Bermuda U-19 300-8

Bahamas U-19 105 all out

Bermuda Under-19s have opened up their World Cup qualifying campaign by securing the scalp of Bahamas and take on the Cayman Islands in Toronto today knowing only victory will suffice.

The colts must win all four ICC Americas qualifying games to guarantee a place at next year's showpiece in Malaysia with only one country progressing and despite their convicing win over competition debutants Bahamas, coach Andre Manders refused to be overly satisfied.

"We have made the perfect start to our qualifying campaign and I was pleased with our overall performance, although there are still plenty of things for us to work on," he warned.

"Our early order batting could have been better and that's one area we need to improve upon if we are to achieve our qualifying brief - we can't afford any slip-ups.

"It's the first time Bahamas have competeted in this competition and to be honest I was very impressed with them. They had us in trouble at 140-7 and thankfully Dennico Hollis and our lower order batting saw us through a stickly spell.

"They made a pretty good start with the bat and were 90-2 at one stage but our spinners then came on and mopped their remaining batters up - Tamuri Tucker bowled terrific."

Spin-kings Tucker, who claimed a six wicket haul for just nine-runs, and skipper Rodney Trott, 2-14, did the damage while Dennico Hollis was the chief tormentor with the bat scoring 76 not out. Hollis enjoyed a 62-run partnership with Kyle Hodsoll, 18, before fellow tail-ender Greg Maybury chipped in with 17 not out.

The Cayman Islands also truimphed with victory over Argentina yesterday and Manders is predicting a tougher encounter. Bermuda's only slight injury worry is starlet Malachi Jones who is still nursing a groin injury picked up prior to the tour. Due to rain forcasts Bermuda's game with Argentina has been brought forward from Thursday to Wednesday, before their potential crunch clash against hotly-tipped Canada on Saturday. All tour matches will be held at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario.

At last month's Sir Garfield Sobers International tournament in Barbados, the Under-19s finished with six wins and four losses as joint runners-up in Zone A with Trinidad's Queen's Park Club.

SCOREBOARD

Bermuda Innings

Stephen Bremar b Corie Fraser 43

Terryn Fray c Gregory Taylor b Jonathan Barry 19

Rodney Trott b Jonathan Barry 3

Khiry Furbert c Gregory Taylor b Marc Taylor 16

Malachi Jones c Rodrick Mitchell b Jonathan Barry 28

Jordan DeSilva st Gregory Taylor b Marc Taylor 4

Stefan Kelly c Ambry Moss b Jonathan Barry 8

Dennico Hollis not out 76

Kyle Hodsoll b Gregory Taylor 18

Greg Maybury not out 17

Extras (11lb-3nb-53w) 68

Total (for 8 wickets, 50 overs) 300

Bowling: Roderick Mitchell 10-1-45-0; Jeremy Jesubatham 10-0-68-0; Johnathan Barry 10-0-71-4; Corie Fraser 07-0-42-1; Marc Taylor 10-0-37-2; Gregory Taylor 03-0-25-1.

Bahamas Innings

Jonathan Barry c Rodney Trott b Kyle Hodsoll 17

Marc Taylor c & b Stefan Kelly 13

Jeremy Jesubatham c & b Tamuri Tucker 20

Gregory Taylor b Tamuri Tucker 24

Corie Fraser c Dennico Hollis b Rodney Trott 1

Rodrick Mitchell LBW Tamuri Tucker 2

Rudolph Fox c Malachi Jones b Tamuri Tucker 1

LaSalle Thompson c Terryn Fray b Rodney Trott 1

Jermaine Adderley b Tamuri Tucker 0

Ambry Moss Not Out 0

Anwar Sawyer b Tamuri Tucker 0

Extras (19w-4b-2lb-1nb) 26

Total (all out, 37.4 overs) 105

Bowling: Stefan Kelly 07-2-17-1; Gregg Maybury 02-0-15-0; Kyle Hodsoll 07-1-19-1; Malachi Jones 03-0-11-0; Jordan DeSilva 03-0-14-0; Rodney Trott 09-2-14-2; Tamuri Tucker 6.4-1-09-6.