Bermuda vice-captain Dean Minors, playing in perhaps his final international match against Canada, admitted after his team?s three-wicket defeat to the North Americans yesterday that missed chances at opportune times came back to haunt the Island team.

Minors said: ?It?s always disappointing if you get half chances and don?t capitalise on them. And at this level you are going to pay the price for any dropped catches or misfields or whatever the case maybe.

?At this level right now we just have to minimise mistakes and learn the lessons as we go. And the most important thing for us right now is to ensure we get all of the basics right ? and I think overall we are doing well.?

That Bermuda posted a respectable total after winning the toss and electing to bat on a docile pitch owed much to the team?s lower order bats who once again came running to the rescue after the frontline bats had misfired.

?Early on one of the setbacks was to lose myself and also Kwame (Tucker) in such a short span of time. We did recover in patches, but didn?t make the partnerships we were looking for,? Minors added.

?And I think in this particular tournament this has been our downfall. Today we got started but didn?t carry on. But every time we go into a tournament we learn something more.

?And so it was an accomplishment for us today to score 200 runs again, but in the end I think we could?ve scored a few more runs. But we are not going to let these two losses get us down.?

Team skipper Romaine, meanwhile, defended his decision to introduce the spinners midway through the Canadian innings.

Romaine explained the strategy was to try and shield his spin attack from the big Canadian bats during the mandatory power plays (fielding restrictions).

?Bowling the spinners during the power play was always going to be a big risk because they have batsmen like (John) Davison who can hit the ball well over the top,? he said.