bowler Eugene Foggo having suffered a thigh strain during training on Monday evening, opening the door for a specialist wicketkeeper to be drafted into the team.

If Foggo should be ruled out, the replacement will be his namesake who was omitted from the team but named as reserve -- Lewis Foggo. A decison could be made later today on Eugene Foggo's availability, while Jermaine Outerbridge of Bailey's Bay has also been asked to stand by as a third reserve. He trained with the team last night.

The decision by the selectors not to choose a specialist wicketkeeper caused uproar around the club on Saturday night as both Foggo and Minors were overlooked, leaving Glenn Smith, in only his second Cup Match, to keep wicket.

"I've been on the selection committee where things have gotten so hot you have to take a recess,'' said club president Mansfield Smith who filled in on the committee because of the illness of Gladwin Peniston. Smith was only required to vote once, to break a tie.

"To go into the selection process with only four people could be disastrous.

I was acting mostly in the capacity of advisor and especially to break any ties.'' "I thought the process of this selection was done in a very cordial way compared to some selection committees I've been on,'' Smith added. "It was handled very sensibly.'' The last time a non-specialist wicketkeeper was named by St. George's in Cup Match was in 1987 when Anthony Trott returned to the team after 12 years to fill in for Allan Douglas and Minors who were both overseas.

Smith acknowledged that the wicketkeeper was a vital member of any team, and referred to Clarence Parfitt and Dennis Wainwright to make his point. "I thought `Bussy' (Lewis Foggo) had done a good job as wicketkeeper and his batting was very good this year,'' said Smith. "On the whole he's been very consistent and I thought he deserved the chance.'' Wendell Smith is set to make history sometime on the first day when he tries for the seven runs needed to become the first player to score 1,000 runs in Cup Match.

Smith is the longest serving player in Cup Match, having made his debut in 1976. He has missed the last two years because of injury and unavailability.

This year marks the first time that Cup Match will be "year-about'', with the classic switching back to Somerset next year regardless of the result.