An administrative oversight denied Somerset Cricket Club all rounder Jacobi Robinson the chance to play against former club Western Stars last weekend.

The in-form Robinson was omitted from Somerset?s line up for their crucial clash with Stars after his name was mistakenly excluded from the official team sheet.

Robinson, who has been invited to play for Scottish club Strathmore Cricket Club this summer, celebrated his return to Somerset on April 22 in style following a one-year playing stint at Stars by scoring an unbeaten 88 runs, taking five wickets and cupping two catches in a losing cause against Social Club at Somerset Cricket Club.

?It was an oversight and could have been costly, yes. There are no words to describe what happened. Even though we decided and sat down and looked at the team sheet, we just couldn?t put our finger on the oversight at the time. But it was big oversight and unfortunate it had to occur against a big team like Western Stars,? stated Somerset coach Winston Reid.

?But this is not something we are going to dwell on, and at the end of the day we have to put it behind us. There is still a long season ahead of us and our aim is to play good cricket and be successful. And we still have a lot of time to recover.

?I take responsibility for what happened; the buck stops here with me. And we are going to make sure nothing like that ever happens again.?

Robinson, currently undergoing last-minute preparations to travel to the UK, admitted he was disappointed to have been denied an opportunity to build on his early season success.

He said: ?It was very disappointing because I was looking forward to playing against my old team and continuing my good early season form with the ball and bat.?

After debuting for Somerset in the 2004 Cup Match classic at Somerset Cricket Club, Robinson moved to Stars where his father, Wayne Richardson, and uncle Jeff Richardson spent their entire cricket careers at, winning multiple titles under skippers Randy Butler and Arnold Manders.

Wayne, an orthodox left -arm spinner and Jeff, a hard-hitting middle-order batsman, also represented Somerset in Cup Match towards the end of their playing careers.

Robinson is also the grandson of former Social Club cricketer Eardley Richardson.

The Somerset all rounder, who successfully completed cricket studies in South Africa in 2004, was the recipient of the Safe Hands Award for taking a spectacular grab to dismiss Charlie Marshall during last summer?s Cup Match classic at Wellington Oval.

?I was looking forward to trying to help my team beat Western Stars, but unfortunately I was left out of the team by mistake,? Robinson added.?It?s unfortunate . . . but things like that do happen. I was a bit upset, but I decided to stay around and support my team.?

And despite losing their opening two fixtures of the season, Robinson is confident Somerset?s fortunes will eventually take a turn for the better.

?Our team has pretty much been together for a long time now,? he said. ?Therefore, the morale has always been there. And even though we have lost out first two matches of the season, we are prepared to dig a bit deeper and take our cricket a bit more serious.

?This is the only way we are going to survive playing top flight cricket.?