Cricket fans worried that Cup Match could be a wash-out were given a ray of hope last night ¿ the weather may not be as bad as the forecasts predict.

Although the Bermuda Weather Service was gloomily predicting cloud and showers for tomorrow and Friday, forecaster Adam Moyer said he was feeling more positive as time goes on.

"For Friday I'm feeling a bit more optimistic than the forecast shows.

"Right now it's a mix of sun and cloud but the last computer model runs have been tending towards a nicer day for Friday," he said.

According to Mark Trott, chairman of the selection committee for challengers Somerset, the weather would have to be very bad indeed to put a dampener on the action at St. George's.

"As far back as I can remember the game goes on.

"If we have to stop we have to stop it but we have two days and it's a case of whether we will get the two innings played," he said. "If we can't play on Thursday we will come back on Friday.

"Unless we could not get out on the field at all we would play...I've not been involved in my lifetime where it's been completely rained out both days with terrible weather."