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Haydn Gill25-Nov-2001Barbados’ second-string cricketers might get an unexpectedchance to go on tour during next season’s Busta Series.Conscious that reserves are often asked to come into thenational team during mid-season without any match practice,the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) is consideringpicking a Barbados A team that will play competitive matcheswhile the first-class championship is in progress.Chairman of selectors Richard Prof Edwards said yesterdayhis panel was working with the BCA’s Cricket DevelopmentCommittee in an effort to put things in place.We are looking at putting together a squad of those who havenot made the Barbados side to have them continue practisingand then have some matches around the island at variousvenues to keep them sharp and keep them interested, he said.We are also looking at the possibility of getting a shorttour to Trinidad or a neighbouring island.Such tours, however, would depend of the availability offunds.Edwards said that should the tour materialise, the reserveside would likely to be made up of players under the age of23.All of this has to be ratified. We haven’t done anything assuch yet, he said.The Cricket Development Committee will have an input inthis. This is a part of their programme. These are just somebroad lines of what we are looking at.It is hoped that the quality of the opposition would be suchthat it would give the players a chance to sharpen theirskills in the event that they are required to play forBarbados during the two-month first-class competitionstarting on January 25.We have a group of 40 people. We have others who are notgetting any more [trial] matches, Edwards said. We want tokeep them busy and keep them playing and interested.In the past, it was often evident that once the Barbadosteam was selected for the first match of the season, thevast majority of whose who were not picked hardly attendedfurther training sessions.Following the completion of the third trial match yesterday,there will be a two-week break from competitive actionbefore a BCA XI opposes a Barbados Cricket League XI atKensington Oval from December 7 to 10.The fourth and final trial match will be played fromDecember 14 to 17 and the Barbados team picked shortlyafter.