Jerome Taylor - file

Pacer Jerome Taylor is expected to be fit and ready for today's second of three trial games, to help select Jamaica's team for next month's Caribbean Twenty20 tournament, after a hamstring injury scare during yesterday's first game at Chedwin Park.

Competing in his second competitive match since aggravating a back injury during the ICC World Twenty20 in May, Taylor left the field after feeling a twinge in his hamstring, much to the dismay of those who were on hand and enjoying his gradual return to form.

"It is not a serious injury. What happened is that he felt his hamstring tighten up a bit, and based on our policy regarding the assessment of injuries, he left the field," said Gibbs Williams, the team's newly-appointed physical trainer.

"But he is quite fine now. In fact, he wanted to go back on the field, but we said no. He will, however, be involved in the second match."

It was a setback for Taylor, whose team Wavell Hinds XI eventually got the better of Tamar Lambert's XI, in a rather entertaining encounter.

good pace

He generated good pace and bounce and was beginning to look like his old self, consistently a handful for the batsmen who were facing him. However, as fate would have it, he was only able to end with figures of eight for zero in 1.5 overs.

The game eventually saw Hinds XI winning with two balls to spare.

Set 144 to win off their allotted 20 overs, the victors reached their target for the loss of five wickets, with Hinds scoring 39 off 27 balls, returning batting all-rounder, Shawn Findlay, 27 not out off 21, and young batsman Horace Miller, 25 not out off 12 deliveries.

Andrew Richardson, 2-24 off his allotted four overs, was the pick of Lambert's bowlers.

Earlier, Lambert XI's below par total was centred around Marlon Samuels, who made 38 from 37 balls, and Lambert, who chipped in with 27 off 24 balls.

"I was quite pleased with most aspects of both teams performance," said newly-appointed head coach, Gus Logie.

"The ground fielding of both teams for the most part was good, a number of batsmen got good knocks, and the bowlers were usually accurate. I am, however, concerned with the amount of extras that were given," he added.