the Jamaicans during their weekend losses to St. George's and the Bermuda national team, but instead wants to look to build on the positives of the tour.

That is not to say, Bailey made clear, that he condones the behaviour of the Jamaican captain Delroy Morgan, in particular, who deliberately bowled four no-balls to prevent Clay Smith from getting strike and subsequently reaching a well-deserved century during Saturday's loss to St. George's at Wellington Oval. He finished not out on 96.

"It is forgotten but not condoned,'' said Bailey.

"Certainly it (Morgan's behaviour) will be reflected in the manager's report.

Each individual must be responsible for his own actions. I felt the captain must have been disgraced when St. George's were beating them by seven wickets.'' There were other incidents on Sunday when the Jamaica manager George Sterling and coach Chester Watson came onto the field to complain about the umpiring, after an appeal for a catch against captain Albert Steede was turned down.

Wendell Smith, batting at the other end, had an exchange of words with one of the Jamaicans over that incident, but there was another incident later which enabled Morgan to redeem himself. That came when Morgan took a `catch' at gully off Steede but admitted the ball did not carry after umpire Ronald O'Hara had raised his finger.

"Albert edged a ball to gully and on one bounce Morgan scooped it but you couldn't really tell,'' explained Smith, who was watching from 22 yards away.

"The umpire (O'Hara) gave him out but Albert didn't see it and I said to Morgan `why don't you tell the umpire that the ball bounced' and he did and I said `I have a lot of respect for you for doing that'.

"After that the controversy seemed to end. I realise he was playing the game fairly and anything that had been said before that was heat of the moment.'' Ironically both umpires, O'Hara and George Francis, are Jamaican born.

"We have some very good officials and I don't look favourably on foreign opposition coming here and treating our umpires with disrespect,'' said Smith.

Bailey pointed out that these were the kinds of things Bermuda's cricketers can expect to encounter at the international level, though he did say that the incident with Morgan on Saturday was `left on the field' and that the Jamaican captain showed good sportsmanship the next day when he admitted he did not take the catch off Steede.

"This is all part of the maturity process of the Bermuda team. As a very senior cricket administrator said to me, if we're to be playing more tours then the boys must expect some incidents like this, not that it's condoned by cricket authorities.

"Wendell Smith, who was subject of some abuse from the Jamaicans, dealt with it in a very mature way and he certainly forgot about the whole thing. He didn't carry it off the field.

"I don't think the incidents hurt our relationship (with Jamaica). The whole thing about the tour was not just about winning but what was achieved off the field.'' To that end Bailey is excited about the opportunities that lie ahead, especially with Bermuda trying to gain entry into the Shell/Sandals limited overs competition in the West Indies next year.

In fact the Jamaicans could be the ones to push Bermuda's cause. "They are in a better position to speak about Bermuda's cricket, from what was exposed to them here,'' said Bailey.

"From the report I understand they will be carrying back, Bermuda should be included in the Shell/Sandals competition. We're looking at, hopefully, 1996.'' "The tour provided several things over and above the cricket. The Jamaicans have settled on the fact that they want to invite several Bermudians down to do courses in preparing wickets, to help in the officiating, such as umpiring, and have also looked at running coaching courses for our players.'' Next year is going to be another busy year for Bermuda's top cricketers, starting with a trip to Barbados in March for a planned quadrangular tournament involving Barbados, Bermuda, Canada and the United States. That will be followed by the visit here of the New Zealanders immediately at the end of their tour of the Caribbean in May for three or four matches.

And if Bermuda gains entry into the Shell/Sandals tournament that would extend cricket for the top players into next October. Presently the Shell/Sandals tournament has the six regional teams competition but if is to be extended then it would likely increase to eight teams, with Canada coming in with Bermuda to make it two groups of four.

However, because of expenses and the fact that cricket would be in the off-season here, it would be necessary for Bermuda to be based in one of the Caribbean islands, possibly Jamaica, Barbados or Antigua, during the duration of the tournament where they would play their `home' matches.

"It would be too much of a burden to bring three countries to play against us during those two weeks,'' said Bailey. "Jamaica has housed us and I have no problem with Jamaica...I think Bermuda plays quite well there.''