The Bermuda Cricket Board has responded to widespread criticism of the Island's league structure by setting up a special technical committee which will seek to address these supposed inadequacies.

The controversial issue reared its head again last week during the visit of the International Cricket Council's Regional Development Manager, Martin Vieira to the Island, who voiced his "serious concern" with the "excessive" amount of limited overs cricket played in Bermuda which he claimed was "stunting" development and lowering standards.

"We are worried about Bermuda playing strictly limited overs cricket," he said.

"We are constantly advising countries who are ambitious and want to improve that they have to take a very serious look at making sure their cricketers are playing the longer form of the game."

The technical committee will be headed by Mark Weatherhill, a board official, and be made up of a contingent of around seven current or recently retired cricketers, some with a significant amount of international cricketing experience and others with a well grounded knowledge of the local game.

After considering a variety of ideas and proposals from across the Bermudian cricketing spectrum, the committee will then submit a number of proposals for consideration and possible enactment as early as next season.

BCB President Reggie Pearman said yesterday that the Board was "well aware" of the flaws many feel undermine local cricket and reassured critics that the new committee would conduct a thorough analysis of the current structure and what needs to be changed.

"We do have several concerns about our league which I think have now been well documented," he said.

"There are all sorts of issues and we will be looking at the big picture. But certainly working out how we can incorporate 2 day cricket into the league structure is very high up on our agenda. Hopefully this committee will come up with a broad formula for change and we can implement their proposals this coming season."