illness, is in Bailey's Bay's team for their season opener with Hamilton Parish at Wellington Oval tomorrow.

Marshall, whose illness was first thought to be a minor heart attack but was later diagnosed as muscle spasms by doctors at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, was given the all clear on Thursday to resume his playing career.

"Yesterday I had the final stress test at the hospital and Dr. Shane Marshall said it was okay to play cricket again,'' said the Bermuda international batsman.

"They gave me a good workout on the treadmill. When I left John Hopkins Hospital Dr. Griffiths mentioned to me to take it easy for two to three weeks before resuming any activity and to take a stress test before I play any cricket.'' Marshall is now on a low-fat diet. His cholesterol level was 238, well over what it should have been for him -- 132.

Marshall, a keen fisherman, attributes that to his consumption of seafood.

"I'm not a big eater but it was what I ate which was high in cholesterol, shell fish and fried fish,'' he explained.

"I've met with dieticians both here and overseas and now I'm on a low cholesterol diet.

"What happened to me should make other sportsmen and young people be concerned about their health. I was always training and running hard and figured I felt good, why go to the doctor? I never used to go to the doctor.'' After being forced to watch the recent matches against Derbyshire, one of Marshall's main goals now is to regain his Bermuda spot for the two matches against Pakistan next month.

"It's great to be back, especially starting the season,'' Marshall said yesterday. "When the incident took place I never thought I would play cricket again. I'm feeling pretty strong now and ready to go.'' Bay, last season's limited overs champions, will start the season as one of the favourites for the league title which is held by Western Stars.

They have strengthened their ranks with the return of opening batsman Ricky Hill and attack bowler Terry Burgess, who open their season against their former team.

Noel Gibbons is soon to return to England but has been included in the Bay team for this weekend along with Clarkie Darrell who has returned from Western Stars. Glenn Smith and Marshall were Bay's top batsmen last season with 949 and 899 runs respectively.

With Hill gone Parish will be captained by Dennis Trott, a former Bay player.

They have the nucleus of last year's squad with Lee Raynor, Sr. joining them in a player-coach capacity.

Another team strengthened is former league champions St. George's who have allrounder Ricky Hodsoll and batsmen Anthony Trott returning to give the former league champions a more solid look.

Captain Wendell Smith, the top scorer in domestic cricket last season with 1188 runs is out for about three months with a knee injury and the team will be led by Graham Fox when they take on Cleveland tomorrow at Sea Breeze.

Devonshire Rec are expected to have new signings Jason Lewis, Mark Ray, John Ray and Bruce Perinchief in their squad for tomorrow's home match with Somerset Bridge. Donald Norford is off the island while Lloyd Morrison has work commitments and Leon Place is injured.

New St. David's captain James Pace is off the island so he'll miss his team's season opener with champions Western Stars. Delby Borden will lead the team in his absence with George Cannonier back to help fill the bowling void which has been caused by the injury to Dale Fox and the return to Cleveland of Cecil Pitcher and Del Hollis.

Hollis was to have been the St. David's vice captain this season. St. David's have also picked up former Police bowler Stephen Nurse.

Another interesting match will be at Somerset where Willow Cuts, last season's runners-up, take on Southampton Rangers. Cuts have picked up Gladwin Edness to boost their batting while Rangers have David Stoneham included in their team for Sunday in what is the nucleus of last year's team.

Somerset have Perry Maybury back as captain and he will get plenty of support from the experienced Winston Reid, Kevin Saunders and Roger Hunt.

New team PHC, who replace Nationals, make their debut at White Hill Field against a Flatts team that is again led by Rodney Woolridge and also includes former Cleveland spinner Gerald (Hose) Sims and former Social Club batsman Rudy Seaman. Maxwell Lawrence is also back in the team after a period of inactivity.

All matches start at noon with a minimum of 20 overs per side constituting a match. Two points will be awarded for a win and one point for a no result. In case of teams tied on points strike rate (total runs scored divided by total number of wickets lost) will determine positions.

Tomorrow's matches: Warwick v Somerset; YMSC v Police; Devonshire v Som.

Bridge, Cleveland v St. George's; Ham. Parish v Bailey's Bay; PHC v Flatts; St. David's v Western Stars; Willow Cuts v Southampton.

GOING HOME -- Anthony Trott has returned to boost the St. George's batting for the 1993 season. READY TO GO -- Charlie Marshall has been given clearance to play cricket again.