As he prepares for his second spell as Bermuda cricket captain, Terryn Fray says he will bring a “democratic leadership style to the role.

Fray, who took over the captaincy from Delray Rawlins, will lead the national side at the ICC T20 World Cup Americas Sub-Regional Qualifier in Argentina next month.

He previously led the team at the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B in Oman in December 2019.

“Being captain comes with its challenges, so I’m looking forward to the opportunity to represent the country again,” the 33-year-old told The Royal Gazette.

“I think going down to Argentina, we have a solid team with a lot of new faces. I believe this is what the country needs in terms of going forward with our cricket, hopefully, we can get some good results and then start doing things a little better on both sides, not just on the field, but off-the-field stuff, too.

“There’s a lot of refreshing, nice faces around, a good bunch of guys and I’m sure it’s going to be a very productive tour.”

On what can be expected from his leadership this time around, the Bailey’s Bay captain outlined that he is a firm believer in democracy.

“In my leadership style I’m very democratic in a sense,’’ he said.

“I give guys the freedom to express themselves on how they want to play their cricket, and how they go about their business.

“When you empower the guys to play how they want to play, I think that’s the best way to go. We have a lot of talented players that bring different traits to the team, and I want them to be able to showcase their talent not locally, but to the rest of the world.”

Bermuda is gearing up for an expanded ICC Americas tournament, where Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama and Suriname will also be vying for a top three spot to the final qualifier in Canada next year.

“It should be a good challenge for us playing eight matches,’’ Fray said. “Argentina is normally pretty good, Cayman Islands of course together with Bahamas and Panama.

“The new teams should also provide us with good competition. Brazil, Mexico and Suriname who missed out the last time.

“Playing against new players is always a bit of a challenge because we've never seen them before.

“The good part is that we’re not going into this thinking that it is there for the taking. Guys know that we still have to go down there, do our homework and still do the work.

“It’s cricket so anything can happen, you've seen the small teams beat the big teams quite often now. We have to be really mindful of that, stick to our game plans and execute our skills.”

Just like they did when they went to the South American country last year, Bermuda’s target is to come out as the top team.

“We definitely want to win the tournament in Argentina so that we go into the next phase as the winners,’’ the captain added.

“I think that’s going to be another challenge because Canada is playing a lot of good cricket around the world, and they’re doing well.

“Fingers crossed, this tour goes well and we can start to look to the next qualifying stage.”

Meanwhile, coach Cal Waldron took advantage of the Remembrance Day holiday to hold a centre-wicket session at Shelly Bay Field on Monday. The bulk of the players selected in the final squad of 14 were present.