Decisions! Decisions! Decisions! Not many would want to be in the position Colin Smith today finds himself in, but then that's why he's the president.

This evening Smith, Somerset Cricket Club's head honcho and acting chief selector for the Cup Match team, will announce 11 players he hopes can win back the cup for the west end club.

Smith, who was thrust into the position following the recent resignation of Bernard Brangman as chairman of selectors, nevertheless, has settled nicely into the role -- although some have questioned his cricketing knowledge as he has never played the game at a significant level.

"I'm comfortable, it's something that I have to do and have taken the responsibility to do, as I am ex-officio to all committees,'' said Smith, who will preside over his second Cup Match classic. "So I've taken up the role of the chairmanship at the moment.

"We're looking for a winning team, so the selection process is going to have to carry the players that, basically, are going to win Cup Match.'' Yet, rather than possess the simple ability to bat or bowl and play well in the field, Smith noted his desire to have involved, players who will uphold a high standard of integrity.

"I'm looking for dedication, commitment, those type of things are basically what I look for, along with the player's ability,'' said Smith.

"I just don't expect to send a player out there to play just because he's one of Bermuda's better players if he doesn't attend training sessions and does only what he likes. With me as a selector I don't tolerate that, I focus more on the dedication and commitment a player puts into it along with the ability.'' Captain Albert Steede is certainly one held in such high regard, but who will Smith and his selection committee fill in around him? Smith was reluctant to throw out names, but two changes appear certain, with front-line spin bowler Del Hollis off the Island and opener Curtis Jackson not showing the form that garnered him a spot as a colt a year ago. There is also the matter of allrounder Richard Basden, still fighting to regain full fitness after suffering a wrist injury that has had him out of action for some two months.

Kwame Tucker could also find himself on the outside looking in, as he has been restricted in recent weeks by a back ailment, and with the runs drying up a reprieve may hinge on his ability to keep.

Possible replacements would appear to be Somerset club player Leon Place, a solid middle order batsman and useful medium pacer who could replace Hollis, while Gladwin Edness could sneak in ahead of Tucker as one who can keep and score runs quickly.

More likely though is a recall of Corey Hill as a potential match winner with the ball and one who can also produce occasional fireworks with the bat. Hill missed last year's match due to his banishment from the grounds at Wellington Oval over a soccer incident.

All of the aforementioned are included in today's final trial (10.00 a.m.), which will offer much food for thought.

"We have to be efficient in all three areas,''said Smith. "We have to bowl them out in two days, so we're going to have good selection of bowlers and, likewise, we're going to need to score runs and have run-getters that can bat for us.

"And, of course, you can't be sloppy in the field, because if you are the opposition will get runs all over the place.'' However, key in the eyes of the chairman was that St. George's be placed on the defensive from the outset.

"The coach, captain, myself and the selection committee have discussed these types of things. We have to go out and put them on the back foot, so that we can come out being aggressive...do more than just take the game to them, make them have to bring their game to us.'' And he paid little credence to talk of the east enders carrying a weak team in the absence of players taking part in St. David's' tour of England, saying: "I don't believe in there being anything such as weak teams. People may consider them to be that, but I don't do that. I just take the game as it comes and we must understand that we must put our best foot out, give 110 percent, and whichever team is the best on that day will be the best on that day.'' Trial teams: President's XI: Albert Steede, Keith Wainwright, Kwame Tucker, Janeiro Tucker, Richard Basden, Dwayne Leverock, Gladwin Edness, Dennis Pilgrim, Wendell White, Stephen Outerbridge, Jo-Mar Durham. Reserve: Jacobi Robinson.

Vice-president's XI: Dexter Basden, Curtis Jackson, Leon Place, Ricky Brangman, Irving Romaine, Shaun Roberts, Cordell Gilbert, Hassan Durham, Corey Hill, Justin Robinson, Francis Richardson. Reserve: Eugene Johnston.