MCC's players will leave the Island today no doubt echoing the sentiments expressed by former England opener Geoff Boycott even before the tour began.Boycott said he was baffled how an Internation Cricket Council (ICC) Associate country such as Bermuda had plunged to such depths in such a short time from a historic World Cup appearance to a team lacking both discipline and talent (apologies to the few who managed to avoid the humiliation endured by their team-mates in the last couple of weeks).If the outspoken Yorkshireman had managed to drag himself off the golf course and hopped over to the National Sports Centre he would have seen for himself just why Bermuda are now virtually the whipping boys of Associate cricket.And if he didn't, then his MCC colleagues will have answered his question.The most significant feature of the tour was the whipping the tourists themselves endured at the hands of the 2007 World Cup team at Somerset CC. It was their only defeat up until the final Twenty20 on Wednesday evening the last match of the tour when a half-century from David Hemp and a frantic last over when Justin Pitcher smashed successive sixes saw Bermuda snatch victory.But even that wasn't enough to dilute the national team's struggles over the last four years.The MCC tour provided a clear indication of how cricket on the Island has crumbled.Let's not forget the national team that went to Trinidad in 2007 couldn't be compared with the Bermuda teams of the ‘70s and ‘80s when the likes of Clarence Parfitt, Lloyd James, Colin Blades, Rupert Scotland, Sheridan and Lee Raynor, Lionel Thomas, Winston (Coe) Trott, El James, Randy Horton and so many others terrorised many of the smaller islands and even proved a match for Zimbabwe.USA, Canada, Ireland, Scotland and UAE weren't even considered worthy opponents.Granted, those countries have come on in leaps and bounds, rising towards the top of the Associate ladder while Bermuda have spiralled in the other direction.Had Gus Logie been keeping an eye on last and this week's results he might have managed a wry smile.The former Trinidadian Test player used all of his extensive knowledge of the game to no avail in his efforts to take Bermuda to another level before and after the World Cup.He chose not to rewew his contract and there were many critics who believed his time was up anyway.Now his successor, David Moore, must be equally frustrated.If cricketers show no desire to improve then no matter what the coach does, he's losing the battle.One of Moore's national squad players, Malachi Jones, was even seen playing football on Sunday for Somerset Trojans at the same time as a tour match was being played. Even had he not been picked, one would think he would show some support for his team-mates.If players show disinterest, what hope is there.Perhaps Lionel Cann, one of those who shredded the MCC bowlers, got it right when he said players were shying away from the national squad because they wanted to avoid random drug testing.And if that's the case, then Sports Minister Glenn Blakeney should be diverting his efforts to investigating those allegations rather than launching a Commision of Inquiry into the BCB and BFA's finances that will almost certainly reach the same conclusions as most of us have already figured out.BFA president Larry Mussenden got it right when he said the Commision of Inquiry should be public to demonstrate transparency.An investigation into how the BCB spent the millions thrown at them could have been conducted years ago.Now's the time for an investigation as to why to the sport finds itself in such a pitiful state.That would be of some value.* * * **IT wasn't too many years ago that Bermuda's football team played El Salvador in a World Cup qualifier at the NSC.Having won the first leg in El Salvador 1-0, football fever was running high.It was and still is the only time the NSC has been full to capacity 7,000 spectators.Unfortunately the Gombey Warriors lost 2-0 and were eliminated.But tonight they can show that home advantage can make a difference.They take on Trinidad who beat them 1-0 in Port of Spain last month.Can they turn the tables?Another capacity crowd would give them more than a fighting chance.ADRIAN ROBSON