Day 5 - USA makes it a clean sweep

USA v Cayman Islands
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On the final day of competition Team USA captured their four straight victory to go undefeated in the tournament. Knowing they had already captured the 2005 Americas Regional Qualifier title the team from the USA had only one goal to achieve - to go undefeated in the tournament.

Captain Punoo won the toss and quickly made his decision to send the Cayman Islands in on a wicket that had a little moisture from the overnight rain. Openers Ricardo Roach and William Quin got off to a reasonable start but then disaster struck as both openers left with the score on 26 . Wickets fell rapidly as the spinners tied down the batting and Cayman side was dismissed for a mere 86. Captain Hemant Punoo had a remarkable spell of 8.3-3-12-4. The solid USA batting side in reply struggled somewhat but again it was the skipper to the rescue with a brilliant 42 not-out as the USA won the match by six wickets. For his fine all round performance Hemant Punoo was named man of the match.

Bermuda v Canada
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Originally planned as the championship match this contest took a new meaning with Team USA already holding the Championship Trophy all the winner could hope for was the silver medal.

Canada won the toss and surprised the crowd by electing to bat on a wicket with moisture from the overnight rain. Batsmen struggled to gain the upper hand and at one stage the Canadians were 65/5 . The veteran youngster Trevin Bastiampillai was joined at the wicket by Waqas Junaid and the pair put on the best batting display of the tournament with a 142 run 6th wicket partnership. Junaid fell short of his half ton by seven runs but Bastiampillai carried his bat through the innings scoring the first century (110 *) of the tournament. The Canadians who looked in deep trouble at the start of their innings ended with a respectable score of 239/8 in their 50 overs.

Bermuda lost their Captain O.Bascome on the first ball of their innings and never really were a threat to the Canadians. Rodney Trott (30) and J.Dickinson (42 not out) were the only two batsmen to offer some fight.

Gunraj Patel 7.5-2-18-3 and Krunal Patel 6-2-21-3 made certain that the host country gained the silver medal with an easy 99 run victory.

For his fine innings Trevin Bastiampillai was the obvious man of the match Bermuda lost out on a medal as they tied Cayman Islands in the points table but the Cayman Islands had a better run rate.