Jamaica's national team will continue to take their six-match tour of Bermuda seriously, despite the fact they made short work of their first two opponents over the weekend.

The Jamaicans sent their opponents into bat on each occasion after winning the toss, but that should not be seen as treating the local teams lightly, insisted manager George Sterling.

"The pitch was slow and with uneven bounce and that made it difficult for both teams,'' said Sterling. "On Saturday it was unusual in terms of cricket.

We had winds blowing at times but I was happy to see the chaps adapt pretty quickly.'' The Jamaicans take a 2-0 record to Southampton Oval today (11.00) for their match against the Bermuda Under-23 team which is being captained by Lionel Cann. About half of Cann's team have already played against the tourists, with Clay Smith's 41 on Sunday being the top score so far by a Bermuda batsman.

Locals are anxious to see the Jamaicans bat first and no doubt the Jamaican batsmen are also keen to have good knocks, especially with chairman of the selectors Chester Watson here to assess the players' performances.

"We did that (sent opposition in) because the pitch was a bit damp on both occasions and we thought that the longer we played the drier it would become,'' explained Sterling.

"We were fortunate to win the toss both times and we do have the option, but I'm sure once the conditions are favourable and we win the toss we will bat.'' Only a small crowd braved the stormy conditions on Saturday to watch the opening match against Somerset's Cup Match XI, though the crowd was bigger on Sunday when the tourists won for the second time by an eight wicket margin, against a BCBC President's XI.

It appears the Jamaicans will receive their biggest test in their final three matches when they take on league champions Western Stars on Thursday, the St.

George's Cup Match XI on Saturday and Bermuda on Sunday.

"We have not been able to expose too many of our batsmen,'' a disappointed Sterling said. "We won by eight wickets yesterday (Saturday) and a similiar margin today (Sunday) so that means that only four batsmen got to the crease.

"What we tried to do is give a couple of chaps who didn't bat on Saturday a chance to bat (Sunday). What we would hope to do as the tour progresses is assure that all the chaps have a knock at some stage, shift the batting order a bit especially in the matches prior to facing the Bermuda XI.

"Our main focus here is to give the chaps -- we have a pretty young bunch -- a feel of what it is like to play away from home. There are four who will be going to Pakistan with the West Indies youth team later this month so this is an opportunity to sharpen them up a bit.'' The plan of the Jamaicans is to give each of the 14 players three or four games here. They are expected to field most of their six teenagers today, resting a couple of the more senior players.

Jamaica have produced some great fast bowlers over the years, but so far it has been their spin bowlers who have caused most problems to the Bermuda batsmen. Wrist spinner Brian Murphy took two wickets in each of the first two matches, giving up just 27 runs in 20 overs.

"We have a struck a good relationship, especially with Ed Bailey,'' added Sterling. "The Bermuda team was down last year in preparation for the World Cup.

"We would hope that our visit here would help generate more interest in cricket, to those who are playing and for the administrators. I think it is fair to Bermuda, too, that we play serious cricket.'' Bermuda Under-23 team: Lionel Cann, Del Hollis, Kwame Tucker, Hasan Durham, Clay Smith, Corey Hill, Jermaine Outerbridge, Andre Smith, Gary Williams, Winston Trott, Ryan Steede, Reid Jones, Cleon Scotland.