St George’s and Somerset head into battle in the Premier Division Knockout Cup final at Wellington Oval tomorrow (10.30am) with a chance to win the last piece of silverware.

With Southampton Rangers having dominated the domestic scene before they were eliminated from the Knockout by Somerset through the flip of a coin, St George’s coach Clay Smith is hoping to use home advantage to maintain his team’s record of winning at least a trophy every season.

“We had a very good session and the players are focused,” Smith told The Royal Gazette.

“We are looking to continue our winning streak. We’ve been winning a trophy almost every season for the last five to six years, so we’re just looking to keep that streak going.

“Somerset is a good team with good players in there. We have to show them the respect, but we’re coming there with one thing in mind, just to be victorious.

“Winning this trophy would be a way of showing that our programme is successful. We pride ourselves in having a good programme, every time you win something or be successful, you want to reap your rewards.

“It would be just a reward for all the hard work that we put in throughout this whole season. We’ve been training since March, so this will be a good way to finish the season off and lay a foundation for next season.

Smith, whose side won the coin toss against Warwick last Sunday after bad weather stopped their match from going ahead, will be without pace bowler Zeko Burgess.

“We’re pretty much at full strength with the exception of Zeko Burgess, who is off island,” the St George’s coach said.

“Obviously, he’ll be a big miss but that’s the good part about having a big squad, it means somebody else has to step in and do the job.

“We had a look at some guys who can open the bowling at our last training session. I’m sure whoever we pick in Zeko’s place is coming in to do an adequate and respectable job.”

In 2023, the final between Bailey’s Bay and Cleveland County was voided after both teams refused to take part in a coin toss to decide the outcome of the game.

Rain had prevented Cleveland from chasing the target set by Bay, with competition rules stating how the match should have concluded.

“That’s Mother Nature and there’s nothing we could do about it,” Smith added.

“It’s not the way we wanted to win and we hope that the match can be played this weekend. That’s how we’ll prefer to win the game.

“We really wanted to play against Southampton Rangers, but that’s not the case so we have to take what’s given to us. Everything happens for a reason and we just have to play this match.”

Janeiro Tucker, the Somerset coach, did not wish to comment ahead of the match, leaving it to his players to execute tomorrow.

In the First Division, two teams face the possibility of playing on consecutive days with the final at White Hill Field tomorrow.

Cleveland and PHC are squaring off in the semi-finals at Wellington Oval today, with the winner of that match to play Flatts or Somerset Bridge, who meet in the other last four encounter at White Hill.