Frith is out sick

GUERNSEY will defend the inter-insular next weekend without its top player.

Jeremy Frith, pictured, is definitely out of the game after it was confirmed he has pneumonia and will need up to six weeks to recover fully.

'Gutted,' was the all-rounder's simple reaction yesterday.

Frith, who was man of the match last year with a match-winning 129 and has been the fulcrum of the side since making his debut in 2001, has been unwell for several weeks.

'I've had a chest infection for the last three to four weeks and it did not clear up,' he said yesterday.