Dear Sir,

With reference to a letter to the sports editor from "Recman" published in the Royal Gazette on October 30, 2007, I would like to make the following observations.

Recman suggested Lionel Cann be promoted to vice-captain. Since then, Lionel has been dismissed twice for nought, been banned by the ICC for a level two offence categorised as "unacceptable" and has been sent home in disgrace by the BCB.

Recman suggested that Irving Romaine be dropped. Since then, Irving top scored with 61 in a one-day game against Kenya and has followed that up with a score of 42 in a four-day game.

Recman finally suggested that David Hemp be dropped. Hemp scored the only half-century for Bermuda in the World Cup and set an ICC Intercontinental cup batting record against Holland. In the 2007 English county season for Glamorgan, Hemp scored more first-class runs than any other team member, more List A runs than any other team member and was second in the number of Twenty20 runs scored. Yet a couple of poor scores against Uganda and Kenya has Recman calling for him to be dropped. At the time of writing, Hemp is 95 not out against Kenya.

The ingredients of any successful team include consistency in selection, consistency in leadership, sticking with proven and experienced performers balanced with the introduction of young talent. Whilst Bermuda has not had a particularly successful tour so far, Gus Logie is clearly able to look beyond short-term fluctuations in form for the longer term benefit of all involved.

If he listened to the advice of Recman, he would drop anyone who failed two or three times and instantly promote anyone scoring a few late order runs to captain.

In closing I would like to add that Lionel clearly made a big mistake and I have no doubt that he regrets his actions. Bermuda is under the microscope of first-class cricket officiating where poor behaviour is not acceptable. In addition Bermuda needs to justify its inclusion on the ICC High Performance list and such lapses in behaviour cannot go unpunished. I hope that Lionel learns a valuable lesson and quickly returns to the team where he is a great asset.

WAY