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The long-rumoured appointment of David Moore as the new national cricket coach was confirmed yesterday.

The Bermuda Cricket Board also announced the 22 players who will be vying for a place for the ICC Shield match against Namibia in April. That squad could see Chris Foggo get a recall.

The Bermuda Sun reported back in November that Moore had accepted the position.

Former New South Wales wicketkeeper Moore beat out the likes of former Windies Test players Eldine Baptiste and Gordon Greenidge for the top post, which was recently vacated by Trinidadian Gus Logie.

Incidentally, Moore, who flew to Bermuda in October to meet with BCB officials, was an assistant to Bennett King who took over from Logie as West Indies coach in 2004.

King resigned following the Windies disappointing showing at the 2007 World Cup and when approached Moore took over the helm on an interim basis until fellow countryman John Dyson was put in charge.

The Aussie progressed up the coaching ranks with the Australian Cricket Board and comes highly recommended for the local national coaching job by ICC High Performance manager Richard Done, having also worked alongside King at the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy in Adelaide.

Reginald Pearman, BCB president, said:"I confirm that Mr. David Moore has been offered and has accepted the position of Bermuda National Coach. Mr. Moore's paperwork has recently been submitted to the Department of Immigration and I am optimistic that he will be able to join the squad before they leave for the Namibia tour in mid March.

"Bermuda will compete against Namibia for the ICC Shield, April 2, 3, 4 and 5 and will play two ODI's April 7 and April 8. Current plans include a pre-tournament training camp at the High Performance Centre at the University of Pretoria, South Africa."

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