West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has vowed not take ICC Associates Bermuda and Canada lightly when the three sides meet in a triangular series in Toronto next month.

Gayle, who recently returned to the Windies squad from groin injury, already has experience playing against Bermuda as a member of Jamaica's Twenty20 national team that ruthlessly crushed Gus Logie's men by nine-wickets at the inaugural Standford 20-20 Tournament in Antigua in 2006.

Bermuda will take on the West Indies at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club August 26 in a match the Windies will use as a tune up for September's ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan.

"The aim is to use the tour as preparation for the ICC Champions Trophy and so it would be safe to say that we won't be taking the opponents lightly.

"We would like all the guys to get a hit before going into Pakistan and so we will have some quality match preparation," Gayle told The Royal Gazette.

"All the players will get an opportunity and we will be going out to play good cricket and plan well so everybody can point out their areas and gather momentum as a team."

During the inaugural Standford 20/20 campaign Gayle led Jamaica to victory over Bermuda with a dashing 40 achieved off 22 balls along with quickie Jerome Taylor who took five for ten to earn man-of-the-match accolades.

"I remember playing against Bermuda in the Stanford 20/20 and they also came on a short tour to Jamaica so I know the players pretty well and enjoy their company.

"They are a great bunch of guys. These games we are really looking forward to it," added Gayle.

West Indies coach John Dyson reckons Associates Bermuda and Canada will have plenty to gain from next month's triangular series in Toronto.

"This series will be good for the development of cricket in Canada and Bermuda as they get a golden chance to compete in ODIs again.

"Whatever we can do to help them we would be happy to do that," he said.

And like Gayle, Australian Dyson has warned his team will not take underdogs Bermuda and Canada lightly.

"The two teams we will be coming up against are somewhat unknown to us but that does not mean will be taking them lightly, not at all," he stressed.

"This will be a very serious series for us as we will be looking to get a winning momentum going as we look ahead to the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan in September."

Under current Bermuda coach Logie, the Windies, led by star batsman Brian Lara, raised the ICC Champions Trophy in England shortly after touring Bermuda in 2004.