Dean Minors has been singled out as a possible match winner by skipper Irving Romaine ahead of Bermuda?s opening 20-20 clash with Jamaica on Friday.

Romaine and 12 team-mates jet out today for the ten-hour, three-flight trip to Antigua with victory firmly in their sights against the mighty Chris Gayle and pals.

?Nothing?s impossible,? said the 20-20 skipper boldly after a final training session yesterday at the National Sports Centre?s North Field ? the only one to which the entire squad have been able to show up due to a variety of work commitments.

?Jamaica are a good team, but we are a good team and if everyone does what they know they can, then I think we can beat them.?

The skipper highlighted a number of potential matchwinners, not the least of which was Minors, who his captain believes is good enough to make the tournament?s All-Star squad and earn a spot in the $5m match-up with South Africa later in the year.

?I think Dean Minors is probably the best wicketkeeper in this tournament,? continued Romaine, himself more than capable of turning the game with his explosive bat.

?Dean can really stand out in this game, really get noticed.?

The squad jetted out at 7a.m. and are set to arrive in their final destination, via Philadelphia and San Juan, at around 4 p.m. local time.

There is expected to be a light beach training session, either in or out of the water, tonight before a cricket-based session at a local pitch tomorrow.

The team will then make the 40-minute journey to the expensively-renovated venue for their clash with Jamaica on Friday.

?We have played a lot of 20-20 cricket and that might work for us,? said Romaine, whose side have been practising here with the black Stanford 20-20 bats that are the standard equipment for this tournament.

?The experience of playing in the Classic here will have helped us but we are still going into this game as underdogs, and that suits us fine.

?We are not one of the big four they have been talking about, the pressure isn?t on us, we just have to go out there and play like we can.?

Romaine is also expecting a little help from the crowd: ?We are not playing Antigua, so the crowd are going to be neutral. They have a choice of who to support, us or Jamaica, hopefully they will choose us.?

The money-soaked tournament is also offering $10,000 for ?play of the game? ? which the Bermuda players have decided the individual can keep if one of their own wins it ? and $25,000 for man of the match, which it is understood the players would divvy up at a $1,000 per man, including coaching staff and manager, with the balance being kept by the winner.

And as for the $1m prize for winning the tournament overall? ?I think we would try and hide it from the BCB,? joked Romaine.

His side go into action on Friday at 8 p.m. Bermuda time.