National women's cricket team coach Allan Douglas put a positive spin on his side's World Cup performances in South Africa yesterday.

Rather than dwell on recent failures, the former star wicketkeeper/batsman chose to look on the bright side, insisting lessons of the past week would prove invaluable to women's cricket on the Island in years to come.

"This is a good opportunity for the girls to see what level they are at and also a good measure to determine where we go from here. And the more matches we play, the better we will get," Douglas said.

Bermuda's ladies have lost all of their matches, including an embarrassing ten-wicket thumping by the hosts earlier this week.

South Africa required just four 'legal' deliveries to pull down Bermuda's paltry 13, believed to be a record low at this level.

Asked how his team coped with such a humbling result, Douglas said: "They weren't feeling good, I can honestly tell you that. But we chose not to dwell on it because it just didn't make any sense.

"What's more important is that they have steadily improved in each match. It's been a growing process preparing ourselves for this level of competition."

Bermuda produced their best performance in the tournament yesterday, although they still suffered a 126-run loss to Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe piled up 237 for five and Bermuda replied with 111.

Terry Lynn -Paynter enjoyed a superb all-round showing, claiming one for 25 before swatting 26 off 28 deliveries.

"Today's performance was good," Douglas acknowledged. "We cut down on the extras and scored over 100 runs.

"I think the girls have learned a lot on this tour."