Bermuda skipper Irving Romaine has embraced the return of top all-rounder Janeiro Tucker to the senior national squad with open arms and encouraged those still in exile to follow suit.

"It's good to have Janeiro back. He's been away for awhile but is now ready to challenge for a spot in the squad," Romaine said, speaking from Argentina yesterday.

Tucker was one of the stars of Bermuda's squad that qualified for a maiden World Cup in Ireland three years ago, cracking a memorable century (132) in his role as stand-in skipper against USA to seal his country's passage to world cricket's premier showpiece.

"A good all-rounder like Janeiro can only be a bonus to the team. His bowling and batting will certainly be useful," added Romaine.

The Southampton Rangers player/coach, whose international career has been on hold for over a year now, recently signed a peace treaty with Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB) following a long and bitter dispute over the manner in which local cricket's guardians handled his 2007 disciplinary proceedings for allegedly swearing at an umpire.

Romaine now hopes others such as all-rounders Malachi Jones and pacers Kevin Hurdle and George O'Brien jr tear a leaf from Tucker's book and likewise commit themselves to the Island's 2011 World Cup qualifying cause.

"I would like to see everybody who represented us before that are still playing cricket to come back out for the challenge," he said.

Romaine is currently leading a Bermuda developmental squad comprised mainly of fringe players in South America. And so far the Bailey's Bay stalwart has been "impressed" on tour by the progress of promising young acts like Willow Cuts left- arm seamer Kavon Fubler.

"Kavon has been bowling extremely well and his bowling has matured in many ways. He is a very good player," Romaine said. "Not only has Kavon impressed us . . . he has also impressed the Argentina coaching staff who really like his action.

"They are fascinated by his ability as well and it has been good to see the youngsters play. They are very confident and have been playing well. For some of them this is their first time being away from home for awhile by themselves, but they are really enjoying their cricket."

In their last outing the tourists rebounded from a first ever loss to Argentina at the senior level with a 56-run win over their hosts in a 20/20 affair at the Belgrano Athletic Club.

The Argentines are using their matches with Bermuda as a warm-up for next month's World Cricket League Division Three series on home turf. The eventual top two teams in the tournament will advance to next April's World Cup qualifiers in South Africa.

"They (Argentina) are here to play cricket and win – and they play like it. They are playing good cricket, which is good for the development of the game," said Romaine.

Bermuda's sojourn to South America has afforded coach Gus Logie an ideal opportunity to experiment with different combinations ahead of next spring's crucial World Cup qualifying assignment where the Islanders will have their work cut out for them.

Unofficially, Bermuda have been paired alongside the likes of ICC Associate powerhouses Kenya, the Netherlands, Denmark and United Arab Emirates (UAE). And unlike during the previous World Cup qualifying campaign Logie's men will have to go the extra mile to achieve their primary objective by first progressing from an initial group stage to the 'Super Eight' where they could come up against mulitple Intercontinental Cup winners Ireland.

Romaine admits his team's task is a daunting one, but is confident they can make it to the promise land.

"It is definitely going to be a challenge, but we can make it through because we have beaten teams such as Denmark, UAE and Holland in the past. That's three teams that we know we can beat and on our day I think we can also take down Kenya," he said.

"Mentally the guys are up for the challenge and realise that fitness is going to be key because we are going to be playing a lot of cricket. Getting out of the first group stage and progressing to the 'Super Eight' is going to be a battle, but we are preparing ourselves for the long haul."

Bermuda's developmental squad take on the Argentines today and tomorrow in their final tour matches before returning home on Monday.