England's cricketers are set to play in a triangular tournament in Bermuda, it emerged last night.

Negotiations to get three Test nations -- one of them England -- to play in a tournament on the Island are at a delicate stage, but promoters said they hoped to have some positive announcements to make within the next six weeks.

The Royal Gazette revealed in August that talks were underway for such an event in October of this year.

Andrew Wildblood, cricket representative for the International Management Group, visited Bermuda during Cup Match and was impressed with the atmosphere generated by the occasion.

Speaking exclusively to The Royal Gazette last night, Wildblood said: "My aim is to bring an international cricket event to Bermuda, it is deserving of such an event as it has a cricket culture.

"I want to put together a triangular tournament ideally involving England and two other nations. But in order to get the teams together requires a lot of jumping through hoops and cutting through hedges.

"It is a question of availability; the cricket calendar is very cluttered at the moment and it is difficult to find times when the teams can get together.'' Wildblood, who has organised the Sahara Cup matches between India and Pakistan in Toronto in recent years, added: "There have been some advances -- in fact I've had some discussions today -- but nothing is written in stone.

"Negotiations are at a sensitive stage and it would probably not be right for me to say too much publicly at the moment.'' Initial reports suggested that India and Pakistan would be two of the nations involved, but some doubt has been cast on that plan after the English Cricket Board announced it was considering staging three limited overs internationals between the sides after this year's county season.

A spokeswoman for the ECB said yesterday that Pakistan had agreed in principle, but India had still to make a decision.

The ECB hope to generate the sort of interest among Asian supporters in the country that was a feature of last year's World Cup in England.

The matches would be at established one-day international venues following the end of the county programme on September 17.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) director of operations Yawar Saeed confirmed in Lahore that the board had accepted an ECB invitation for the matches.

"On our way back from Toronto (for the Sahara Cup limited overs series against India), we have agreed to a stopover in England for a week to play three one-day internationals,'' he said.

He said Pakistan intended to honour their commitment to play in Toronto, although India backed out of the tournament last September because of increased political tension between the countries.

Wildblood, who is believed to have met with Bermuda cricket officials for a second time earlier this month, reacted with surprise to those reports, saying: "If the Indians don't agree, they have no tournament. A lot of people are trying to get a lot of things off the ground. I would like to think we already have an advantage.'' Bermuda's quartet of young cricketers representing the Americas at the Youth World Cup in Sir Lanka play their second match in the Plate competition against Ireland today.