Bermuda Cricket Board are in discussions with their Argentina counterparts about a player swap that could see some of the Island's best cricketers travel to South America to play in a new elite competition.The two nations began discussing the idea at the ICC Americas Regional Development Forum in Costa Rica last week, and are expected to cement the plan during the Twenty20 World Cup Regional Qualifiers in Florida in July.While Bermuda's Elite Player League is already up and running, Argentina's is provisionally pencilled in for later in the year, when it will be used to help the national team prepare for their next World Cricket League appearance.“I think getting this elite thing up and running is fantastic,” said Andy Pick, the ICC Performance Officer for The Americas. “The one thing I am preaching all the time is, because in some of our countries the depth of talent is not there, it's essential that the best play the best more often.“It's all right having a league game where three of your national team play against two of your national team, but the rest of the time they're not really being tested.“The idea would basically see half a dozen players from around the region take part in the league, in Bermuda or Argentina. Players Argentina bring in will practise with the national team, who will use it as practice ahead of World Cricket League.“But obviously, Argentina being in the Southern Hemisphere, it's a great opportunity for lads from Canada, or Bermuda, to go down in our off-season and play some good, quality cricket in another country. I know that there has been dialogue between Bermuda and Argentina already about sharing players for those sort of opportunities.”The ICC Americas are also hoping to enter an Under-20s team into the West Indies' domestic under-19 competition next year, giving the region's best youngsters the chance to play at a higher level.That could lead to some of Bermuda's top cricketers spending much of their summer, and part of their winter playing abroad something that Pick believes will ultimately improve standards across the Americas.“If that means that guys have to miss some of their domestic season to go and play a better standard of cricket overseas, well, so be it,” said Pick. “I know some of the league teams aren't going to be too impressed, but it depends what you want from your programme.“If Bermuda are happy playing in Division Three or Four then fine, keep the league structure going nicely, and I said this to Argentina as well. If you're happy being in Division Six or Seven then you don't have to do anything more than what you're doing at the moment.“But, everybody doesn't want that to happen. They all have ideas of where they think they should be. I think David (Moore) thinks that Bermuda should be a Division Two team, and if Bermuda get it right, and do really well, they can be pushing towards the top.”The desire for elite cricket, and an increase in co-operation between the region has come out of a past 18 months that has seen every Americas country struggle at their respective international levels.Bermuda, Argentina, USA and Bahamas have all been relegated from their respective World Cricket Leagues, while Canada have done little of note in Division One. Overall, the Americas region played 60 international matches in that time, winning just 18 of them and eight of those were won by USA in Divisions Four and Five.“There's no hiding from the figures,” said Pick. “We need to try and do something about it. If we sit back and do what we've always done, we'll get what we've always got, and probably even worse, because more and more countries are getting themselves organised and improving.“As a region there were some good things that came out of the forum. People are starting to talk a bit more like a family, a bit more like a region. We have to look at trying to polish the best, so if two or three of the best young players need 70 percent of the opportunities, then so be it.“Hopefully each country, if they can provide opportunities for the best four or five players, ultimately that's going to be the core of your (national) team moving forward.“That's the sort of forward thinking, not necessarily specifically that, but that sort of thinking is what is helping other regions promote their best young cricketers.”