A different result on March 1, 1994, might have meant Bermuda?s cricketing whirlwind taking hold of the Island 11 years earlier.

But in the 1994 ICC Trophy with a World Cup place at stake, Kenya won by 64 runs ? and that still hurts national skipper Clay Smith.

?There is a burning in my stomach, I want revenge,? said Smith on the eve of Bermuda?s voyage to Namibia to take on Steve Tikolo?s men in the ICC Intercontinental semi-final.

Smith, like wicketkeeper team-mate Dean Minors, was in his 20s during that Nairobi tournament and knows that the amazing journey the team are on now could have begun all the way back then had the result been different.

?People ask whether there is an element of revenge coming into this game and the answer for me is ?yes?,? said Smith, now a proven skipper and elder statesman of the team.

?It is actually something Dean and I have talked about a lot. We are the ones left from that game and we think about how different things would have been had we qualified for the World Cup then and not now.

?I suppose all this money we are getting and all the excitement around the Island would have been with us then and I could be 18 months away from my fourth World Cup.

?You look back and think about it but that?s sport I suppose and it doesn?t mean I don?t want to beat them now and get revenge for what happened all those years ago.?

Smith believes the mood in the camp is a good one ahead of the next stage of the glorious summer of 2005 with all the players excited about the prospect of making the long trip to Africa for the semi-finals of the ICC tournament.

?I think the mood is anxious as much as anything,? said the skipper.

?We just want to get into battle and get on with it. It?s going to be tough, we know that the Kenyans are going to be strong. They haven?t been playing as much as normal but we certainly can?t be complacent ? it will be a hard test for all of us and we are all going to need to be on form on the day.?

And Smith is happy with the squad going down believing Curtis Jackson and Kwame Tucker can add runs at the top of the order and powerhouse Lionel Cann can add depth to the middle.

?Curtis and Kwame are good, experienced players who both have played for Bermuda before and I think Lionel adds a lot coming into the side as an all-rounder,? continued the skipper, who scored 235 runs in getting his side through the Americas qualifying.

?I felt we might have been one bat shy and adding Lionel makes us a little deeper but you also have to throw in all the enthusiasm he brings with him and his attitude as an out-and-out winner.?