 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekutamba mitambo yake yekupedzisira yeBarbados mumwaka wa1969-70, Blades akatamira kuBermuda mukutanga kwema1970. Akatanga kunyorwa achitambira chikwata chenyika cheBermuda muna 1975, paakamiririra chikwata ichi vachipesana neJamaica. Muna 1979, Blades akasarudzwa kuBermuda muchikamu chekutanga cheICC Trophy. Akanga ari mumwe wenhengo nhanhatu dzeboka raiva noruzivo rwekirasi yokutanga, dzimwe dzacho dzaiva Joseph Bailey, Noel Gibbons, Clarence Parfitt, Lionel Thomas, naWinston Trott. Mupiro wake mukuru pamutambo uyu waive semutambi, nemitambo yake yakanakisa yaive 13 kubva pama overs gumi nemaviri kurwisa Argentina uye 214 kubva pama overs gumi nemaviri mumutambo we semi-fainari kurwisa Canada. Nokuda kwe 1982 ICC Trophy, Blades akatumidzwa kuti Bermudas captain, ane makore 37. Akapedzisa mutambo uyu semutambi anotungamira, achiita mazana matatu nemakumi matatu kubva mumitambo misere kusanganisira innings yemakumi matanhatu nenomwe asina kubuda achipesana nePapua New Guinea uye makumi masere nemaviri asina kubuda achipesana neWest Africa. Bermuda yakaita mutambo wokupedzisira kwenguva yokutanga uye bedzi, asi yakarasikirwa neZimbabwe, ichitadza kupinda mu 1983 World Cup. 