National team skipper Irving Romaine has admitted he could be interested in a full-time role as Bermuda Cricket Board's development director — a job he currently holds on an interim basis following the sudden resignation of Wendell Smith.

Smith tendered his resignation from the post on April 30, though it wasn't until this past Monday — a gap of two weeks — that the Board got around to making the news public.

The BCB are actively looking for a replacement, however, and will soon be advertising the position.

While he is currently on secondment from his teaching job at Victor Scott primary school, when asked yesterday whether he was considering throwing his hat into the ring, Romaine said he was "definitely thinking about it."

"I cannot say that I'm not interested in it because I am," he said.

"I definitely miss my kids at Victor Scott, but this job so far has involved going into the schools and helping to supervise their cricket programmes and doing physical work with the kids — which is what I love to do.

"So I'm going to have to sit down with Neil (Speight, the Board's chief executive) and discuss the situation and see exactly what the job requires, because from what I can see there is also a lot of office work that needs to be done and I've never been the sort of person who likes to sit behind a desk all day.

"Since the end of the World Cup, Wendell was in the office and I was out working in the schools — which was a situation I really enjoyed — but now that Wendell has moved on this is obviously going to change. We'll have to see, but I'll know a lot more once I've had a chance to sit down with Neil."

The Royal Gazette has also been in contact with one other high-profile member of Bermuda's World Cup squad who is also thinking about applying for the post — although that person does not yet want to reveal their identity.

Meanwhile, the reasons behind Smith's resignation continued to remain a mystery yesterday.

Contacted by this newspaper, the former St. George's Cup Match star declined to comment further on the issue while a BCB spokesman reiterated what was contained in their brief statement on Monday which merely stated he was stepping down for "personal reasons".

The Board were prepared to make clear, however, that Smith's resignation had nothing to do with the quality of his performance in the post — with the spokesman insisting the former St. George's Cup Match captain would still be working for them if they had had any say in the matter.

"It's an unfortunate situation but we are not at liberty to disclose the reasons behind Wendell's departure because they are confidential, personal reasons and we are obligated to ensure they remain so," the spokesman said.

"We are actively looking for a suitable replacement and will be advertising the position in the very near future."

Asked why it had taken two weeks to make the news public, the spokesman said the delay was prompted by a combination of Speight having been off Island and a preoccupation with last week's visit of the International Cricket Council's high performance manager Richard Done.

Smith was first appointed to the role, then referred to as national academy director, in January, 2006.

At the time it was made clear he was merely taking an extended sabbatical from his job as headmaster of Paget Primary School.

It is not yet known whether the former national team star will now return to Paget Primary or be taking a break from work altogether.