Former national cricket team skipper Gladstone (Sad) Brown has been appointed to Bermuda Cricket Board's (BCB) newly formed technical committee.

The Board's technical committee currently serves as an expert consultant on all cricket-related matters and comprises senior BCB executive Allen Richardson, national coach Gus Logie, assistant national coach Herbie Bascome, BCB development director Arnold Manders, top umpire Roger Dill, current national team skipper Irving Romaine, past skipper Clay Smith and new appointee Brown.

Brown, who comes highly recommended for the role, has previous experience serving on the Board's executive and in 1982 scored Bermuda's first century at the ICC Trophy four years after captaining the Island on their ICC Trophy debut in England.

"I am very impressed with Sad's (Brown) experience at the international and local levels, which I think is unquestionable," BCB technical committee chairman Richardson said. "The other thing I like about Sad is that he still shows an interest in local cricket and wants to see our cricket return to the heights it once enjoyed."

The outspoken Brown now hopes he and his fellow technical committee colleagues can help to make a difference as the Board seek methods to steer the game in the right direction. "I don't think that any one person can make a difference. But there are a lot of people that can contribute collectively to make a difference," he said.

"A lot of people don't like opinionated people but people have opinions about how the game should go and how it should be run. And you shouldn't crucify a person because he goes a different direction because people do have their own views on how things should be done.

"I think people should be allowed to express their opinions and then we all get on with it. You might agree or disagree with it, but from there you move forward.

"And I think the Board has missed a good opportunity by excluding so many people who want to give their time, knowledge and experiences which is so important."

Last month the BCB's technical committee held a well-attended open cricket forum at Devonshire Recreation Club which Richardson hailed as a "success".

"A lot of positive information came out of our last meeting and from that we will look at our league structure and suggest ways of improving it," he added.

"Since the last forum we have had many proposals but we want to have a look at them, make sound recommendations and then take them to the Board's executive before sharing them with the clubs and general public."

Other proposals the technical committee are currently reviewing include looking for ways to best promote and stimulate interests in the 50-over and beleagured two-day leagues, as well as the possible implementation of a Twenty20 League.

A second cricket forum was scheduled to take place at Devonshire Recreation Club tomorrow but has been postponed, with the BCB yet to announce a new date.

"We had to put off this week's forum as three of our members (Romaine, Logie and Bascome) are away with the national team," Richardson explained. "But we will reschedule the forum when the national team returns (from Kenya and Dubai)."

• Bermuda's senior national cricket squad play their first match on their tour of Kenya on Sunday when they rub shoulders with fellow ICC Associates Uganda in a 50-over friendly in Nairobi.

The Islanders touched down on the African continent earlier this week where they will play the Kenyans in three one-day internationals and the four-day Intercontinental Cup before travelling to Dubai to meet the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in their fourth and final Intercontinental Cup match this year.

Kenya defeated Canada by four wickets in Nairobi yesterday in a one-day international.