Bermuda's new Deputy Governor says he is willing to use his influence to help the Island attract matches during the next Cricket World Cup.

Nick Carter, who has taken over from the outgoing Tim Gurney at Government House, is a huge fan of the sport and coincidentally is seeking to join one of the Island's sides as a player.

In 2007 the World Cup comes to the West Indies and the 57-year-old bat and leg break bowler says he would be more than happy to lend his support to any moves by Bermuda Cricket Board and Government to have at least one match played out here.

"Through, not so much my position, but my connections with the British Government I could lobby on behalf of Bermuda for that to happen through the ICC or whatever. I could certainly add my weight to that," he said.

Carter has yet to be introduced to Sports Minister Randy Horton but said he is keen to meet the former Cup Match skipper.

"He is one of the people on my list that I have to go and see," he said.

Carter said he hoped to be able to help Bermuda `profile' itself in all areas, cricket being one of them.

He said he did not know why the Island had not produced any stars, given its proximity to the cricket-mad Windies.

"I know it has done pretty well in the football world with the likes of Shaun Goater and others, but on the cricketing side I don't really understand why there is a divide between the West Indies and Bermuda," he said. "I'm sure there must be something political behind it. I can't believe that you don't occasionally produce people who would, on purely grounds of quality, qualify to play in a West Indies cricket team."

Turning to his own participation in the national sport, Carter said he saw playing as an extension of his role on the Island.

"I find sport, not so much a diversion, but a way of getting to meet the people of the country," he said.

He said he hoped to play for a Bermudian side, if they would have him, and sold himself thus: "I'm a leg break bowler who, when he gets in the swing of things, is fairly accurate and a middle order batsman. I'm a steady bat, I wouldn't say I'm an attacking bat but I know what I am doing."

Carter is also a rugby referee and said he would be keen to meet John Kane, organiser of the World Rugby Classic, to talk about the event and plans to get out on the golf course as well.

"My wife and I started playing golf two years ago in Latvia," he said. "Not the best country to start because, of course, for six months of the year you can't play because of the ice and snow, but we got into it and really like it, although, I have to say, we are only just becoming less than awful.

"I do hope the golf courses here can tolerate me so that I can come to some reasonable standard."