Further alterations to the structure of domestic league cricket are about to be approved by Bermuda Cricket Board, can reveal.

On the advice of national coach Gus Logie, the 2006 season will see the two-day leagues split into four divisions while the Combined Knockout Cup looks set to be scrapped to make way for double the number of limited over league games.

As it stands the Two-Day competition has only two divisions with eight teams in each, while in the limited over divisions clubs play a total of only seven games a season.

From May this year, however, the new structure looks set to be amended as follows:

l: Four divisions of four teams each based on the final league standings of the 2005 season.

Teams will play each other only once, meaning there will be only three games in this competition per season.

The Two-Day competition will start and finish in May, with June, July, August and September set aside solely for limited over cricket. The top-placed team in the second, third and fourth divisions will achieve promotion while the bottom-placed team will be relegated.

The team batting first will be restricted to 60 overs only. The winners of each division will receive prize money either from a sponsor or the BCB. This money will be staggered according to the division: the First Division winner will receive $2,500, the second $2,000, the third $1,500 and the fourth $1,000. In addition, the Man of the Match in each game will receive a cash prize.

lTeams in both the Premier and First Divisions will play a total of 14 matches per season ? as opposed to last year?s seven ? on a home and away basis. The required room will be made in the schedule by scrapping the Combined Knockout Cup. The Premier Division and First Division Knockout Cups will remain in place.

Two-day cricket was introduced in 2003 on the back of recommendations from the International Cricket Council, who suggested that Bermudian cricketers had to play the longer form of the game on a regular basis if standards were to be improved across the board.

The move was also deemed necessary given the Island?s involvement in the Intercontinental Cup ? formerly a three-day but now a four-day competition between all non-Test playing nations.

And while the current structure of the league has its strengths, the BCB have become concerned that the clubs are not taking the competition seriously ? often giving the majority of their senior players the weekend off and blooding juniors.

BCB secretary Marc Wetherhill said yesterday that while the governing body did not want to discourage clubs from giving their younger players opportunities to shine in any competition, a balance had to be struck to ensure the league remained competitive and the standard of cricket was high.

Added to this, coach Logie has made it clear that the national sides for the Intercontinental Cup will be selected partly on the basis of performances in the two-day leagues.

He will also expect all contracted national team players to take part.