Canada and Bermuda are the two teams from the ICC Americas to advance to the next round of the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup which is set for later this year.
Bermuda have Qualified for the Next Round of the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers
Bermuda Win by 6 Wickets
United States of America 141/9 Bermuda 142/6
United States of America batted first and were restricted to 141/9 in their allotted 20 overs, Hayden Walsh was the top scorer with 26, while Onias Bascome once again leading the bowling attack with figures of 4-0-32-3, Delray Rawlins bowled 4-0-22-2 and Malachi Jones bowled 4-0-26-2.
In reply Bermuda scored the required runs to advance with 7 balls to spare, Okera Bascome was the top scorer with 35 off 16 deliveries, while Man of the Match Deunte Darrell scored 30 not out off 23 deliveries. Karima Gore was the pick of the United States of America bowlers with figures of 4-0-5-3.
United States of America Inning
..17 (12) Xavier Marshall c Kamau Leverock b George O'Brien ..06 (04) Monank Patel c Delray Rawlins b Malachi Jones ..23 (30) Steven Taylor c Allan Douglas b Onias Bascome ..05 (11) Sunny Sohal LBW Malachi Jones ..04 (05) Aaron Jones b Delray Rawlins ..26 (28) Hayden Walsh b Delray Rawlins ..07 (03) Timroy Allen c Deunte Darrell b Onias Bascome ..02 (04) Cameron Gannon c Delray Rawlins b Onias Bascome ..14 (14) Timil Patel Not Out ..12 (07) Saurabh Netravalkar c Malachi Jones b George O'Brien ..04 (03) Karima Gore Not Out ..21 Extras (1nb-20w) 141 Total for 9 Wickets after 20 overs
4.0-0-38-2 George O’Brien 4.0-0-26-2 Malachi Jones 4.0-0-22-2 Delray Rawlins 2.0-0-11-0 Rodney Trott 4.0-0-32-3 Onias Bascome 2.0-0-12-0 Allan Douglas
Bermuda Inning
..35 (16) Okera Bascome b Karima Gore ..08 (19) Terryn Fray c Hayden Walsh b Karima Gore ..27 (19) Malachi Jones st Monank Patel b Timil Patel ..12 (11) Delray Rawlins c Karima Gore b Timil Patel ..16 (13) Kamau Leverock b Hayden Walsh ..30 (23) Deunte Darrell Not Out ..03 (09) Allan Douglas st Monank Patel b Karima Gore ..07 (05) Sinclair Smith Not Out ..04 Extras (2nb-1w-1lb) 142 Total for 6 Wickets after 18.5 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-44 (Bascome), 2-45 (Fray), 3-69 (Rawlins), 4-87 (Jones), 5-111 (Leverock), 6-117 (Douglas)
United States of America’s Bowlers
3.0-0-33-0 Saurabh Netravalkar 4.0-2-05-3 Karima Gore 1.0-0-17-0 Timroy Allen 3.0-0-29-0 Steven Taylor 1.0-0-08-0 Cameron Gannon 4.0-0-19-2 Timil Patel 2.5-0-30-1 Hayden Walsh
Canada Win by 8 Wickets
Cayman Islands 91/7 Canada 95/2
Canada became the first ICC Americas team to advance to the next round of the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup which is set for later this year after they defeated the Cayman Islands by 8 wickets.
Cayman batted first and scored 91/7 in their 20 overs, Gregory Strydom was the top scorer with 23, Saad Bin Zafar was the pick of the Canada bowlers with figures of 4-0-8-3.
In reply Canada scored 95/2, after losing the openers with no runs on the board, Naveet Dhaliwal and Nitish Kumar shared a 95 run third wicket partnership to seal the victory, Dhaliwal scored 53 not out.