Australian David Moore is on the verge of becoming Bermuda's new national cricket coach, The Royal Gazette can exclusively reveal.

The former West Indies coach is currently negotiating the terms of his employment with Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB), and although he has not yet officially been offered the post, the two parties are believed to be very close to an agreement.

Moore is expected to put pen to paper in the next few days, and has already begun looking into housing and schools on the Island for his daughter. He has also spoken to several contacts in Bermuda, and abroad, to get various opinions on the players with whom he would be working.

"He hasn't been officially offered the job yet," said BCB president Reginald Pearman. "We are still in negotiations with him and that is all I can say at the moment."

The top choice for the BCB's selection committee, as The Gazette reported back in September, Moore came to the Island for an interview last month and appears to have made the right impression.

He was also helped by reportedly having Richard Done, a fellow Australian and the ICC's High Performance Director, backing his appointment.

Done is believed to have offered his advice to the BCB during the early stages of the selection process.

A former wicketkeeper, Moore played one game for New South Wales before beginning his coaching career, taking charge of the state's women's team from 2001-2002.

He steadily worked his way up the coaching ladder with the Australian Cricket Board, and joined Bennett King at the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy (CBCA) in Adelaide in 2002.

The pair then took charge of the West Indies team following Gus Logie's departure in 2004, and when King resigned from his role as head coach following a disappointing showing in the 2007 World Cup, Moore stepped up to take sole charge of the team.

Issues within West Indies cricket, and a poor tour of England that same year, eventually saw him leave the role and return to Australia to work at the academy in Adelaide.

Should Moore take charge here, he would have little time to prepare Bermuda before their second Intercontinental Shield game against Namibia which at the moment is due to take place in Namibia between April 2-5.

Bermuda are then scheduled to host United Arab Emirates in June, although both games are still the subject of discussion between the BCB and their counterparts in Namibia and the UAE.

If Bermuda win both games, they would advance to the Intercontinental Shield Final in Dubai this time next year.