Brian Hall scored 54 not out to help Bermuda Red beat Bermuda Blue by seven wickets during the first of three Bermuda cricket team trial matches at Lord’s last weekend.

The Blue team, who lost the toss, were dismissed for 134 in 39 overs with middle-order batsman Jordan DeSilva the top scorer with 33 from 44 balls and Makai Young chipping in with 22.

The Blue team lost four top-order batsmen — Temiko Wilson, Dennico Hollis, captain Chris Douglas and Dion Stovell — with only 20 runs on the board before Joshua Gilbert and Young added 38 runs for the fifth wicket.

DeSilva and Dalin Richardson offered some resistance during a 40-minute stand of 43 for the eighth wicket when Richardson was caught behind by Sinclair Smith. DeSilva also departed with the score on 117, ending 64 minutes at the crease.

Greg Maybury and Allan Douglas Jr both took two wickets, Douglas conceding just 26 runs from his ten overs while Maybury, who shared the new ball with Micah Simons, took two for 15 off seven.

The Red team needed just 20 overs to reach their target, after Fray and Alex Dore laid the foundations with an opening stand of 47.

After Dore was run out for 28, Fray and Hall added 37 for the second wicket before Fray departed for 18.

All-rounder Hall and Macai Simmons, who scored 20, then added 39 for the third wicket before Simmons was dismissed for 20 from 18 balls.

Hall’s half-century came off 31 balls with five fours and four sixes.

Several Bermuda Under-17 players featured in the match because of the unavailability of some players, but Clay Smith, the Bermuda coach, was happy with effort of those players in action.

“It went off OK, unfortunately we had a few players unavailable because of work commitments so we used some under-17s to make up the numbers,” he said. “It was good to get it up and going and the next two trials look like they will be more competitive as some players have informed me they will be able to get off.

“We’ll take the positives from it and it is good that we’re getting out in the middle at the National Stadium because one of our biggest issues on Saturday was running between the wickets.”

With several players returning from overseas studies, Smith said there was an encouraging turnout at training on Tuesday at the National Stadium. Two more trial matches are scheduled for June 11 and 25 at Sea Breeze Oval, as Bermuda prepare for the ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament this summer in Los Angeles.

“We had about 16 players last night,” Smith said. “We had a few players come back from school and the sessions from now on should be a lot more intense. This month is going to be very interesting as we’re looking to cut the squad down.”