Jacobi Robinson staked a strong claim for a spot on Bermuda's ICC Cricket World Cup qualifying squad in St.Lucia earlier this week with the ball and is now confident he can build on his recent success.

The 24-year old all-rounder had impressive figures of four for 46 in a losing cause against South Castries at the Beausejour Cricket Ground (BCG) in St.Lucia last Tuesday and included among his casualties was West Indies all-rounder Darren Sammy, caught at first slip for a golden duck.

Robinson earned a late call to national duty after batsman Oronde Bascome was omitted from the squad for breaching terms of a Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB) contract. And so far the Somerset skipper has grasped the opportunity to impress the Bermuda selectors with both hands.

"My spot is not concrete and so I have to work hard to earn my place in the team. And I am very determined to put my all into it to try and help us qualify for the World Cup, Robinson told The Royal Gazette. "Things are coming along nicely and I guess all the hard I have been putting in is begining to pay off. I have changed my approach and now putting more emphasis on bowling tight instead of fast.

"I am now trying to build more pressure and my main priority is to continue taking wickets by bowling tight as well as trying to score a few runs."

Robinson appears to be putting useful pointers from ex-West Indies seamers Bernard Julien and Kenny Benjamin in Trinidad last week to good use in trying conditions in St.Lucia.

"The wickets here are slow, real up and down, and you basically have to put the ball in the right areas," he explained. "It's definitely hard work getting wickets down here, but at the end of the day a good ball is a good ball."

The Somerset skipper has now taken five wickets on tour and last week shared in an unbroken eighth -wicket partnership that carried Bermuda to victory over Trinidadian Premier One Day champions Connection Wanderers in Trinidad.

Robinson made his Bermuda debut in 2004 against West Indies at the National Sports Centre (NSC) where he claimed the prized wicket of then Windies skipper Brian Lara with a similar delivery that sent Sammy back to the pavilion.

That year also saw the prison warden represent Bermuda in the Intercontinental Cup in Toronto, debut in Cup Match and attend cricket studies at the Port Elizabeth International Cricket Academy.

Bermuda, meanwhile, are scheduled to take on a St.Lucia President's XI today and tomorrow at the BCG as their Caribbean tour continues.