The Bahamas comes up short against Bermuda

The Bahamas’ national cricket team remained winless at the 2025 International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup Americas Regional Final, dropping their fourth straight match, this time against Bermuda at the Magic Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario, Canada, on Thursday.

Bermuda took control of the match to defeat the Bahamian national team by 26 runs.

While Bermuda has now won three of their last four matches in the tournament, Team Bahamas is still searching for its first victory at the regional final.

Head Coach Andy Moles expressed that the team certainly made some improvement against Bermuda, but acknowledged that it’s still an uphill battle against tough competition.

“Certainly, today was much better and our performance was better. Greg Taylor got 50 plus [runs] batting, and we showed more intent with the bat. We fielded better but still dropped a key catch, but overall we were much better today than we have been in other games,” he said. “The realistic thing is we are playing above our normal strength of opposition. All I want is for the team to perform better game after game, and learn from each game, and we certainly did that today, so that was a pleasing thing. This competition is a learning curve for us and something to prepare our players for, in the future.”

Both teams played only nine overs due to rain, but Bermuda posted 114 runs for the loss of six wickets in their allotted overs.

Team Bahamas fell short of the 115-run target, managing 88 runs for the loss of two wickets in nine overs.

Bermudian cricketer Delray Rawlins delivered a standout performance with the bat, scoring a game-high 68 runs off 38 balls, including three fours and seven sixes.

He was named Player of the Match and finished the fixture with a strike rate of 212.50.

His teammate Onias Bascome, who was Player of the Match in the team’s previous meeting, added 10 runs off five balls.

Bermudian bowler Derrick Brangman took one wicket and conceded 23 runs in two overs.

As for Team Bahamas, Gregory Taylor Jr. led the charge with the bat.

The Bahamian batsman delivered a team-high 56 runs off just 30 balls, including six fours and four sixes. His strike rate was 186.67.

Kervon Hinds had the second-highest total for Team Bahamas, contributing 14 runs off nine balls, with two fours and one six.

Bowling, Marc Taylor took two wickets, conceding 19 runs in two overs.

This marked the second loss against Bermuda for Team Bahamas in the tournament. The team fell by seven wickets, with 61 balls remaining, on Monday.

Coach Moles reflected on the intensity of the competition so far.

“It is the first time we have ever played at this level, so this is an achievement in itself. We have underperformed from the way we would have liked to play, but sometimes you can only play as well as the opposition. We have been outplayed by very strong teams so far in this tournament,” he said.

Canada currently leads the team standings with a 3-0 win/loss record and six points. Bermuda is close behind with a 3-1 record, also totaling six points.

The Cayman Islands sit in third with a 1-2 record and two points, and The Bahamas remains at the bottom of the table with a winless 0-4 record and zero points.

Next up for Team Bahamas is a match against Canada on Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m. The national team will conclude their tournament against the Cayman Islands on Sunday at 10:30 a.m.