A previous recommendation that would have seen two-day cricket played among parish teams as opposed to club sides could possibly be revisited in the near future to help re-stimulate dwindling interest in the longer version of the game.

With Police Recreation Club having already withdrawn from the Bermuda Cricket Board's (BCB) Two-Day League, and likely to be joined by Bailey's Bay in the near future, national coach Gus Logie said alternative formats may have to be explored as the two-day game remained crucial to the development of cricketers at the grassroots level.

"I think our situation is difficult but the two-day game is important from a developmental point of view. I think it is very important we play two-day cricket and try and encourage all of the players to participate," the former West Indies vice -captain and coach said.

"It's unfortunate it may be a situation where people don't have the time to play over the entire weekend because of work commitments. But we are now playing four-day Intercontinental Cup cricket and I don't think we are going to have players coming straight from the one-day game playing four-day cricket. We need players to bat and bat very long and so the development side of it is very important as well.

"I think every country that wants to develop their cricket — be it one-day or three- or four-day cricket — the only way you can learn the game at the Under-15 or 16 levels is to play the longer version of the game. You have to spend time at the wicket and bat while young bowlers have to bowl and not feel pressured all of the time. And you can't develop cricketers playing 20 or 50 overs cricket."

With interest in two-day cricket having plummeted to alarmingly low levels, Logie has blamed the drop in participation on the attitude of the players themselves who he urged to adopt a more positive mental approach to the format.

"I think the individual players are not showing any interest and this is a bit unfortunate," he added. "I think the lack of interest or enthusiasm has nothing to do with two-day cricket itself but more to do with the attitude of the individuals that are playing it."

Logie said a previous recommendation to have two-day cricket played among teams made up of players from designated zones or parishes instead of club representatives was shot down after clubs insisted they had sufficient numbers to field teams. But it is now some of these very same clubs that are experiencing difficulties fielding competitive teams or a team at all on any given weekend.

"As far as the format itself is concerned, I think that it is needed. And it is something that might have to be looked at in the best interests of cricket locally," the Trinidadian added.

"The concept didn't go down too well with some of the clubs who felt they could produce teams in the past. But we might have to look at the format and see if it is feasible to play a parish two-day league and then return to the clubs for the one -day situation.

"I think two-day cricket is important and a recommendation should be put forward. But the clubs are the ones who will have the final say in the end because if you put recommendations to the Board, it then goes to the clubs. And if they don't accept it then it makes things difficult.

"But if we want to have cricket played at a good standard then we may need to make changes. And I think possibly a parish league might go a long way towards reviving the two-day competition in Bermuda."