Bermuda picked up their first win of the World Cricket League Division 3 Tournament going on in Malaysia.
Taking on the host in their third game, Bermuda for the third time loss the toss and was sent to bat, they scored 257/8 in their allotted 50 overs, Christian Burgess was yet again the top scorer with 82 from 88 balls, Burgess hit 10 fours and 1 six. Lionel Cann added 51 from 70 balls that included 4 fours and 1 six, Malachi Jones had a strike rate of 316.66 after scoring 19 runs from 6 balls hitting 3 fours and 1 six, while Allan Douglas had a strike rate of 307.14 after scoring 43 from 14 balls, Douglas hit 1 four and 6 sixes. With figures of 10-2-41-2 saw Suharril Shuib led the Malaysia bowling attack.
In reply Malaysia were 172/6 when rain stopped play, they resumed with Malaysia reaching 179/7 in 43 overs before rain halted play, Malaysia was chasing a revised total of 217 resulting in Bermuda winning the match on the Duckworth-Lewis Method. Captain Ahmed Faiz Noor was their top scorer with 87, while Anwar Arudin added 45. Dion Stovell was the pic of the Bermuda bowlers returning figures of 9-0-29-3.
Captain Janeiro Tucker was thrilled with the side’s first win saying, “We’ve been working on assessing the wickets to get ourselves into the position we got into today, and today we executed our plans. Now we’re looking for a win tomorrow to put pressure on the other teams.”
Bermuda Innings
..07 (29) Terryn Fray c Ahmed Faiz Noor b Pavandeep Singh ..21 (29) Dion Stovell c Shafiq Sharif b Suharril Shuib ..82 (88) Christian Burgess c Aminuddin Ramly b Nasir Shafiq ..01 (08) Tre Manders LBW Khizar Hayat Durrani ..21 (48) Janeiro Tucker c & b Suharril Shuib ..51 (70) Lionel Cann c Ahmed Faiz Noor b Nasir Shafiq ..43 (14) Allan Douglas c Nasir Shafiq b Shahrulnizam Yusof ..04 (06) Kamau Leverock Not Out ..19 (06) Malachi Jones c Ahmed Faiz Noor b Suresh Navaratnam ..04 (03) Delray Rawlins Not Out ..04 Extras (1b-1lb-1w-1nb) 257 Total for 8 Wickets after 50 overs
Fall of Wickets 1-17 (Fray), 2-47 (Stovell), 3-59 (Manders), 4-98 (Tucker), 5-178 (Burgess), 6-227 (Douglas), 7-231 (Cann), 8-250 (Jones)
..45 (42) Anwar Arudin c Janeiro Tucker b Dion Stovell ..00 (01) Nasir Shafiq LBW Kamau Leverock ..87 (111) Ahmed Faiz Noor c Delray Rawlins b Dion Stovell ..11 (34) Suhan Alagaratnam Run Out ..02 (15) Suharril Shuib c Allan Douglas b Delray Rawlins ..02 (17) Aminuddin Ramly LBW Dion Stovell ..20 (32) Shafiq Sharif b Malachi Jones ..04 (07) Khizar Hayat Not Out ..01 (01) Suresh Navaratnam Not Out ..07 Extras (3lb-2w-2nb) 179 Total for 7 Wickets 43 overs
5.0-0-30-0 Jordan DeSilva 3.0-0-33-1 Kamau Leverock 6.0-1-36-1 Malachi Jones 9.0-0-29-3 Dion Stovell 10.-2-30-0 Janeiro Tucker 10.-0-18-1 Delray Rawlins
