National cricket coach Gus Logie admitted yesterday he still dreamt about Bermuda “covering themselves in glory” at next month’s World Cup.

Despite having watched his side finish bottom of the pile in this week’s inaugural World One-Day League tournament here in Nairobi — four straight defeats offset somewhat by a stunning victory over finalists Scotland in Monday’s last match — Logie insisted Bermuda still had the ability to upset the World Cup odds.

“You know, I dream about it,” said the Trinidadian during an interview yesterday at the Nairobi Hilton where he and his players will remain before heading back to Bermuda on Friday.

“I go to my bed thinking about it, seeing ourselves scoring 200-plus runs against the best teams in the world and putting them under pressure, and even winning the game.

“You know, I can see it. But I don’t know whether the players see it. I can only believe in the cause. I think they’re capable of it. “I go back a few years ago, Canada upsetting Bangladesh in South Africa and coming close to doing the same against a good Kenya team . . . and doing well against the West Indies . . . individual players covering themselves in glory.

“These are the things that are awaiting Bermuda’s players. If they are confident enough among themselves to grasp this opportunity. I can only give them the best information I can, work as hard as I can, but ultimately it is up to them.”

With some big matches ahead before they open their World Cup campaign against India in Trinidad — they meet Bangladesh and Canada in Antigua later this month and then play two more warm-up games against England and Zimbabwe in St. Vincent in early March — Logie said he never thought about the possibility of the team being embarrassed.

“In sport, I wouldn’t want to use the word ‘embarrassed’,” he said

“I would say disappointed. Coming here (to Kenya), I had high expectations that the players would execute, given all the preparations we had undertaken. And they didn’t. There’s nothing to suggest that when we go to the Caribbean anything different will happen.

“An individual transformation must take place, individuals must be prepared to change their lifestyle . . . you know that’s what’s holding us back from producing our best.

“If we are prepared to make those individual changes, I have no doubt that we will enjoy possibly a good World Cup.”

Bermuda’s victory over Scotland on Monday, as impressive as it was, meant little as the Scots had already earned their place in today’s final against Kenya while Bermuda were already condemned to last place in the six-team standings. It was a similar story to last November’s tour of South Africa when Bermuda won their final Tri-Series match against Holland after the Dutch had already won the tournament.

Asked about Bermuda’s habit of winning games that didn’t matter, Logie said it seemed to be a part of the players’ mindset, which had to change.

“Possibly when it doesn’t matter, we win. But every game matters, you know a win, is a win, is a win,” he said.

“But it is disappointing that we can play like this at certain times and, basically, when the pressure is on we don’t. I think that it is a mindset, we talk about the mental toughness of the individual, and as a team, and possibly we’re not just there yet. In terms of the ability to play, we can play. We saw yesterday (Monday) different approaches in our bowling, our attitude in the field and certainly when we were chasing a big target, 268 is not an easy target.

“The way the guys went about it was pleasing. I think an individual like Lionel Cann who everybody knows, and who we expect to do the unexpected, played as well as I’ve seen him play, possibly better than I’ve ever seen him play.

“So it means he’s grown in some ways and if he can do more of what he did yesterday we’d all be pleased. It’s a matter of the guys preparing themselves to bat.

“You know Irving (Romaine) played an exceptional innings, first time on this tour he’d passed 50. I keep saying there are areas to build upon, but it seems whenever we take one step forward, we take two steps backwards, and that’s the frustrating aspect of this team.”

Logie admitted he had met with Cann one-on-one in his hotel room on the night before the game to discuss the player’s habit of throwing his wicket away when well placed.

“I think if the way he played the next day is any evidence, then it worked,” smiled the coach.

“My reservation is, will we have to have a one-on-one every time, or is the message getting through. You know, do we learn from our mistakes and are we prepared to make a change? A change has to be made in our attitude and our approach to the game, a change has to be made possibly to the way we view the cricket.

“Is this important to us in Bermuda? And if it is, why aren’t we prepared to do the same things to be successful all of the time?” That said, Logie agreed the five-wicket win over Scotland was the ideal way in which to end the tournament.

“It must give you confidence, as a coach I know I felt confident with myself that we were doing the right things, planning well, training well. At the the end of the day sometimes we just don’t execute well.

“Ultimately the players are responsible when they get out in the middle. But I think one aspect of our game that needs to be looked at is our own mindset, our own individual preparation.

“When we leave a team meeting or we leave a training session, what happens between then and the game? Does an individual really think about the game 24-seven or only when they get out on the field of play?

“We’ve had discussions time and time again about getting the players to understand how important it is, and for some it seems to be more important than others.”