ESPNcricinfo’s Peter Della Penna looks at how Bermuda performed in the ICC Americas Region Division One Twenty20 tournament in Indianapolis.
The island nation is essentially clinging on for dear life to their status in Division One of the Americas as well as Division Four of the WCL. They looked competitive against USA on day one but a tight loss took the wind out of their sails and they managed just a lone win over Suriname while losing to the South American nation in the rematch.
Offspinner Jacobi Robinson was their leading wicket-taker with six at 5.09. Young left-arm spinner Delray Rawlins had a decent economy of 5.41 but only managed four wickets. The 17-year-old has undergone a tremendous growth spurt in the past year, now hovering comfortably above six feet, and as a consequence of adjusting to his physical maturation has drifted away from flighting the ball. Instead, he spent much of the tournament darting his deliveries in flatter, making it difficult for him to spin the ball past the edge. He needs to rediscover the tricks that made him a wicket-taking threat at junior level to give Bermuda someone to build their bowling unit around.
Two men in their 40s, captain Janeiro Tucker and David Hemp, were the only two to cross 100 runs. Bermuda's failure was encapsulated by Dion Stovell, who opened every match but scored a grand total of 11 runs off 39 deliveries in six games. The future is looking bleak once Hemp and Tucker call it a day.