ICC Americas High Performance Manager Andy Pick says Bermuda have the potential to become a reckoning force again in Associate cricket.But in order to strike fear into the hearts of their opponents he says the Island’s national team cricketers must show unwavering commitment and be willing to do whatever it takes to be successful.“There’s never been any shortage of talent in Bermuda, it’s just about making sure it gets harnessed and the players commit to the same level as the people off the field,” the Englishman said. “The talent is there but it’s just a case of how it turns up and how it plays on the day.”The former Nottinghamshire pace bowler and England Under-19 coach is currently on the Island working with senior national squad players in the final lead-up to their departure to Barbados for a training exercise later this week.The trip will form part of Bermuda’s preparations for next month’s ICC Americas Division One Twenty20 Championship in Florida and April’s World Cricket League (WCL) Division Three Championship on local soil.“There’s a lot at stake for Bermuda cricket these next couple of months with the Americas trip (Americas Division One Twenty20 Championsip) leading to potential qualification to the Twenty20 qualifier (global) and also with World Cricket League that’s important to where people are ranked globally, how much money they get and all the rest,” added Pick. “It’s a big few months coming and guys have got to appreciate that and show that in the level of commitment to practise because they are going to be playing against some good, tight teams that are going to be working real hard to win.”Pick is optimistic Bermuda will do well in the upcoming tournaments, but only if they adopt a winning mentality and apply themselves in the middle.“It’s going to come down a lot of the time to a will to win, a will to be committed and a will to do whatever it takes to win,” he said.So far, Pick is encouraged by the enthusiasm senior national squad players have demonstrated in training since his arrival on Island earlier this week.“They seem to gel together nicely as a team and look as if they are enjoying what they do,” he said. “For me it’s just a matter of trying to get them to appreciate that every single ball in practice is important and there has been some good practice. The guys have got more intense and clinical and focused on what they are trying to get out of it and that’s the thing for me.”Pick is here as part of an ICC initiative to give Americas teams “the best opportunity to play well at global events”.“We’ve set aside some funding to try and add value to individual countries’ programmes,” he said. “We don’t bring any rocket science . . . it’s just a matter of reaffirming I’m sure what the coaches are saying.”Also sharing their wealth of expertise with national squad players this week is spin bowling specialist coach Chris Brown.The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) certified coach says spin bowling is a “vital” asset to any team, especially in the limited overs format.“If you were to look at successful one-day teams most of them have got a couple of spinners and they generally control the game in the middle period, and we are doing some scenario work based on that,” he said. ‘It’s vital that the spin bowling department is stocked up well and they’ve got all the tools to be successful at the level they are playing at.”