A day after his side's crushing innings and 185 run defeat at the hands of Namibia, Stephen Outerbridge is still unsure how to feel about the loss.

The Bermuda vice-captain's emotions range from disappointment, to excitement, and while he makes no excuses for the defeat, he does think there were some positives to take away from the game.

Certainly he views his side's performance in the field on the second day, when they conceded 455 runs in 96 overs, but kept fighting till the very end, with optimism.

"To tell you the truth I don't know (how I feel)," said Outerbridge. It's a bit of a mixed reaction, a little bit of disappointment, but at the same time a bit of excitement, because of what I saw in the field, which is something I haven't seen for a long time from a Bermuda squad.

"If you look at the positives, hopefully we can correct our negatives in due time and hopefully we'll get that all sorted out."

It would be easy for Bermuda to point to the game as the first of the season, and blame rustiness on skills that they have only been able to practice in the nets. However, Outerbridge pointed to the team's week in Pretoria prior to the tour as evidence of their ample preparation, and refused to use a lack of game time as an excuse.

"Not really willing to accept that," said Outerbridge, "because I thought we had a pretty good week in South Africa with our preparation.

"I mean building on that there, it is our first game, but it's really no excuse. I thought just the application, and a bit of technical and skill ability wasn't applied that we needed to be successful on the day, and we got our tails handed to us."

Bermuda must put their defeat behind them quickly, they have two 50 over games against Namibia, tomorrow and Friday, to get through before the tour finishes.

And while coach Arnold Manders will be looking at the outcome in relation to the Americas tournament that will take place in Bermuda next month, Outerbridge wants the team to focus on the present, and beating a strong Namibia team.

"As far as the Americas is concerned, that's in May," said Outerbridge, "and we have these two games against Namibia, and any time you represent Bermuda, wearing your countries colours, you're really not looking forward, you're looking at the match in front of you.

"We'll save the Americas for the Americas, right now we just want to be successful against a very good side, and, if we do our three disciplines right there is no reason why we can't be."

While Bermuda are expected to make changes to the team that lost in the Intercontinental Shield, the exact make-up of the side wont be known until later today, once bowlers Jim West and Justin Pitcher have come through late fitness tests.

Pitcher bruised his right knee during the Shield game, but has been responding to treatment, and is expected to play both games if fit.

West meanwhile appears to have fully recovered from the shoulder injury that kept him out of the first game, and is also expected to play, as are Shannon Rayner and Jordan Desilva, the two other players that missed out. Namibia are also expected to make some changes, with batsman Gerhard Rudolph certain to come into the team.

Prior to Sunday's record stand of 374 between Raymond van Schoor and Ewald Steenkamp, Rudolph shared the record with van Schoor after the pair put on 223 against Eastern Province last September.

Bermuda from: D Hemp, S Outerbridge, F Crockwell, J Desilva, J Edness, C Foggo, M Jones, S Kelly, J Pitcher, S Rayner, I Romaine, R Steede, R Trott, J West.