David Hemp is relishing the chance to battle for a place in the Bermuda side this autumn, even though he isn?t having the best of summers with the bat for his English county side Glamorgan.

Hemp, who still needs to complete another fortnight of ?cricket work? with the Bermuda Cricket Board to fulfil his residency requirement ahead of upcoming internationals, has notched just a single first-class century this season, scoring 651 runs in total in the four-day championship at an average of just under 30.

His best scores have consistently come in the 20-20 version of the game, where he maintains an average of nearly 60 after scoring more than 230 runs over seven knocks ? including a high of 74.

He has another dozen or so games left for his county in the various formats of the game before flying back to Bermuda in mid-October ahead of a possible tour to Kenya and South Africa the following month ?if selected?.

?It?s been a funny year so far, a little frustrating,? said Hemp, speaking on his way to Cardiff yesterday ahead of tomorrow?s game against West Indies ?A? at Sophia Gardens.

?I keep getting in, getting to around 20 or 30 and then getting out. It?s not that I am being caught driving through the covers or anything, it has been more nicks and so on.

?It?s one of the phases that you go through. You always need a bit of luck in cricket and every chance I have offered has been taken.

?That?s cricket and you have to just try and play your way out of it. I?m feeling good, my feet are moving well and I?m getting myself in, I just haven?t been able to push on and make the big scores.?

Hemp has high-scored with 102 and also reached a couple of 50s along the way and is hoping for some more big scores before the season is out.

The campaign wraps up in the penultimate week of September before he heads to Guernsey for some 20-20 matches against other counties, a two-week break and then back to Bermuda.

?I?m really looking forward to getting back out there,? said Hemp, who has been in regular touch with both BCB chief executive Neil Speight and coach Gus Logie this summer.

?I?ve been following how they have got on in the various matches they have played, although I haven?t seen a tape yet from the Jamaica game in the Stanford 20-20.

?I can?t wait to get back out there and get the rest of my qualification done and then start training with the boys. I?m relishing the challenge of working with everyone again and trying to get selected for that first tour in November in Africa and then hopefully I can do my bit for the team.

?I?m not even thinking about the World Cup or anything like that yet, the first thing I have to do is get selected and then take it a game at a time.?

Hemp has also been working with Ryan Steede ? ?he has come on a lot? ? who has been playing his summer with an English club.

?Like I said, I have been following the progress of the guys and have been in e-mail contact with Gus about what I have been doing and he has been talking to me about what is going on in Bermuda,? he added.

?I hope I can get into the side and do my bit to help.?