Bermuda and the wrong trousers

Bermuda's George O'Brien in action ... in the wrong trousers © ICC

Bermuda escaped with a warning from the ICC after being reported for contravening regulations restricting the size of logos on players' shirts during victory over Canada in the recent tri-nations ODI series in Trinidad.

Clive Lloyd, the tournament referee, reprimanded the Bermuda management for the problems with shirts, as well as the fact that some of the players had prohibited logos on their trousers, while others had shirts without numbers.

Under ICC regulations, Lloyd could have imposed fines of up to $25,000.

"We will now have to take necessary steps to ensure this sort of thing never happens again," Reggie Pearman, the Bermuda board chairman, told the Royal Gazette.

Roger Dill, the Bermuda umpire who made history by becoming the first from the Associate panel to stand in a full ODI, said that the offences had been inadvertent. "I don't think our guys were quite fully aware of the rules and that these types of things will not be allowed," he told the newspaper. "Because it was Bermuda's first tournament of this nature, we were a bit lenient in that sense ... after the match we talked to the players to remind them and showed a bit leniency."