Another test, another chance to judge how far Bermuda have come, and how far they have yet to go.

The national team play United Arab Emirates four times over the next three days, starting today with a 50-over match at the National Sports Centre. They play another 50-over game tomorrow and finish the series with two Twenty20 matches on Monday.

Less than a month after the ICC Americas Tournament, which Bermuda started strongly but finished with defeats at the hands of USA and Canada, these games will give an indication of how much the players have learnt.

Like USA and Canda, UAE are the type of side that Bermuda need to be beating if they are to regain their One-Day International status and return to the top tier of Associate cricket.

"I think, again, it's the sort of side where if we play well there's no reason we can't beat them, I'm absolutely confident of that," said Bermuda skipper David Hemp.

"But ultimately they have performed well over the last year, they are a decent side, they have got lots of options with the ball, and again they have some hard hitting players. We are going to have to play well to get ourselves in those winning positions. Hopefully this time, especially after showing a lot more fight and resolve in certain parts of the four-day game, we can take that into the one-day games."

Against Canada and USA, Bermuda had opportunities to win the game, that they didn't came down to not taking chances at crucial times, and making costly batting errors that came back to haunt them. While victory over UAE would be welcome, so would any sign that the team is cutting those errors out.

"It goes without saying that your are looking to win, but as a team that is still developing, it's important to put ourselves in winning positions, and once you do that regularly, the trick is to move from those competitive positions to winning games," said Hemp.

"If you look at the Americas, how we finished there, how we played there. We did some really good things in the Americas, and also did some not so good things. It's again making sure that we get to key moments in games, we manage to pull through this time, where as unfortunately in the Americas we went the other way."

With 16 players in the squad, Moore will have the opportunity to rotate his team and with Stephen Outerbridge, Kevin Tucker and Irving Romaine all missing, players such as OJ Pitcher, Justin Pitcher, and Stephan Dill will be given the chance to press their case for more permanent places in the team.

"What we talked about is giving people an opportunity and a chance," said Hemp. "Obviously we need to see people play and that's what Dave (Moore) has been alluding to. Yes, we're still going to pick a strong side so they can win, but ultimately it's about giving people opportunities.

"With the the two Twenty20s, and two one-dayers, there are four games at stake and that's a lot of cricket in three days, so in terms of the ask of players, physically it's going to be quite demanding. We're not curtailed by only having 13 players to chose from, we do have a bigger squad this time around, and there will be opportunities for people."

It's an opportunity that Justin Pitcher is determined to grab with both hands. By far Bermuda's best bowler on the tour to Namibia, a shoulder injury kept the St David's man out of the Americas tournament.

Now, however, he's fit, and anxious to prove that he can bring something to the team with the bat, as well as the ball.

"I'm feeling good, I'm bowling well, I'm looking forward to getting back into the team. But coming back I want to show them that I'm a batsman too, I want to be seen as an all-rounder by more people. I'm really trying to better my game, focusing on it more, making it all more important."