with their first visit to the east end for games against St. George's today and the Bermuda team tomorrow.

Unlike their Cup Match rivals a week ago, St. George's have named a strong side to take on the Jamaicans as they become the fifth team to try to beat the visitors since the tour began.

Nine players who represented St. George's in Cup Match this year have been included, the only exceptions being Dexter Smith and Glenn Smith, both of whom are off the Island. Their places are taken by Western Stars pair Arnold Manders and Cleon Scotland.

Two thirds of the way through the tour some of the Island's top players are still to play against the Jamaicans, including eight members of the St.

George's team and three in the Bermuda team which takes on the visitors tomorrow at St. David's.

Unquestionably this weekend's teams are the strongest the Jamaicans will come up against, but whether they have what it takes to beat them is another matter. So far the local Under-23s have come closest, losing by 40 runs on Tuesday at Southampton Oval.

Their score of 162 remains the biggest total posted by a local side -- the next highest being Western Stars' 158 on Thursday -- while the best bowling remains Kameron Fox's six for 39 for the Under-23s which earned him a spot in the Bermuda squad of 14 for tomorrow's game on his home ground. Whether he plays is still uncertain, as there are five specialist spinners in the squad with at least two likely to be left out.

The local batsmen have had their problems with the Jamaica spinners, Brian Murphy, Marlon Gibbs and captain Delroy Morgan. They each took three wickets in Thursday's win over Western Stars and could enjoy further success at Wellington Oval today on a wicket which traditionally favours slow bowling. In the absence of Dexter Smith, Arnold Manders or Eugene Foggo will be asked to open the St. George's batting today alongside Wendell Smith while Ricky Hill will face the new ball tomorrow with Smith in what looks -- on paper at least -- a strong Bermuda batting line-up.

The Jamaicans' bowling success has come from their slow bowlers with Brian Murphy following up his two for 15 against Somerset in the first match with three each against the BCBC President's XI and Western Stars. He has played every match so far, and could be due for a rest, possibly against St. George's before returning to meet the Bermuda team tomorrow.

Off-spinner Delroy Morgan, the captain, took three wickets in his last outing as did Marlon Gibbs. The team's seam bowlers have enjoyed little success by comparison, with none of their main strike bowlers taking more than two wickets in a match.

The two biggest threats in the batting department are Robert Samuels, who was here a couple of years ago with the West Indies A team and is on the verge of Test selection, and teenager Wavell Hinds who will travel with the West Indies youth team to Pakistan later this month.

Samuels has had knocks of 47, 42 and 53 in his three matches while Hinds, who has played in every match, followed up a duck against Somerset with scores of 35, 68 and 65, showing the promise that could carry him to greater heights.

Yet to show their potential are West Indies youth team captain Gareth Breese and Wayne Cuff, although both have had only two chances at the crease.

Both weekend matches start at 11 a.m. and are 50 overs per side.

GARETH BREESE -- The Jamaica and West Indies youth captain is hoping to get amongst the runs this weekend.