Richard Austin, along with Lovett Dickinson and Llewellyn Hall, have all been selected to participate in the ICC Americas Division II Championship.

Austin was selected to umpire matches at the Championships from the ICC Americas 'A' Panel of Umpires.

The Division II Championship is made up of teams from Brazil, Panama, Surinam, Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos.

The tournament is scheduled to take place February 1 - February 6 in the Bahamas.

Additionally, the Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB) secured a major feat for its stakeholders by creating an opportunity for two Bermudian scorers.

The BCB will be sending Dickinson from St. George's CC and Llewellyn Hall from Western Stars, to score at the Championships.

This follows the success in October 2009 when the BCB successfully negotiated the opportunity to send two Bermudian umpires to Chile to officiate the ICC Americas Region Division III Championship.

President of the BCB, Mr Reggie Pearman stated: "I am delighted to see that Bermudian officials are getting recognition and experience at the international level. This is the first time the BCB has been able to send two scorers to an international tournament.

"Part of the BCB's Development Plan is to increase exposure for our officials and I would like to thank Neil Speight and the BCB staff who continuously create these opportunities for our local officials."