Winston “Coe” Trott is relishing the opportunity to give something back to Cup Match.

The former Devonshire Recreation Club and Bermuda left-arm swing bowler, who claimed 36 wickets at an average of 22.39 in 13 Cup Match appearances for Somerset, has been sharing his experience with the champions bowlers and is encouraged by their potential.

“Mike Corday [the Somerset selection chairman] asked me whether I would come and have a look at the guys,” Trott said. “He wanted me to check a few guys out and give them helpful advice and said hopefully it will help perk a few guys up.

“I got a lot of information from different people and grouped it all together to make myself the bowler I was. If anyone wants advice from me then it’s just a matter of asking.”

Included in Somerset’s attack are seam bowlers Malachi Jones, Greg Maybury and Kamau Leverock, who has been recalled.

“I see a lot of potential,” Trott added. “I don’t know how much help the young guys are getting today.

“But I know to be a good bowler you need a lot of practice to be able to control the ball and put it in the right places.

“Practising line and length is very important and movement comes after that. You want to be able to keep it on the line you picked and after that make your adjustments.

“Everybody will get some type of movement and you make it work for you.”

The key to Trott’s success was his deadly accuracy, prodigious swing and fierce determination — the same qualities he hopes to instil in Somerset’s present crop of bowlers.

“For Cup Match you need to operate within a good combination of bowlers that can apply pressure for as long as possible,” he said. “The game is played over two long days and you need to have the strongest combination that you can carry.”

Trott made his Cup Match debut for Somerset in 1968 and won the cup in 1979 and 1981 under captains Randy Horton and Joe Bailey.

“Winning the cup in 1979 after 20 years was one of the proudest moments of my Cup Match career,” he said.

Trott retired in 1983 along with Devonshire team-mate Gladstone “Sad” Brown after Somerset lost to St George’s at Somerset Cricket Club.

“Just making Cup Match was important because I spent a lot of time in Somerset with family members as a kid, so when I got a chance to play it was just as special for my family as it was for me,” Trott said.