Opening batsman Stephen Outerbridge flies into Namibia today to bolster the Bermuda cricket squad ahead of one-day games against their hosts.

Outerbridge, one of four players currently training at the ICC Winter Training Camp in Pretoria, South Africa, arrives at 9 a.m. local time and will join up with the tired squad for their rest day.

Coach Gus Logie has given the players free rein for today after their two days spent fielding in the heat and chasing leather to all parts of the ground in the debilitating defeat to the Africans.

And some miscommunication between the Bermuda Cricket Board and the Namibian Cricket Board could lead to a second day off for Logie?s troops.

Before the side left the Island, two one-day matches were scheduled to be played against the Namibians on the Thursday and Friday of this week in the event of a loss to the Kenyans.

But the NCB are claiming that those matches were scheduled for the Friday and Saturday ? the day Bermuda depart ? with those dates published in the local media.

Due to fly out at 5.40 p.m. on Saturday, Bermuda are refusing to play on their final day in the Southern African country and with the NCB claiming they cannot raise a side tomorrow, Bermuda may now be left with just one additional match to play and tomorrow would become another spare day to go on safari. has seen an e-mail from the NCB confirming the games were to be played on the 27th and 28th of October (Thursday and Friday) but the NCB president claimed last night that he was sure the arrangement was for the later two dates.

If the second game doesn?t go ahead, it would undermine the value of the latter part of the tour for Logie?s men and would make the additional expense of staying on in Namibia and flying in Outerbridge half as valuable to Bermuda?s World Cup preparations.

The young opener, meanwhile, is expected to replace Saleem Mukuddem in the side as the number three batsman continues to observe Ramadan, prohibiting him from eating and drinking during daylight hours.

Although he coped well over the three days, the opening bowler was naturally struggling a little in the 35 degree heat and it is understood the decision was made that it wasn?t worth risking his health unnecessarily when a next generation top order batsman was readily available.

Mukuddem, however, may still have to play depending on the status of fast bowlers Kevin Hurdle and Kevin Tucker.

Both inhabitants of Windhoek Country Club Resort room 171 were struggling with the effects of a virus that left them vomiting, dehydrated and unable to join the team for the first day of the match against Kenya.

Although both made it to the ground on Monday and Hurdle even took to the field as 12th man yesterday, it is not yet clear whether they have regained the strength to bowl, which would leave Mukuddem having to open the attack again himself.