Bermuda national team stand-in skipper Janeiro Tucker is confident he and his team-mates will rebound from successive defeats at the hands of Zimbabwe last week in Trinidad.

Bermuda suffered 194 and 83-run losses to the African nation ? who first appeared in the World Cup in 1983 ? at Queen?s Park Oval.

Having hardly had time to recover, the Island squad head across the Atlantic on Sunday for a ten-day tour of England and Guernsey.

A philosophical Tucker insists the lessons learned in the Caribbean will be put to good use in the near future as the team continue to adapt to the rigorous demands of international cricket.

?It was a very big task for us trying to adjust from playing a team like Canada ? who we are quite familiar with ? to a team like Zimbabwe who have long had their ODI and Test status. It was just a big task asking the players to go from point A to point D in a matter of a couple of days,? Tucker told .

?But our goal is to reach the next level and so it?s now up to us to make the necessary adjustments to get us there. And on the whole I thought the guys did a good job in the manner they went about the game.?

Tucker and his team-mates used last week?s triangular tournament to get a feel for the pitch conditions and general atmosphere at Queen?s Park Oval, the oldest Test ground in the Caribbean and where Bermuda will play their group games in next year?s World Cup.

?I thought that was a very good experience because at least now we have an understanding about the stadium for when we do return for the World Cup,? he said.

?We had a good look at how the pitch played, the outfield and just the overall surroundings at Queen?s Park. It?s a very big facility which is still under renovation. So it was very good for our guys to get a feel for the atmosphere there which was amazing.?

Tucker was also delighted to clinch victory over Canada early in the tournament.

?That was great. The guys were really excited once we got that win under our belts,? he said. ?It was a great feeling to win our first ODI and get to the final in the process.

?There was a sense of achievement having advanced to the final with Zimbabwe and being able to learn so much from them. Those guys are young but they are professionals and what we learned from them will hopefully help us to move our game forward.

?I think the guys learn something new on every tour they go on.?

Since rejoining the national team programme two years ago, Tucker said he had observed much progress on the part of his colleagues.

?This has been the most growth I?ve seen since I?ve been a part of the national programme,? he said. ?In the time Logie (national coach Gus Logie) has been involved we have taken steps from where we first started off.

?But I still think we can take even bigger steps. I think experiences and tours such as these will only help to make us all better players in the long run.

?Sometimes it?s not all about winning . . . it?s a matter for us now to try to make the necessary adjustments that will help us move forward.?

As for his own personal commitment to the team, Tucker explained: ?I just try and take things as they come and do whatever it is that is required of me for the team ? whether making a whole heap of runs or just chipping in with some of the little things.

?But I?m really looking forward to this tour (England) and being with the fellows again. Everyone now has a good understanding of each other and the more we remain together as a unit, then the better I think we will get.?