Bermuda's best cricketers are being invited to take part in a series of 'All-Star' matches in October.

The Bermuda Cricket Board, aware of the fact that the Island's international fixtures are few and far between, are planning the event as part of the preparations for the World Cup qualifiers next April.

While the Board will not comment publicly, sources say national head coach David Moore has indentified more than 40 players who he would like to be involved in the matches, and who could potentially make the national team.

Players such as Jason Anderson, Chris Douglas, and Stephen Outerbridge have been linked to the plan, while St George's duo Mishael Paynter and Ryan Steede are also believed to have been mentioned.

The matches, consisting of a possible four teams, would be played over two weekends in October, and would take place at the National Sports Centre, something insiders called 'essential' to the plan.

Using the NSC would expose more players to a larger ground, and improve their awareness of how to perform on international sized grounds, an ability that was sorely lacking in the ICC Americas tournament earlier this summer.

As well as taking the qualifiers into consideration, the other driving force behind the plan is the gap between domestic and international cricket, which was so brutally exposed in Bermuda's performances against UAE in July.

Sources inside the BCB say the less than impressive cricket played week in, week out, in the Premier and First Divisions this season has highlighted the need to have the better players in Bermuda playing against each other more often.

And the hope is that these matches would see these players tested in a higher standard of cricket.

With the BCB desperate to find someway to bridge the divide, the hope is that these games will identify the players who are good enough to take the next step by exposing them to sides with 11 good players, rather than the usual four or five good players a side in the Premier Division.

And with a working party currently looking at the restructuring of Bermuda cricket, the possibility that this could become a regular fixture in the cricket season is likely to be discussed. Especially if it proves successful.

n The BCB will try to kick start women's cricket once again this weekend when the next round of matches of the new Super Six League are due to take place, writes Derek deChabert.

A first round of matches were supposed to be held last weekend at Shelly Bay, but only two of the four sides due to play showed up, and they weren't scheduled to play each other.

The league will be followed by the Women's Super Six Tournament. Unlike the men's league, teams will consist of six players, with each game consisting of a maximum of six overs to be bowled by each side.

No player will be able to bowl more than two overs, and wides and no-balls will count as two runs. If five wickets fall before six overs are completed, the last remaining batsman will continuewith the sixth batsman acting as runner. The not out batsman will always take strike, and the innings will be complete when the sixth wicket falls