Bermuda's Women's World Cup misery continued in South Africa yesterday as the Islanders suffered a 179-run loss against Papua New Guinea.

Batting first, Papua New Guinea put Bermuda's wayward attack to the sword on the way to rattling up an impressive 223 for nine in their allotted 50 overs.

Footballer Chevonne Furbert led Bermuda's bowling with respectable figures of three for 50 off ten overs.

In reply, Bermuda crawled to 44 all out in 30.2 overs, with Mary Ellen Jackson top scoring with a determined eight off 27 deliveries.

Twelve of the Island team's runs came by way of extras while three batsmen failed to bother the scorers.

Earlier in the week the same team made headlines across the globe for all the wrong reasons when they were skittled out for a woeful 13, with opponents South Africa requiring only four 'legal' deliveries to polish off the required runs for victory.

WOMEN'S WORLD CUP

IN SOUTH AFRICA

Bermuda v Papua New Guinea

Papau New Guinea won by 179 runs

Papau New Guinea

G.Mea c A.Smith b R.Richardson 4

U.Rigana b S.Todd 2

B.Morea lbw TL Paynter 18

K.Amini c L.Mienzer b C.Furbert 65

N.Kamea run out 0

P.Siaka b ME Jackson 0

B.David run out 16

M.Ipi lbw b W.Furbert 30

K.Lumis b C.Furbert 8

K.Heagi not out 15

L.Ovia not out 3

Extras (2lb-2b-56w-1nb) 61

Total (9 wickets, 50 overs) 223

Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-15, 3-84, 4-84, 5-84, 6-122, 7-174, 8-186, 9-209

Bowling: S.Todd 10.-0-42-1; R.Richardson 9.0-2-27-1; TL Paynter 10.-1-31-1; C.Furbert 10.-0-50-3; ME Jackson 6.0-1-27-1; C.Thompson 2.0-0-09-0; L.Mienzer 1.0-0-10-0 Linda Mienzer; A.Smith 2.0-0-23-0

Bermuda

Charlene Thompson b Heagi 0

Terry-Lynn Paynter b Lumis 0

Mary-Ellen Jackson lbw Lumis 8

Reuna Richardson b Lumis 0

Shauntae Todd b Ipi 6

Linda Mienzer b Heagi 0

Rickelle Smith 2

Nicole Jones b Ipi 7

Arkieta Smith b Siaka 1

Wendy Woodley not out 0

Chevonne Furbert b Ipi 7

Extras (10w-1b-1lb) 12

Total (all out, 30.2 overs) 44

Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-3, 3-9, 4-12, 5-16, 6-22, 7-26, 8-35, 9-35, 10-44

Bowling: K.Heagi 9-4-07-2; K.Lumis 8.0-4-10-3; P.Siaka 7.0-3-14-2; MP Ipi 6.2-2-11-3