Jamaica 189-9 Jamaica's tour ended on a losing note at Lord's yesterday when Bermuda, inspired by a vital last-wicket stand of 82 between Del Hollis and Bruce Perinchief in just 52 minutes, pulled off an exciting eight-run win.

Clearly the turning point for Bermuda came at the end of their innings when, after being 81 for two in the 21st over, they slumped to 115 for nine by the 33rd.

But Hollis, celebrating his 25th birthday, was in the mood to make a match of it and together with Perinchief set about building what would prove to be a game-winning total.

Only the ending of the innings at the compulsory cut-off time of 3.00 p.m.

with four overs still remaining prevented the pair from posting the 200 and possibly sharing in a 100-run stand.

Still, they were well pleased with their effort, Hollis obviously the hero as his unbeaten 63 led the Bermuda batting. He hit six sixes and a four in his 74 minutes at the crease and faced 59 balls.

It would not have been possible without Perinchief's contribution as he faced 34 balls for his 10 not out which came from singles, enabling Hollis to take the majority of the strike.

"This silenced the critics who think we don't have any youngsters coming through,'' said Hollis, who probably would have missed out on playing had pace bowler Allan Brangman shown up.

"Then again I came with a positive mind that I was playing and because I thought positive things just worked out in my favour. It would be nice if we could play against these type of opponents more often.

"As you play you can see the difference, with the people who are maturing and it's a good thing for Bermuda. But we have to be consistent about it.'' Bermuda were given a good start when Ricky Hill and Wendell Smith added 32 for the first wicket before Hill was bowled by Ray Stewart for 25. And when Smith and captain Albert Steede put on a further 49 for the second wicket with Smith dominating the stand, it seemed Bermuda were on course for a total of 200-plus.

However, things took a turn for the worse with two run outs, first Smith for 40 in the 21st over which started the slump as four wickets fell in four overs to make it 88-5 halfway through the 50 overs.

Steede was also run out after Clay Smith did not respond to a call for a quick single. And when Smith departed in the next over to a poor off drive, the Jamaicans knew they had penetrated the top of the Bermuda batting.

Only Jeff Richardson and Lionel Cann remained and neither stayed long as Richardson was sixth out when the score was 106 in the 28th over and Cann departed three overs later. Between the sixth and ninth wickets just nine runs were added in five overs as Jamaica sensed an easy victory in their last match of the tour.

Spinners Marlon Gibbs and Brian Murphy were the best bowlers, Gibbs taking three for 29 off 10 overs and Murphy two for 32.

In reply Jamaica started badly, losing leading scorer on the tour, Wavell Hinds, on the second ball of the innings when he was trapped lbw by Roger Blades. In his fifth over Blades also had Wayne Cuff lbw as Bermuda made great early strides.

However, a dogged 49 by Gareth Breese, his best knock of the tour, and 58 from Robert Samuels enabled Jamaica to recover to 107-4 by the 23rd over when Breese fell to a catch by Steede off David Adams.

And when Adams ended a promising stand between Samuels and captain Delroy Morgan by bowling the latter behind his legs to make it 140-5 in the 31st over, Bermuda were starting to see victory. The last of Jamaica's hopes were dashed when Samuels was eighth out when the score was 165, caught on the long off boundary with just four overs remaining and 27 runs still needed.

The target was 25 in the last three overs when Blades came back for a second spell. Sixteen runs were still needed off the last over and that proved too much as Blades conceded just seven to make certain of victory. Blades, Perinchief and Adams all took two wickets to lead the Bermuda bowling.