Legendary cricketer Brian Lara dusted off the cobwebs yesterday during a net session with Bermuda national team players at the North Field.

During his master-class batting clinic the ex-West Indies skipper passed on some of his trade secrets with national team players of all ages, keen to learn from The Prince of Port-of-Spain.

Unsurprisingly, Lara, who was padding up for the first time in months, was rarely troubled by Bermuda's bowling attack, which included the likes of Jim West, Fiqre Crockwell, Joshua Gilbert and OJ Pitcher.

That was until his final ball when he faced Bermuda women's player Precious Smith, who removed the left-hander's middle stump.

As a reward for claiming Lara's prized wicket, Smith was presented with the bat the Trinidadian had been using.

It was a nice touch from Lara, the marquee name in Monday's Grand Slam of Golf Pro-Am, who spent more than half an hour signing autographs at the end of the training session.

"It one of the few balls that was bowled on the stumps!" Lara said of Smith's wicket taking delivery. "It's nice to see that females are also playing and are interested in cricket. I haven't picked up a cricket bat in quite some time and it was good to see if I still had it."

One promising pace bowler who particularly caught Lara's eye was Cleveland's left-armer Damali Bell, who demonstrated good control and a range of weapons in his armoury.

"He isn't express but he's young and will get quicker," said Lara, whose coaching session attracted around 25 or so national team players.

"I like the fact you could tell he was thinking and put the ball in the right place. I like seeing a youngster who has good control. Curtly Ambrose started as medium pacer and picked up the pace later on."

Lara has no doubt Bermuda coach David Moore is the right man to take local cricket to the next level. He just hopes the Island's up and coming players pay attention to the Australian's words of wisdom.

"I've worked with David, he's very committed and professional in what he does," said Lara. "Obviously, me being here today should lift the spirits of the youngsters and bring more respect to David. It's hard work when you're coaching youngsters in a national team because often they want to go off and do their own thing."

Lara bowed out of international cricket at the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean, against an England side he plundered a record 375 and 400 not out against in 1994 and 2004.