Bermuda national squad?s newest recruit, David Hemp, believes his future team-mates will come away stronger following their desert disaster.

Hemp, who leaves Bermuda today to prepare for his county season in the UK, believes Gus Logie?s men can benefit from their whitewash in the UAE so long as they take responsibility for what has happened and seek to prevent a repeat.

?After all the excitement of qualifying for the World Cup and getting to the Intercontinental Cup finals last year, I know the players are going to be bitterly disappointed with what happened on this tour,? said Hemp, who is set to make his Bermuda debut in October.

?It is never a nice feeling to be beaten, particularly in back to back games and particularly on a tour. But there are positives you can take away from every defeat and we have to look for them.

?Losing can do a lot for a side, but it is a case of identifying the problems and looking at ways of rectifying them.

?Players need to be honest with themselves, hold their hands up and take responsibility, and if they can do that, it goes a long way to helping set things right.

?There is still a lot of cricket to be played and I?m sure the lessons we will learn from this can only help Bermuda cricket move forward.?

Bermuda-born Hemp, who is now just a few days shy of completing his 100 days residency to qualify him for ICC tournaments, believes that shaking off the losing mentality on tour was always going to be hard, but a fresh start will do the side good.

?Once you go on a tour and lose the first game, things can often go badly,? continued the veteran, who has more than 12,000 first-class runs under his belt.

?Everyone feels the pressure and it becomes difficult to shake off that losing streak. But the important thing is the players can really say they know what it feels like to lose. They will remember that feeling and know they don?t want to feel it again and that should help inspire them to future victories.

?When you start remembering what it feels like to win, it can help push you on in the latter stages of close games.

?Losing is a mentality and it is hard to arrest the slide, particularly when you are a long way from home. But the next matches will see the players fresh and ready to start again and push back into winning ways.?

Hemp, who was unable to travel with the team due to the need to rack up cricket working days for his residency requirement, added that he has experienced a similar run of defeats before.

?Last summer at Glamorgan in the four-day games, we couldn?t buy a victory,? he added.

?A lot of our games weren?t even making it out of the third day. It wasn?t the players, it wasn?t the coach, it was just one of those runs that happens in sport.

?Things were just not quite going our way, matches were going close and then turning against us through one decision or one poor shot or ball. We just couldn?t get the win despite everything we tried.

?It was a case of taking stock, going back to basics and trying again. Eventually we got that first win again and things improved almost immediately.?

Hemp, who is expected to appear either as an opener or at number three or four for Logie?s men when he eventually gets his chance to play later in the year, is heading out for two weeks holiday in South Africa today before returning to Glamorgan for pre-season training.

His side begin their competitive campaign on April 16 but a week earlier the pre-season friendlies start against the Cardiff University cricket academy, a side which could feature future team-mates Stephen Outerbridge and Jekon Edness.