Lionel Cann is banking on David Moore's reputation as 'an equal opportunities employer' as he looks to make a return to the national team.

The St David's veteran is due to sit down with the Bermuda head coach today to discuss a future he hopes will allow him to play his way back into the Australian's plans.

Happy to work to regain his place after coming out of international retirement, Cann said he never doubted he was still good enough to perform at the highest level. And having seen players such as Jason Anderson win international recognition for their efforts this season, Cann believes he still has a lot to offer.

"We'll sit down and see what he (Moore) has to offer," said Cann. "I've been hearing good things from the players. They say he's a nice fair coach, he's nice to play under, which is a welcome change compared to things that have gone on in the past.

"I like the fact that he gives people equal opportunities, and obviously he's fair, and he knows that the national squad players, the batsmen should be getting hundreds every week, and the bowlers should be picking up four and five wickets.

"Hopefully I can get back on the radar and do what's required.

"All you can ask for is the equal opportunity. It's like starting over from the beginning, and I don't have a problem with that. My whole life it has been like that. Nothing has ever been given to me.I've had to prove my worth to get into the national programme and to stay in it (before).

"I'm willing to work to get back because I feel I still have a lot to offer. I feel I'm still one of the top players (in Bermuda) and I think Bermuda needs that."

Cann's belief that he still has the game to play at the top was highlighted by his century against Southampton Rangers this past weekend, and the St. David's man knows that getting runs in domestic cricket is half the battle.

"I've talked to the coach, and I'm going to meet with him tomorrow," he said. "I got 100 on Sunday and, hopefully I can keep on getting runs and it looks like the coach is pretty fair. Guys that are scoring runs, they are bringing them into the national programme. They are giving everybody a chance, so if that is what is required, then I'll have to start a new legacy and not just get in the squad with who I am, or what I have done in the past.

"Whatever it takes to try and get back, so be it."

With the World Cup qualifiers in Dubai just around the corner, Cann also wants to ensure that the legacy laid down by the team that took Bermuda to the World Cup in 2007 is not lost in failure and relegation to Division Three next April – somewhere from which he fears the Island would never return.

"I had retired from international cricket to give the youngsters a chance, I thought it was time for a new era," said Cann. "But obviously over the last year or so, the year-and-a-half since I've been gone we've been getting such terrible results. I think with most of the youngsters, everybody has had an equal opportunity and I just feel they're not quite ready yet to do the job that is required.

"And in April we have the qualifiers, and if we don't, that's Bermuda . . . we're off the map. And it'll be years and years before we get back, so April is a very big tournament. I just felt I still have a lot to offer, and I've had a lot of international success, and I want to come back and give my best shot to make sure we stay in Americas One.

"Three years ago we were in the World Cup, and three years after that we're in (danger of falling into) Division Three of Four and we might not get back from that to international cricket.

"I never doubted that I was still good enough. That was never the issue. It was about giving everyone else an opportunity, and seeing Bermuda progress through our youngsters. They have done well, but they still need the experience there. International cricket isn't easy and the experience (I bring) . . . . my record is still good."