January 30, 2013 at 5:54 p.m.
Team adds four
With Kwame Tucker out injured, coach Gus Logie said Pitcher, who opened up at the ICC Trophy in Ireland last year but has since been away in school, would have the chance to re-establish himself at the top of the order.
The youngster, who cracked 75 for St David's against Social Club last weekend, is joined by team-mate Delyone Borden, Bailey's Bay seamer Jim West and Western Stars young wicket-keeper Jekon Edness in a new-look squad.
Lionel Cann, who is suffering from a groin strain, and Azeem Pitcher, who has work commitments, won't make the trip.
West's inclusion, reward for his hard work to recover from injury, means Bermuda has four seamers in the attack.
“We have got good competition for places,” said Logie.
“West has worked pretty hard on his fitness, he's been bowling a bit and we believe he's ready.”
Logie lamented the perennial problem of players being unavailable but said the chance to see some of the fringe players in action would make things easier when it came to the final World Cup selection.
He added that he would be looking for his players to learn the lessons from the way Zimbabwe played against them and achieve consistency in the basics of the game.
“I want to see our senior players really establish themselves on this tour.
I'd like to see our batsmen valuing their wickets a bit more and really working for their runs, our bowlers bowling a more consistent length and cutting down on the wides and no-balls.
“We are not asking for anything spectacular just more consistency.”
He added that though the perception of this tour was low key compared to the recent triangular tournament in Trinidad, the players and coaching staff were treating it very seriously.
“The intensity level in Trinidad was pretty high. They were playing against teams that were a little more experienced than they were in terms of Zimbabwe and Canada.”
He said that he wanted to see the players retain that intensity for the battles against Sussex Second XI, Lloyds and Guernsey.
He added that people should give Bermuda more credit for its victories, highlighting press comments that Canada were under-prepared when Bermuda beat them last week, as unhelpful.
“I can't understand why anyone would say they were under-prepared. They had new players in from Australia and they had players who had been out at academies. They were not under strength.
“If people knock the guys when they lose they should acknowledge and give credit when they win,” he added.[[In-content Ad]]
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