Speculation is mounting that star cricketer Janeiro Tucker could come out of retirement for Cup Match.The Somerset all-rounder dropped a bombshell last month when he retired from all cricket after becoming disillusioned with declining playing standards.“Cricket is in a bad state,” he told The Royal Gazette in a previous interview. “The standard is not as sharp or the level it used to be which is not inspiring.”Tucker also took issue with the current state of umpiring.“The officiating is in a poor state,” he said. “Some umpires are doing good jobs but others are just ridiculous and that’s why players are getting fed up with cricket.”Tucker, who captained Bermuda to 2007 World Cup qualification, is currently serving a three game ban for bringing a June 24 Premier 50-over match between Southampton Rangers and Bailey’s Bay at Southampton Oval into disrepute.The former Somerset Cup Match skipper was found guilty of excessive appealing during the match, “showing dissent at an umpire’s decision, using language that is seriously obscene, seriously offensive or of a seriously insulting nature to another player, umpire or spectator and bringing the game into disrepute.”Tucker is eligible to resume playing cricket on July 22, thus paving the way for him to try out for Somerset’s Cup Match team should he reconsider his decision to retire.When contacted yesterday, Tucker kept his cards close to his chest with regards the summer classic.“Cup Match is three weeks away so it’s not an issue at the moment,” he said. “But if it happens, then it happens.”Tucker is the first Somerset batsman to score more than a 1,000 runs in Cup Match and the first to score a century at Wellington Oval.He is one of only two batsmen to have scored three centuries in Cup Match, with his blistering knock of 186 at Wellington Oval in 2001 surpassing the previous record of 173 not out achieved by St George’s’ Lloyd James at the same venue in 1962.Tucker (1,266) is just 91 runs shy of eclipsing Charlie Marshall’s (1,357) record for the most runs by a batsman in Cup Match history.With several training sessions remaining before the final trial match, Somerset CC president Alfred Maybury suggested that there was still a chance that Tucker could be considered for selection.“Everybody that comes training is seriously taken into consideration,” Maybury said.Tucker was spotted at Somerset Cricket Club earlier this week but did not train with the club’s Cup Match hopefuls.“I didn’t watch the whole training session, but I didn’t see him out there training so as far as I can see he’s retried from cricket,” Maybury said.Should Tucker decide to remain in retirement his omission will open the door for others to take his place in the challenger’s team.“Bermuda has a lot of talent so all it is an opportunity for someone else to come in and make their mark,” Maybury said.Maybury is confident that whichever team his selectors choose will be capable of dethroning St George’s as champions.“Everyone knows that we let the cat out of the bag last year,” he said. “But this year when we get the cat in the bag we will keep it there.”Charlotte Simons is the chairperson of Somerset’s selection committee that also includes Francis Richardson, John Tucker and coach/captain Jekon Edness.Assisting Edness with Cup Match preparations are Albert Steede, Jeff Richardson and Andre Manders.