David Hemp, the Bermuda batsman, has relocated to Australia to work as an assistant coach at Melbourne-based side Prahran.

Hemp, a former county player with Glamorgan and Warwickshire, will work at Prahran under new head coach Peter Di Venuto, bringing to Toorak Park the experience of 271 first-class matches.

The 43-year-old helped with Prahran’s match-day preparation in this week’s match against Northcote.

“I got a bit of a feel for the club and was made to feel very welcome,” Hemp said.

Di Venuto is keen for him to captain the Second XI but Hemp said that it depended on his work situation when the season started.

He relocated to Melbourne with his family five months ago and is trying to source other coaching roles.

The move to Australia will put into doubt Hemp’s future with the Bermuda team, which he captained before stepping down a year ago.

He last played for Bermuda in November 2013 at the World Twenty20 qualifying tournament in the United Arab Emirates.

Hemp stepped down as Bermuda captain in September 2012 and was replaced by Stephen Outerbridge.

Born in Bermuda to Welsh parents, Hemp played County cricket from 1991 to 2008,

The left-hander built a fine record, hitting 15,520 runs at 37.04, with 30 centuries and 86 half-centuries.

He was selected for an England A tour to India and Bangladesh in 1994-95 before playing for Bermuda in the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean. Prahran play in the Victorian Premier Cricket, the highest competition in the state.

The Bermuda Cricket Board have selected 25 players for the under-17 national team as they prepare for upcoming matches.

The team will compete in an ICC international triangular competition in August and will take part in the Evening Cricket League and the Logic First Division on Saturdays. Training for the team will start at the Berkeley Institute nets next Wednesday from 5pm to 7pm.

Players are advised that there will be a mandatory squad meeting for the selected players and their parents next Tuesday at 6pm at Warwick Workman’s Club.

The BCB is also holding under-15 trials for players born on or after September 1, 1998.

The trials will take place on April 27, from 11am to 1pm at the Berkeley Institute nets.

Players interested in participating can contact the BCB at 292-8958 or e-mail info@cricket.bm and provide their name, date of birth, e-mail and contact phone number.

Players are required to bring water, snacks and equipment if they have any.

Interested overseas players can also contact the BCB office.

Under 17 squad: Cameron Jeffers, Kacy Greene, Alex Dore, Alje Richardson, Amari Ebbin, Jade Morrissey, Christion Gibbons, Davin Dill, Shakeal Outerbridge, Micah Simons, Nzari Paynter, Sheldon Caesar, Joseph Basden, Freeman Lema Jr, Isaiah Richardson, San’j Dill, Charles Trott, Chare Smith, Jordan Smith, Delray Rawlins, Jomei Bean-Lindo, Rudi Butterfield, Azendé Furbert, Zion Smith, Nyhrobi Carmichael.