Today is the last chance that Bermuda's players will get to stake a place in the side to take on Namibia in the Intercontinental Shield on Saturday.

For the coaches, the second practice match against Tuks Cricket Club gives them an opportunity to try and figure out how six goes into three, or four.

By and large the batting should take care of itself, although depending on the balance of the side there may be questions as to who opens, and if there is a place for Shannon Rayner. All these questions, however, really depend on what the coaches decide to do about the bowling available and whether they pick three or four of the six seamers available.

If they pick four, then the general expectation at home would be that they would pick Malachi Jones, Justin Pitcher, Stefan Kelly and Jordan DeSilva.

That, though, would be to ignore the merits of Jim West and Ryan Steede, who provide a different type of threat to the others, all of whom are strike bowlers. The ability to bowl long spells of a consistent nagging line and length is essential in the longer form of the game where wickets can come as much through pressure as a good ball.

West, in particular, who has something of the Angus Fraser about his trundling approach to the crease, proved on Sunday that he can deliver that nagging consistency.

Steede struggled slightly on Sunday in that regard, but his impressive innings of 37 highlighted the strength he could add to the tail, and if he bowls well today it may be that his greater talent with the bat wins him a spot in the team.

Given that spinner Rodney Trott will likely bowl a lot of overs, having two bowlers who could tie down the Namibian batsmen for long periods of time would appear to be more useful than having another strike bowler.

If, as expected, either West or Steede play, as it seems unlikely both will, then the choice comes down to two or three of the others.

The exact number will probably depend on the wicket on the morning of the first day, but if, as expected, it favours the batsmen, then picking Rayner would offer a longer batting line-up.

At the moment the two players most in danger of missing out from the match-day 12 are Jordan DeSilva and Justin Pitcher, who suffered for different reasons in the first practice match and will be hoping to make amends today.

While Pitcher didn't bowl as well as he can on Sunday, DeSilva was slightly unlucky. Playing for the opposition, a mix-up meant that the Somerset bowler didn't get his hands on the ball until the 32nd over of Bermuda's innings.

By that time, of course, the ball was a soft egg, having been battered around by centurion Stephen Outerbridge for the majority of those overs. But DeSilva also let the situation get to him, and pitched too short too often, allowing Outerbridge to hook him away for a succession of boundaries.

Even though the bowling selection is likely to provide the coaches with their greatest headache, the batting also raises some interesting questions.

Head coach David Moore has already outlined his desire for a measured approach to the batting, something that has not necessarily been Bermuda's strongest suit in recent years.

Openers Fiqre Crockwell and Chris Foggo both like to get off to quick starts, and both have a tendency to give chances early on in their innings. The selectors might feel that promoting the slightly steadier Jekon Edness up the order, could give them more stability.

Splitting the pair, and including Shannon Rayner, would give Bermuda strong batting down to eight, with the explosive nature of Rayner and Foggo's batting something that could take an innings away from Namibia.

It should also be remembered that with the two sides both desperate to make up ground in the Intercontinental Shield, first innings points will be vital.

The beauty about the whole situation for the selectors is having the problems they do, all the players are pushing for a spot, and all can make an impact. Today will go a long way to making up the selectors' minds.

Possible Bermuda team: D Hemp, S Outerbridge, J Edness, F Crockwell, I Romaine, R Trott, C Foggo, S Rayner, M Jones, S Kelly, J West or R Steede.