St David’s are the new 50-over league champions as the final round of cricket was washed out last weekend and now it’s time for Bermuda to prepare for the Twenty/20 (World Cup qualifiers) in November.The season is slowly, but surely winding down and many cricketers who will be involved in the Twenty/20 are going to be playing football soon.Will this have a hindrance on Bermuda national cricket team preparations?Part of me wants to congratulate St David’s on a fine season but then there is another part of me that would like to see the BCB reschedule the whole round of games from last weekend so that St David’s can win the league the proper way, which is on the field. I just find it difficult to swallow that you can play a whole season of cricket and have a league title decided by a rainout.St David’s are clearly the best team in the league, while Southampton Rangers came second having lost two games, but were only 12 points adrift. Question marks still exist over the bonus points system, whether it is fair or not. Should a team who lose more games than another team still be able to win the league because of bonus points?Should a system like this be put in place to counteract some of the country’s weakness, such as batting partnerships, run-outs, wide balls, or are they areas that coaches at clubs should be addressing?What is even more amazing is that no one St David’s player is even in the running for the MVP award due to the new system put in place.Normally with a team going undefeated certainly one of their players would be a strong candidate for MVP, but under this new rating system that’s put in place no St David’s player comes even close, which is shocking. Is this fair or unfair?Moving on from 50-over cricket, Twenty/20 is about to start which will be even more interesting this year as several players are vying for a final spot in the Bermuda national team.With over 35 players making up the training squad the selectors will be watching attentively to see if there are any new players that can pry their way into the final team.The one issue the BCB will have is whether or not the players will be allowed to play football as several top cricketers are also top footballers. This has been an ongoing saga for years and will surely come to head again if it already hasn’t.Many think that because the players are not professional or being paid they should have the freedom to play football. However, there are those who feel that because they are representing their country they should give up football and focus on playing cricket.Speaking from a player’s point of view and someone who has played both sports, the BCB should implement a cut-off date for when the players have to stop playing football providing they are selected in the final team.One of the players’ main concern is that the BCB want them to stop playing football, which they don’t have a problem doing, but is it fair for someone to stop playing football for a month and half and then not get picked for the Bermuda team?With the tournament being held in mid-November the BCB should allow players to play football until they announce their final 14, which they can do as early as they want, preferably as early as the first week in October. A player wouldn’t mind giving up football then knowing that he is definitely part of the team, especially if he loves football just as much as he loves cricket.Some of us would like to think that because a player is playing for his country that they should automatically just stop, but reality is some of these players are receiving perks for playing football and receiving nothing playing cricket, so can you blame them?The last few weeks of cricket should be exciting with the knockout tournament and the Twent/20 still to come. Can another team like Willow Cuts or Cleveland come to the forefront and outshine the normal dominant teams, Southampton Rangers and St. David’s, or will these two teams continue to rule cricket in Bermuda?