Bermuda Cricket Board escaped what might have been a hefty financial penalty after contravening International Cricket Council (ICC) clothing and equipment regulations during this month?s One-Day International Triangular Series in Trinidad. learned yesterday that match referee and former West Indies great Clive Lloyd reprimanded Bermuda team officials following the Island side?s historical victory over Canada at Queen?s Park Oval after he discovered that logos on the players? shirts exceeded the required measurements, additional logos on their trousers were prohibited and several team members did not have numbers on their jerseys.

However, Lloyd decided not to impose a fine although he would have been within his right to do so.

In 1992 the ICC introduced a Code of Conduct regulating standards that international cricketers were expected to uphold. Match referees were then given the authority to deal with transgressions of the Code during Test matches and One-Day Internationals.

Penalties for breaches of the Code range from an official reprimand to suspension from future international matches.

Bermuda Cricket Board president Reggie Pearman said yesterday that he had been relieved to see the matter quickly resolved.

?We will now have to take necessary steps to ensure this sort of thing never happens again,? said Pearman.

Last November saw Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar fined 20 percent of his match fee after committing a similar Level One offence against England in Faisalabad.

Top Bermuda umpire Roger Dill who officiated during the Tri-Series tournament and is a member of the ICC Associate and Affiliates umpires? panel, said: ?I don?t think our guys were quite fully aware of the rules and that these types of things will not be allowed.

?Everything was done above board and after the match (against Canada) we just reminded them (Bermuda) of the regulations and what will be required of them in the very near future.

?And because it was Bermuda?s first tournament of this nature, we (umpires) were a bit lenient in that sense.

?But come their second, third or even fourth ODI . . . these things might not be tolerated as such. They were told to straighten up because some players had national logos on their pants.?

The 48 year-old former Western Stars off spinner became the first member of the ICC?s Associate and Affiliates? panel to stand in an ODI.

Dill worked alongside Emirates Elite Panel umpire Simon Taufel as well as former Windies skipper Lloyd.

ICC rules state that a member board can display their national logo only on the shirts, sweaters, caps, helmets and sun hats within certain parameters.

As for the players who wore shirts without numbers, Dill said: ?It was explained that some of the members were new to the team and had not been assigned a number as such.

?After the match we (umpires) talked to the players to remind them and showed a bit leniency.?

The objectives which the ICC seek to achieve through their regulations are to ensure a consistent approach and equal treatment of all member boards.

Fines not exceeding $25,000 can be imposed for various breaches of the Code.