With the World Cricket League tournament now behind them, Bermuda’s battle weary national team cricketers will have to quickly regroup for this month’s triangular ODI series with Bangladesh and Canada in Antigua.

Bermuda’s national team are scheduled to return home on Saturday — four days prior to the February 13 deadline for all participating countries to submit their final World Cup squads.

The Island were left holding the dreaded wooden spoon after finishing last in the WCL standings with four losses and a solitary victory over Scotland.

Yet while Bermuda failed to meet expectations in Kenya, skipper Irving Romaine said the Scotland win has now given his team a much needed psychological boost.

And the Bailey’s Bay stalwart is hoping that any momentum gained from that inspiring win over the Scots will eventually spill over to Antigua later this month.

“The win has put smiles back on the players’ faces because this has really been a hard tournament for us. But the win will definitely give us some momentum heading to Antigua,” said Romaine, who shared in an unbroken record sixth-wicket partnership (134) with Lionel Cann that carried the Island to victory with six balls to spare against Scotland.

Host-country Kenya and group runner’s up, Scotland, have both already clinched qualification to next September’s Twenty/20 World Cup in South Africa, with Kenya winning yesterday’s final by eight wickets.

Bermuda depart for Antigua on February 19 to begin preparations for one-off ODIs against Bangladesh on February 25 and Americas rivals Canada on February 26 at the newly-constructed 20,000 capacity Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. “I hope this momentum will keep us going,” Romaine continued. “The guys are mentally exhausted, but we put it all together against Scotland. The guys just settled down and played good cricket . . . it was all or nothing. But it seems like we need our backs up against the wall for us to really play to our full potential.”

Romaine hit an unbeaten 85, his best knock during the six-nation tournament, after being sent in lower down the order from number three to six.

“The coach (Gus Logie) decided to drop me down the order and told me to finish the game, and it worked out. And if this change can guarantee victories, then I will bat wherever I have to,” he added.

“The coach changed my role and everything worked out fine in the end. I still believe this team has the talent, but we have to become more consistent day in and day out.”

While Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB) aren’t expected to announce the Island’s World Cup squad until early next week, Bangladesh earlier this week announced a provisional World Cup squad of 30 players that will be sliced in half before next Tuesday’s deadline.

Bangladesh will square off against Bermuda, India and Sri Lanka in preliminary Group B matches in Trinidad and Tobago.

Bermuda take on Sri Lanka on March 16 in their opening World Cup match before meeting India on March 19 and Bangladesh on March 25.

All matches will be held at the Queen’s Park Oval — the largest cricket facility in the West Indies which seats 25,000.