout in training on Tuesday with batsman Alex Dore of Southampton Rangers one of the newcomers pushing for a spot, along with bowlers Kamal Bashir and Micah Simons.

“That’s been one of my challenges, keeping the intensity of training at a certain level with the number of players we have,” Richardson said. “That’s why you saw ‘Coe’ Trott there, Janeiro and Mark Trott assisting.

“Janeiro is lending his experience and has been a part of my drills over the last few years. I’ve also had Dexter Basden helping out because, quite frankly, I can’t do it by myself.

The schedule has not allowed Somerset to schedule any trial matches so tomorrow’s will be their first this season.

“The dates that are available make it almost impossible to have a quality trial match in trying to get 22 players there,” Richardson said.

“I’d rather go with the training sessions and have those as intense as possible. Gone are the days when somebody has shown up in the final trial and done something to change the selectors’ minds.

“I would love to see somebody who isn’t on the radar go out there and do something fantastic and make our jobs even more difficult.

“The last time I recall something like that taking place was the battle between Deunte Darrell and Stephen Outerbridge for a Cup Match spot [2014]. The two of them ended up batting together and both showed a lot of good sportsmanship in rotating the strike and helping each other out.

“Deunte ended up winning out that year; he batted really well and earned his spot in Cup Match.”