USA won the toss and elected to bat first in the final ICC Americas Under 17 Tri-Series in Houston, Texas, against Bermuda.
After 2.4 overs the score a gentle sprinkle turned into a very strong storm in no time with dark clouds all around, after a two-hour, 50-minute delay, play resumed with the match reduced to 32 overs per side.
USA scored 194/7 in their allotted 32 overs, Arjun Patel was the top scorer with 81, Jaiden Manders was the pick of the Bermuda bowlers with figures of 5-0-32-2.
In reply Bermuda could only manage 117/9 after their 32 overs, Rudi Butterfield was the top scorer with 27, while Sam Das led the USA bowling attack with figures of 5-0-13-2.
United States of America Inning
..31 (40) Raymond Ramrattan c Dalin Richardson b Nzari Paynter ..81 (84) Arjun Patel Run Out ..01 (02) Vivek Narayan Run Out ..45 (35) Richie Balkarran b Jaiden Manders ..09 (06) Alix Husain Run Out ..00 (01) M Burch LBW Jaiden Manders ..08 (19) Aravind Patnam c Marcus Scotland b Nirobi Smith-Mills ..07 (05) Maulon Vajir Not Out ..12 Extras (11w-1nb) 194 Total for 7 Wickets after 32 overs
Fall of Wicket: 1-73 (Ramrattan), 2-75 (Narayan), 3-153 (Balkarran), 4-167 (Husain), 5-167 (Burch), 6-186 (Patel), 7-194 (Patnam)
..00 (01) Jabari Darrell b Sam Das ..06 (08) Nzari Paynter Run Out ..09 (21) Cory Burgess b Ozair Ahmed ..19 (55) Alje Richardson st Maulin Vajirt b Raymond Ramrattan ..11 (31) Dalin Richardson c M Burch b Karthik Lappathi ..04 (13) Marcus Scotland c G Patanker b M Burch ..27 Rudi Butterfield b Vivek Narayan ..00 (03) Jarez Eve c & b Raymond Ramrattan ..21 Jaiden Manders Not Out ..02 (07) Amori Dean Simons b Sam Das ..00 (02) Nirobi Smith-Mills ..18 Extras (13w-2nb-3lb) 117 Total for 9 Wickets after 32 overs
