Reinstated national team captain Janeiro Tucker is relishing being back in the national team fold and is determined to lead Bermuda successfully in their first One Day Internationals next week.

Tucker, who was allowed to miss Bermuda?s Trinidad training camp last month to enjoy a four-week honeymoon in Europe, looked in reassuringly good touch upon his return in the 20-20 World Cricket Classic, after he was given the chance to find his feet with both bat and ball without the added burden of captaincy.

By common consent, stand-in Irving Romaine did a fine job in his absence, with national coach Gus Logie admitting last week that the selectors did toy with the idea of retaining the Bailey?s Bay allrounder.

With that issue now put to bed to everybody?s satisfaction, however, Tucker is anxious to throw all his energy into ensuring Bermuda return from Trinidad with their reputations enhanced.

?Irving did a wonderful job as captain and it is now up to me to re-establish myself ? with his assistance of course,? he said.

?I really enjoyed my time away. This year is going to be incredibly hard on our jobs and our families so it was nice to have some time where I could go away with my wife and not worry about cricket for a while.

?But it is nice to be back playing again. This is a very important tour for us and I feel a lot fresher and ready to play after that vacation.

?I?ve been in pretty good form with the bat since I got back which is good because I know how key my contributions are going to be down there. I got a couple of decent scores during the 20-20 and have been working really hard in training on my technique and my concentration, so hopefully it will pay dividends down there.?

In terms of the opposition, Tucker is looking forward to resuming hostilities with the Canadians, who Bermuda know well having played against them regularly over the last few years in both limited over competitions and in the Intercontinental Cup.

Zimbabwe, however, are a completely alien commodity as far as Bermuda are concerned and Tucker admitted they would not have a chance to assess their strengths and weaknesses until watching them in action against Canada on May 16.

?What we do know is that both will be very hard games,? he said.

?We know Canada well having played against them a lot recently, so we have a better understanding of how to approach the game against them. We haven?t really talked about Zimbabwe much yet to be honest, though obviously when we are down there we will look to get as much information as we can on them.?

The squad will be based once again at the isolated Frank Worrell Cricket Centre for the initial part of the trip ? giving the players an opportunity to concentrate fully on their preparation without any distractions.

?The centre is in the middle of nowhere, which means that all we can do is train and prepare for the games,? Tucker said.

?It?s a fantastic place to practice. There are some excellent indoor nets as well, so if anybody fancies a hit at night there is nothing stopping them going down and getting on with it.

?It?s exactly what we need to get ready for the games.?

While many of the side?s leading batsman did their reputations no harm whatsoever during the Classic, the woeful performance of some of Bermuda?s bowlers in the one-sided final against South Africa has provided some cause for concern.

In particular ? and as former West Indian fast bowler Colin Croft has also pointed out ? it was a stark reminder to all those watching that Bermuda are still some way from possessing a seam bowler capable of troubling quality batsman.

Tucker, however, was unfazed by the bowlers? latest meltdown, expressing confidence in the ability of Kevin Hurdle, Ryan Steede and, in particular, the exciting George O?Brien Jr to prove that he will not have to rely too heavily on the spin combination of Dwayne Leverock and Hasan Durham.

?We did not bowl well in the final,? Tucker admitted.

?But Gus has had some really good talks with them over the last couple of weeks and they all know they can do better and they all know what is expected of them.

?If you look at the squad we have four seamers in Saleem Mukuddem, Ryan, Hurdle and George who I think are capable of doing a good job.

?It?s good to have George in the squad for the first time because he is young, talented and has obviously learned a lot from his time down in Australia. I guess it is now time for him to come in and show everybody how much he has progressed and what exactly he is capable of.?