Bermuda meet Canada in decider on Saturday

Bermuda defeated the USA by 83 runs and Canada fortunately defeated the Cayman Islands squad by 49 runs to set up a Champioship match on Saturday 12th at picturesque G Ross Lord Park in Toronto. The Bermudans have reportedly indicated that they were the team to beat and on current form and preparation, it is hard to dismiss their claim to the Americas' Cricket Championship in 2000. Weather has been supportive, the turf pitches have played superbly and we await some fine tuning and extra resources.

USA won the toss and fielded, Bermuda scored 232 for 10 in 47.5 overs. Charlie Marshall again excelled with a innings of 95 runs. L Cann scored 26 runs and K Tucker 43 in their quest. Best bowling for the USA was N. Islam with 6 wickets for 33 runs and C Reid 2 for 34 leading the way. Zamin Amin veteran USA player topscored with 34 runs in a losing cause. The USA suffered from unavailability of key personnel, especially after their two week tour to England.

Batting first, Canada could only muster 112 runs against a very good Cayman Is. bowling attack. Their bowling attack had done wonders against the United States and Bermuda. Canada's 112 was scored off 26 overs with J Harris and B Rajadurai topscording with 14 runs each. S Gordon's 4/15 and D White 2/24 being the best of the Cayman Islands bowling.

Cayman Islands batting was lead by C Cunningham's 15 runs. G. Codrington won Man of the Match Honours with 5 wickets for 13 runs off 6 overs. J Davison's 2 for 7 runs and Davis Joseph 1 for 20 being the other wicket takers.