United States 227Bermuda 173-8Bermuda’s physio Craig Brown spent the night last night treating the wounded players after yesterday’s 54-run defeat to the United States in their first of three 50-over friendly matches yesterday at the Brian Piccolo Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida left the tourists wondering if they will have enough fit players to finish the tour.Captain Stephen Outerbridge was forced to retire hurt with a hamstring injury after leading the Bermuda batting with 71 as they chased the United States target.“We think it is cramp but it could be a pulled hamstring, Brown is working on him now,” said coach Arnold Manders last night.“It’s too much cricket in too short a space of time, but we’ve got to soldier on. The only one not hurting is Jason (Anderson) who has been sick for a week and hasn’t played any cricket. Stephen has a tight hamstring and back, Tre’s (Manders) arm from throwing, Hemp’s arm from throwing, Janeiro is sore, Dion has a messed up toe and sore, Rodney has a sore shoulder, Malachi, we’re trying to rest but can’t. Edness has a messed up finger, (Delray) Rawlins just came in last night and got struck on his arm, (Dennico) Hollis has a sore shoulder.“Greg Maybury has a messed up ankle but we had to play him today, Lionel (Cann) has a hamstring problem and Jacobi (Robinson) a hip flexor. Sammy (Robinson) is probably the only one who is fine, but he hasn’t played a lot.”And while Bermuda are soldering on with the same players who played in the Americas T20 Qualifiers, the United States have brought in a new set of players for the 50-over matches, including former West Indies spin bowler Neil McGarrell who claimed two for 18 from 10 overs to support Muhammad Ghous who claimed three for 34 off nine overs as Bermuda managed just 173-8 in their 50 overs.Chasing 228 for victory, Jason Anderson (16) and captain Stephen Outerbridge put on 38 for the first wicket before Anderson departed. The US slowed up Bermuda’s push for victory by removing Tre Manders (run out for 11) on 76 and David Hemp for a duck three runs later to make it 79-3.Outerbridge and Janeiro Tucker moved the score on to 127 when Tucker departed for 26 before a middle order collapse saw Dion Stovell (0), Malachi Jones (2) and Jekon Edness (8) all go cheaply as Outerbridge retired hurt on 71 when the score was 129-4. Number seven bat Rodney Trott offered some resistance with 20 not out.Earlier, Bermuda did well to restrict the US to 227 in 48.3 overs, after the hosts were given a good start by the opening pair of Akeen Dodson (33) and Timmy Surujbally (43) who put on 83. After captain Steve Massiah was dismissed by young spinner Delray Rawlins for two, the next three batsmen in the order all made useful contributions as the United States moved towards a challenging total. Aditya Thyagarajan scored 33, Rashard Marshall was high man with 54 and Timroy Allen supported with 29 before the Bermuda bowlers took the last six wickets for just 30 runs as the US slumped from 197-4.Greg Maybury, who shared the new ball with Dennico Hollis, led the Bermuda bowling with three for 37 from seven overs while Rawlins claimed two for 50 off eight. Sammy Robinson bowled an economical eight overs in taking one for 22.“It’s been too much cricket and plus we are out of season,” said Manders as he contemplates two more matches tomorrow and Friday. “We’ve been playing at Central Broward Park and those boundaries are 70, 75 metres and there is a lot of throwing going on. We played eight games in six days and now we’ve got these one-dayers, but it’s okay for them because they brought in a new group of players.“The next two games are at Central Broward Park and they may give us a couple of players. We’ll have a recovery session tomorrow and we’ll see how many fit players we’ve got. We’ll probably struggle to finish the tour. I might have to go out there, my and Clevie (assistant coach Clevie Wade). It’s not that the guys aren’t fit, it’s just too much cricket.”