Jamaica's opener John Campbell plays a shot on the offside during Wednesday's final day of the TCL Group WICB U-19 match against Guyana at Sabina Park. Campbell made 42 not out as Jamaica romped to victory by nine wickets. - Ian Allen

Jamaica could make at least one change to their starting line-up heading into today's start of their all-important three-day TCL Group WICB U-19 Cup clash against joint leaders the Leeward Islands at Melbourne Oval.

Ramon Senior, Excelsior High's stylish middle-order batsman, could make way for Manchester High's Courtnay Allen who, after disappointing returns of 11 and nine in the team's first match against Trinidad and Tobago, was dropped for the Guyana match, which ended earlier this week. Jamaica won the match outright by nine wickets.

The right handed Senior, who is a former West Indies' Under-15 representative, has only managed to score 17 in the championship thus far, and apart from being the least successful of the Jamaican batsmen, has looked out of sorts in all three innings.

This could therefore leave the Jamaican coaching staff, headed by André Coley, with no other alternative but to give the left-handed Allen another chance of proving his worth.

Jamaica, who surprisingly lost their opening match to Trinidad and Tobago by an innings and 60 runs, are fourth in the six-team round-robin championship with 12 points, 12 behind the Leewards and Trinidad and Tobago.

positive result

This means that if they are to remain in serious contention for the Cup, they need to register a positive result against the Leewards, a task which stand-in captain, St Elizabeth Technical's Paul Palmer Jr, believes is quite possible.

"We have been improving day by day and come the Leewards game we hope to put in a clinical performance, as we did against Guyana," Palmer said.

Defending champions Barbados, who were defeated by the Leewards after claiming first innings, are third in the standings on 16 points, and will play Trinidad and Tobago at Up Park Camp, while the Windward Islands (0) and Guyana (4) will do battle at Sabina Park in the round's other matches.