Clarence Parfitt has lashed out at fellow Bermudian Lionel Cann over his handling of Scottish club Arbroath.

Cann left the club last month to return home for Cup Match and has since decided to stay for the remainder of the season in order to play in the Eastern Counties final and then train with the national squad in an attempt to win a place in the Shell/Sandals team in October.

Parfitt, who coaches the juniors at Arbroath, says that the allrounder told him he was not returning -- but did not tell the club.

"He left here with no intention of coming back,'' said Parfitt, with whom Cann had been staying.

"He told us (Parfitt and his wife) he wasn't coming back and we asked him if he told the club and he said, `Yes,' and I just took his word. I don't know who he spoke to.'' But Cann insists he told the club he would not be back for the remainder of the season, which ends on September 4.

"It's not like any contract has been broken, I'm just putting Shell/Sandals and Bermuda first,'' said Cann last night.

Cann is anxious to get back into the Bermuda team after being been picked -- and then dropped from -- for the ICC Tournament in Malaysia in March because of suspicions about a groin injury.

"I haven't been on a tour with the squad for so long and now it's time I put something into Bermuda's team,'' he said.

The allrounder added that being left out of the squad for Malaysia was "one of the biggest disappointments of my career.'' He feels his chances of making the Bermuda team are better by being in Bermuda and training with the squad.

"I'm only missing five league games by being back in Bermuda. We were already knocked out of the two cup games, which I was there to play in.'' Parfitt is worried that Cann's sudden departure from the club could make it difficult for other local players to go to Scotland on similiar trips.

"To me he's let Bermuda down and probably spoiled it for others,'' said Parfitt, who voiced his concern with BCBC president El James yesterday.

"The club knew he was going, which was no problem, but as far as they knew he was coming back.

"Other clubs will say `We can't trust a Bermudian.' That money could be spent on some good youngsters getting a tour and developing their cricket.'' Cann, Del Hollis and Sammy Robinson all received $5,000 from the Department of Youth Development, Sport and Recreation to help with travel and living expenses while they played cricket in Scotland and England this summer.

Added Parfitt: "There has to be some criteria to the way they come over here.

If they say they are coming for the season than they have to stay for the season.

"The money is for them to spend time here to learn cricket.'' Parfitt had to come out of retirement to help the team in a recent match after the club was five players short.

The veteran bowler played in the match against Hollis' team, Freuchie, and finished with four wickets for 35 runs.

Hollis, who was in Bermuda earlier in the summer for a Bermuda Board of Control inquiry into the Malaysia trip, is now back in Scotland and played against Parfitt.

"Del is an example of the way he (Cann) should have reacted,'' said Parfitt.

"He had his problems in Bermuda but at least he came back, even though it was only for a few weeks.

"He showed his commitment and came back to finish the season.''