Canada recovers to post a sizeable total

Cayman Islands 5 for 1 trail Canada 340 for 9 dec (Maxwell 114, Ifill 83) by 335 runs
Scorecard

A sudden shift in direction of what remains of Hurricane Katrina saved the City of Toronto of a heavier rainfall and allowed play to start 90 minutes after the schedule time.

Cayman Island won the toss and put Canada in to bat. Skipper Ryan Bovell and Franklin Hinds with the new ball kept the top order of the Canadians in check and when Troy Taylor joined the attack the result was no different as Canada slumped to 83/4 after 23 overs. But just like their game against Bermuda, the Caymanians ran into a roadblock in the middle order batting.

First there was a 69 run partnership between Sunil Dhaniram (37) and Nicholas Ifill. This was followed by a 63 run partnership with Umar Bhatti (20) before the later was unfortunately run out Don Maxwell had to retire with a back problem in the 28th over with his score at 58 and the team's total at 110 for 4. He returned in the 55th over with the score at 241 and added another 40 runs before N.Ifill was out for 83 in 118 balls having batted for 153 minutes scoring ten boudaries. Maxwell battled on and when he was out at 114 with the score at 340/9 Canada declared.

Maxwell 114 took 285 minutes and 159 balls and included 8 fours and 3 sixes.

When Canada took the field there were only 16 minutes to close of play and success was accomplished when opening bat A.Hall was trapped before by Umar Bhatti for a duck. Cayman at 5/1 trail by 335 runs with 9 wickets in hand.

Best bowler for the Cayman Islands was their skipper with figures of 18-2-63-3

Play resumes at 10.00 am local time tomorrow.