LOST luggage left almost half of Bermuda’s squad short of their training gear and casual wear a day after arriving in Nairobi.Scheduled to attend a reception hosted by the general manager of the Hilton Hotel last night, several were debating whether to simply stay in their rooms as they had nothing to wear.

Bags belonging to coach Gus Logie, Dean Minors, Janeiro Tucker, Rodney Trott, Clay Smith and Ryan Steede all failed to arrive at Kenyatta Airport following the long haul from Bermuda via London.

Team manager Lionel Tannock had been promised the luggage would be delivered at some point yesterday, but by late afternoon there was still no sign of the missing bags.* * *

STILL shaking off the effects of the previous day’s travel, Bermuda’s players enjoyed yesterday what might prove to be their most relaxing day of the tour.A one-hour session in the hotel gym early in the afternoon was the extent of training after a planned practice session at the Gymkhana ground, venue for Sunday’s opening Intercontinental Cup match, failed to materialise.

Coach Logie and manager Tannock had been scheduled to meet with Kenya cricket officials to discuss details of the tour at noon, but after waiting for over an hour in the hotel lobby there was still no sign of anybody representing the host organisers.

Arrangements were made later in the day for the team to train early this morning at Nairobi’s Ruaraka Sports Club, but Logie is still keen that the players get a look at the Gymkhana ground before play starts on Sunday.* * *

MISSING from this morning’s training session will be four members of the squad who have been fine-tuning their preparation for the tour at the Pretoria Cricket Academy in South Africa, where the team will stay when they leave Kenya later this month.One-day skipper Irving Romaine, Kwame Steede, Stefan Kelly and Derek Hurdle had been scheduled to join their team-mates in Nairobi yesterday but were delayed in South Africa and will now arrive some time today.

* * *AS the only remaining smoker in Bermuda’s squad, Hurdle may have trouble finding a room-mate once he checks into the hotel. On previous trips he and fellow fast bowler George O’Brien, who also enjoys the odd puff, proved ideal partners.But now that O’Brien’s been axed, word is that nobody else wants to share his smoke-filled company.