Janeiro Tucker will be among the favourites to claim the most valuable player award for his outstanding all round performances during the recently concluded ICC Americas Division 1 T20 Championship in Florida.The veteran all rounder amassed 304 runs to finish second behind leading run getter Steve Taylor (USA), claimed the most wickets (13) along with teammate Malachi Jones and Sauid Drepaul (Suriname) and held onto the most catches (seven) during the tournament.Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB) today confirmed that Tucker has not been chosen as the tournament’s MVP as we originally reported.Bermuda’s ICC Americas Division 1 T20 campaign ended on a losing note following a five wicket loss to Suriname at Central Broward Regional Park in Fort Lauderdale yesterday.Bermuda posted 144 for four in their allotted overs after electing to take first strike.But their total proved too shallow for Suriname who replied with 148 for five to clinch victory with two balls to spare.Tre Manders (51) and David Hemp (51 not out) both stroked half centuries to top Bermuda’s batting while Tucker claimed two for 27.All rounder Drepaul claimed three for 37 and stroked 42 from 40 balls to guide Suriname to its fourth victory of the tournament.In truth, the match itself was of little significance to a Bermuda team who had clinched the remaining ICC World T20 global qualifying spot up for grabs with a 23-run win against Bahamas the day before at the same venue.Bermuda finished second behind tournament hosts and champions USA with a record of five wins and three losses to their credit.“It feels good to achieve our qualifying objective,” interim national coach Arnold Manders told The Royal Gazette. “It hasn’t been easy and has been very demanding.”Led by half centuries from the big bats of Tucker (79 not out) and Hemp (53), Bermuda posted 168 for three after being sent in to bat by Bahamas on a moist pitch.Seamers Jones (two for 20) and Greg Maybury (two for 24) then claimed two wickets apiece to restrict Bahamas to 145 for seven in their reply.Coach Manders was forced to make three changes to his team for yesterday’s match with Suriname to give those among the walking wounded a chance to recover prior to Bermuda’s three 50 over matches with USA this week.“We have a lot of aching players and we are trying to rest and play players accordingly,” he said.Promising all rounder Delray Rawlins will provide some degree of relief when he joins up with the squad in Florida today.“We have Delray coming in so that gives us a bit of relief,” Manders said. “But we are still short in the medium pace area.”Bermuda will play USA tomorrow, Thursday and Friday as preparation for next month’s ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 3 Tournament to be held on local shores.