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Minors: I'd play if picked

Dean Minors hasn't ruled out playing Cup Match this year and dreams of being out in the middle once more alongside Clay Smith.The two veterans have been in sparkling form for St George's in the Premier Division this season, and both got hundreds against Southampton Rangers last weekend.Smith though has said he would not consider a comeback, while it had been assumed that Minors had retired and would be off Island when the Classic was being played.However, the Bermuda wicketkeeper has now said he never officially retired and would change his plans if the selectors decided they wanted to include him in the side.“I don't know to be honest,” said Minors. “I have never officially retired from it, so anything can happen. The one thing I love to do is entertain the crowd.“A dream would be to bat with Clay Smith in Cup Match chasing a huge total. The crowd would surely get their money's worth.”Minors has enjoyed something of an Indian summer so far this season, scoring two centuries and making his way back into the Bermuda team for next week's ICC Americas Division One Tournament in Florida.After feeling that his cricket career might be coming to an end, Minors is now enjoying the game more than ever, and credits Smith with giving him his new lease of life.“Honestly, I just felt that my time had come and gone,” said Minors. “Don't get me wrong, I love cricket, also, playing now Clay has given me the green light and freedom to relax and beat the ball, it's something I love to do.“Being back on the international scene is another challenge I am looking forward to.”The enjoyment Minors is feeling is evident in his game, as two centuries, a brutal century against then unbeaten Willow Cuts to carry the side to victory as well as a hundred against Rangers, and a number of game saving partnerships with Smith prove.Chasing 281 runs for victory against Cuts, St. George's were in a fight for their lives at 179 for six after the dismissal of Troy Hall, with Clay Smith coming to crease to join Minors.The pair put on 102 for the seventh wicket to guide the side to victory, with Minors unbeaten on 102 and Smith not out on 53.Only this past weekendMinors treated Rangers' bowlers with disdain, slamming 14 fours and six sixes while facing just 57 balls with a more subdued but just as skillful Smith stroking 11 fours and four sixes during his 90-ball stay at the crease.Minors ended with 106, while Smith was unbeaten on 101, form that would suggest either would be ready for the Classic considering the dearth of bowling available to Somerset skipper Jekon Edness.However, Minors also sounded a note of caution about St George's hopes for the rest of the season, and suggested that the good form wouldn't last forever“Well its a long season as you know,” he said. “I don't know how much gas is in the tank with the older players in the team such as Troy (Hall), Richard (Todd), Clay and myself.“I believe and have faith the younger players will take over for the rest of the season as Clay and I are playing on half a tank of gas.”