Bermudian Del Hollis and Bermuda Cricket Board of Control should take immediate steps to have him returned to their ranks, according to fellow player Lionel Cann.

Cann, who recently signed a two-year contract as professonal with Scottish Club Arbroath, called The Royal Gazette from Arbroath yesterday, complaining that the BCBC were taking too long in dealing with disciplinary matters concerning Hollis.

Hollis is one of six Bermuda ICC Trophy players who faces disciplinary action following a series of events alleged to have taken place in Malaysia in March.

He was summoned home from Scotland by the BCBC just over two weeks ago and, according to Cann, his absence is hurting his new club.

"The BCBC have to find a way to speed up disciplinary matters instead of leaving players in limbo and letting something that should be dealt with more urgently linger on before being resolved,'' said Cann.

"They are taking too long. They are messing up plans over here for Del and his club. He was due to come back today but he hasn't. It's taken about six weeks since all of this came up, it should have long been dealt with. Del doesn't really know what's going on.'' Both Cann and former Bermuda national team star Clarence Parfitt, now the coach at Arbroath, are concerned that Hollis' absence has been reported in the local newspapers.

"The reports say how he was summoned back home and that the BCBC haven't even bothered to contact the team to let them know what's happening to Del. There is so much negativity and concern about this whole thing,'' said Cann.

"The whole discipline process in Bermuda has been bad for a long time, they just take too long. Look at my case, for example, last year. It took three months ... these cases could be sorted out within a week or two.'' He added: "The trouble over here is that Del's team cannot get a replacement for him until they know what's happening. It's not just a Bermuda thing anymore. It's become an international thing, a personal thing and a career breaking thing. You just can't mess with people's lives like this. "We have all become sick and tired of the way things are handled in Bermuda as far as discipline is concerned.'' In local cricket, Western Stars face a tough weekend schedule when they match up against formidable opponents in today's Knockout Cup quarter-final and tomorrow's Premier Division Open league play.

Defending champions in both competitions, Stars will today take on Police at St.John's Field while tomorrow they are away to Southampton Rangers at Southampton Oval.

While Stars will be hard pressed to win both fixtures, the weekend will also be a challenging one for Police.

In addition to the clash against Stars today, Police will tomorrow entertain a Cleveland County side which is capable of stretching them to the limit if their players perform to their full potential.

Willow Cuts also face a stiff challenge in tomorrow's game against St.

George's at Somerset. But today Cuts will probably have an easier time in their fixture against Flatts at Devonshire.

There is a bevy of activity this weekend with four Knockout matches and one First Division Overs clash today while tomorrow sees four Premier Division and three First Division Overs games.