Bermuda first innings 237

Canada first innings 228

Bermuda second innings 248

Canada second innings 151

(Bermuda win by 106 runs)

Veteran spinner Dwayne (Sluggo) Leverock completed his first-ever international 10-wicket haul as Bermuda claimed an impressive victory on the final day of their four-day Intercontinental Cup match against Canada in King City, outside of Toronto, yesterday.

The burly bowler, who made headlines across the world before and during last year's World Cup in Trinidad, snapped up five for 60 in 27 overs, including nine maidens, to lead the visitors to a 106-run win.

It marked Bermuda's first victory in the competition, having entered the international tournament – which also involves Namibia, Kenya, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland, United Araba Emirates – rock bottom of the standings.

Leverock, who finished with match figures of 10 for 129 and was awarded Man of the Match honours, led Bermuda's charge yesterday as Canada started the day on 32 for four, chasing 258 to win.

But vice-captain Rodney Trott played a key role, snapping up three for 28 from 11.1 overs while Stefan Kelly took two for 36 from 15 overs.

The young team, featuring only three players who took part in the World Cup, will now go into their Intercontinental Cup clash against Scotland on home turf, starting on Thursday, full of confidence.

Yesterday's play started with the promise of an intriguing battle. But it but ended quickly with a dominant performance from the Bermuda bowlers and fielders, while the Canadian batsmen were dismissed meekly.

Overnight batsman Ian Billcliff was joined by Sunil Dhaniram, and together they hoped to replicate the performance they witnessed from Irving Romaine (84) and Jekon Edness (46) a day earlier.

In the early going, it looked good for the home side as they batted safely and added runs at a reasonable pace, but it all fell apart quickly, thanks mainly to Leverock.

Ian Billcliff (26) was given out by Bermuda umpire Roger Dill, on a controversial leg before decision, and that triggered another collapse of the Canadian batting order.

Dhaniram (22) was next to go, as a ball popped up just slightly off his bat and Chris Foggo was on it in a flash from his bat-pad position.

Leverock bowled with a consistently aggressive field, five men around the bat, forcing the Canadians into constant pressure defence.

Karun Jethi (4) came out and went back just as quickly, playing around a Leverock delivery and was stumped by Edness.

Arvind Kandappah (29) made a aggressive start, but was done in by that same aggression, caught on the deep square leg boundary by Kelly, leaving Canada 120 for eight at lunch, still 138 runs short of victory.

Eion Katchay and Rustam Bhatti (21) made a go of it after lunch, both playing with some authority.

Katchay got a couple of lives from the Bermuda fielders, but was out for 29, caught by Kelly on the deep square leg boundary.

Henry Osinde went without troubling the scorers, sending a ball to Kelly in an almost identical position and Canada were all out for 151.

The final Canadian innings highlighted a dominant performance from the Bermuda bowlers, with Leverock able to turn the ball on what was otherwise a flat pitch.

But the biggest factor was the fielding and fitness of the Bermuda players – areas of the game for which they have been constantly criticised in the past.

An intelligent field setting from captain Romaine meant that the Canadian batsmen were often greeted by five men around the bat just waiting for the slightest mistake.

Foggo was the best of the bunch, spending his whole day closeto the bat – taking some abuse from the batsmen – but making life miserable for them as well.