David Hemp’s unbeaten 72 helped Bermuda to their first win of the ICC Americas Division One Twenty20 tournament yesterday.

Hemp and Janeiro Tucker, who finished on 43 not out, put on 92 in a third-wicket stand as Bermuda beat Suriname by 87 runs.

The pair were rarely troubled after the loss of Dion Stovell and OJ Pitcher, both of whom failed with the bat again, and Bermuda’s total of 142 for 2 was always likely to be beyond the reach of the worst side in the tournament.

Stovell did at least weigh in with the ball, taking 2 for 10 from his four overs, while Jacobi Robinson and Joshua Gilbert also grabbed two wickets apiece as Suriname were bowled out for just 55 in 18.1 overs.

The win leaves Bermuda in third, two points behind United States who are second after they were comfortably beaten by Canada by six wickets in yesterday’s other game in Indianapolis.

Batting first the home side appeared set for a big score as openers Fahad Babar and Steven Taylor put on 51 runs for the first wicket, helped in no small part by the Canadian fielders, who dropped four chances in the first four overs.

Babar was first to go after his quick fire 31, Nicholas Standford followed soon after, but Taylor ground his way to 46 before he was caught behind off the bowling of Nikhil Dutta. Still, at 108 for three with seven wickets and three overs remaining, the US were in a strong position. Until, that was, Cecil Pervez got in on the action.

The Canada bowler took three wickets in the final over, and along with a couple of run outs, the US managed to lose five wickets in eight balls as their innings collapsed to 127 for 9 at the close.

An all-spin bowling attack proved little match for the Canada batsman and Ruvindu Gunasekera made 51 as he and Nitish Kumar put on 74 runs for the second wicket before Kumar fell for 32, leaving Canada at 104 for two with six overs remaining.

Needing 24 from the final six overs, Canada lost a couple of wickets, but ultimately cruised home with more than an over to spare.

Defeat for the US and Bermuda’s large margin of victory keeps the Island’s slim hopes of finishing in the top two alive. Bermuda have a marginally better run rate than the host nation, who they face tomorrow in what is shaping up to be a winner-takes-all encounter.

n The Bermuda Masters opened their three-match tour of Honolulu, Hawaii, with a four-wicket win over Honolulu Cricket Club on Sunday.

Honolulu Cricket Club posted 140 for nine in their 25 overs and the Masters replied with 141 for six in 24.4 overs as Herbie Bascome led the Masters with 23 not out, while Sammy Robinson and Kyle Lightbourne both scored 21 and Derek Wright 17 not out. The two teams agreed that players would retire after scoring 30 runs or having faced 25 balls. Captain Ricky Hill, who opened with Dave Greenidge, scored 15 from 25 balls before he retired. Greenidge scored 11.

Also batting for the Masters were Gladwin Edness, Hasan Durham and Grant Smith. Bascome and Durham led the Masters bowling with two for 34 and two for 30. Lightbourne and Hoyt Zuill, who shared the new ball, both took one wicket for 14 and 26, while Robinson finished with one for 30.

The Masters will finish their tour with matches on Friday and Sunday. Allen Richardson, Rahji Edness, Neil Anglin and Brian Morris are the other members of the team.