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?Bhatti made the difference?

Canada coach Andy Pick attributed his team?s comfortable win over Bermuda to the superb allround efforts of Umar Bhatti.

The left-handed allrounder took ten wickets for the match, and scored a maiden ICC Intercontinental Cup half century in his team?s first innings.

?Bhatti did what he did against Kenya and kept going on and picking up wickets,? Pick said.

?So much credit to Umar who is probably the main difference in our team.?

Pick was also delighted to see the likes of skipper John Davison, Ian Billcliffe and Abdool Samad all score centuries.

?One of the things we had been lacking was batsmen taking responsibility and put big scores on the board, and this is something that has cost us dearly in the ODI,? he added.

?So it?s always nice to see three centuries scored in an innings like that.?

Pick also paid tribute to the groundstaff as King?s City.

?They have been fantastic pitches and in some respect you would probably think they are too good with little help (for the bowlers) on the fourth day,? the former England Under 19 coach added.

?But it also makes it an even contest between bat and ball and take the advantage of the toss out of it because it doesn?t matter necessarily whether you bat first or second if you win the toss.

?So it was a very good pitch and you had to work hard for your rewards, and that?s something both teams have done out here.?

Canada?s head coach also applauded Bermuda for the way they nearly salvaged a draw with some dogged batting on the final day.

?There were a couple of times today when it looked like Bermuda were going to hang on and bat their way through,? he said. ?There was never a fear in the wicket for them, and I thought this was just a game of chess really.

?At the end of the day we bowled in the right areas and they tried to play the best way they could play, and whichever team gives in first would win.

?And when we got the captain hooking in the air, we then went on and chipped away with the new ball.?