HAMILTON (day two of four) – Bermuda (91 & 74-4) lead Uganda (119) by 46 runs with six second innings wickets remaining.

Bermuda dug themselves out of one hole in their Intercontinental Shield clash with Uganda, and then immediately jumped into another one with both feet.

For two days sloppiness and indiscipline have plagued this Bermuda team, and the only saving grace is that they are not the only ones who are suffering from the disease.

The tourists have been just as bad, and given the events of the first two days, it seems likely that the team that wins this contest will be the one that suddenly discovers a cure.

Twenty four wickets have fallen so far in the match, and barring Stephen Outerbridge's dismissal last night, every single one has been the batsman's fault. And all of them have been catches.

Yesterday should have been a chance for Bermuda to redeem themselves from the horrors of the first innings, and for a time, with the help of Uganda they looked like doing just that.

Starting the day on 71 for four, the tourists would have been looking to get a sizeable lead and test the mental toughness of their hosts. Instead they collapsed to 119 all out, handing Rodney Trott his first five-wicket haul in this form of the game in the process.

Given a second chance, and a deficit of just 28 runs, Bermuda then proceeded to undo all the good work of yesterday morning and had struggled to 74 for four by the close of play, a lead of 46 runs. It might of been even worse had Outerbridge not been dropped early in his innings.

Of the coaches, Uganda's Barney Mohammed was the happier, but only just.

"We didn't bat well, the guys showed no discipline," he said. "We discussed it on Monday night, we were looking to get a hundred lead, put them under pressure and get some early wickets.

"After you get a team out for 91, you've got to take advantage of that, and we didn't.

"Unfortunately the guys showed a lack of discipline, but we're working on the team, we've lost eight batsmen, and I've got a lot of new guys and I wanted to see the depth of our guys.

"I'm not expecting miracles, but we went through all the phases (on Monday), with the whole squad, putting things in presentations, and talking about the disciplines and talking about the pressure and all that, unfortunately we didn't put it into practice.

"We've got a lot of hard work to do. If we can get Hempy out early in the morning, put the pressure on them, we saw on the first day the guys in the lower order come and give us wickets if we keep the bowling discipline.

"I'm quite happy going into Wednesday with them four wickets down, I'd love it if we had taken that catch for five, but I'm quite happy."

While Mohammed ended the day happy, it is hardly likely that he was in the same mood at lunch time when his side had already struggled to 98 for eight in little more than an hour's play.

Resuming late because of the morning showers, it took Trott just five balls to claim his first victim, as Frank Nsubuga (20) misjudged the flight of the delivery and edged an easy catch to Irving Romaine at first slip. Wickets fell steadily from then on, with Uganda's batsmen seemingly intent on making it as easy as possible for Bermuda to limit the damage their meager first innings score should have caused.

Skipper Baig Akbar was next, pushing forward to send a catch to David Hemp at short mid-on, having added just two to his overnight total of 32, and when Ronald Semanda fell the same way, Uganda were 83 for seven and struggling to overtake their hosts.

Davis Arinaitwe and Jonathan Sebanja managed to hold out long enough to see their side pass Bermuda, but Sebanja fell just before lunch, and it took the home side just 30 minutes after the interval to wrap up the innings, with Charles Waiswa becoming Trott's fifth victim, and Tamauri Tucker claiming the scalp of Arinaitwe.

Bermuda's innings, like much of the day, was punctuated by rain, but the extra thinking time during the showers did little to change the approach of the majority of the batsmen.

Openers Fiqre Crockwell (9) and Terry Fray (2) faired marginally better than they did in the first innings, but both again gave their wickets away without putting up too much of a fight. At 20 for two Bermuda looked one wicket away from complete meltdown, but David Hemp and Stephen Outerbridge steadied the ship sufficiently that for a time it looked like the pair might put together a significant stand.

Outerbridge however never seemed entirely comfortable at the crease, especially against the short ball, and he was dropped at gully on 15 when he tried one thoughtless swipe too many.

Still he can count himself unlucky to have lost his wicket in the manner in which he did, drawing a tremendous diving catch from Arinaitwe at point. The fielder had been going in the opposite direction when he launched himself to his left to get one hand on the ball.

While Outerbridge may have been unfortunate, the same cannot be said for Romaine, who escaped twice in his first two balls, and eventually failed to get behind the line of a delivery from Arinaitwe and was caught at first slip.

Bowler Kevon Fubler joined Hemp (26*) at the crease, and looked more solid than some of the batsman, but the pair will need to bat for a significant amount of time tomorrow if Bermuda are to have any hope of winning.

Given that the 61.4 overs bowled yesterday produced just 122 runs, and 10 wickets, it seems unlikely that this game will last the full four days, and for Uganda the task today is simple. Get Hemp out early, and don't blow the run chase.

BERMUDA v UGANDA

HAMILTON - Yesterday's scoreboard after the second day of the Intercontinental Shield match between Bermuda and Uganda at the National Sports Centre:

Bermuda first innings

Terryn Fray c Akbar b Tabby 1

Figre Crockwell c Musoke b Waiswa 0

Stephen Outerbridge c Sematimba b Tabby 0

David Hemp c Semanda b Nsubuga 28

Irving Romaine c Isabirye b Waiswa 15

Jekon Edness c Isabirye b Arinaitwe 20

Rodney Trott c Isabirye b Arinaitwe 6

Malachi Jones c Tabby b Nsubuga 7

Kevon Fubler not out 0

David Lovell c Tabby b Nsubuga 2

Tamauri Tucker c Isabirye b Nsubuga 0

Extras (3b, 4lb, 3w, 2nb) 12

Total (all out, 43.5 overs) 91

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-26, 5-62, 6-81, 7-88, 8-89, 9-91

Bowling: C Waiswa 7-4-10-2, D Tabby 10-4-23-2, J Sebanja 7-2-15-0, R Semanda 5-2-9-0, F Nsubuga 9.5-2-20-4, D Arinaitwe 5-2-7-2.

Uganda first innings

Roger Mukasa c Trott b Fubler 4

Lawrence Sematimba c Trott b Jones 3

Baig Akbar c Hemp b Trott 34

Benjamin Musoke c Jones b Fubler 0

Fred Isabirye c Hemp b Fubler 0

Frank Nsubuga c Romaine b Trott 20

Ronald Semanda c Hemp b Trott 6

Davis Arinaitwe c sub (Hollis) b Tucker 23

Jonathan Sebanja c Tucker b Trott 3

Charles Waiswa c Edness b Trott 6

Dennis Tabby not out 3

Extras (1b, 1lb, 3w, 12nb) 17

Total (all out, 56.4 overs) 119

Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-9, 3-9, 4-10, 5-72, 6-78, 7-83, 8-98, 9-111

Bowling: M Jones 15-6-21-1, K Fubler 8-2-15-3, R Trott 21-8-39-5, D Lovell 4-0-17-0, T Tucker 8.4-1-25-1.

Bermuda second innings

F Crockwell c Nsubuga b Tabby 9

T Fray c Arinaitwe b Akbar 2

S Outerbridge c Arinaitwe b Nsubuga 23

D Hemp not out 26

I Romaine c Musoke b Arinaitwe 3

K Fubler not out 6

Extras (2b, 1w, 2nb) 5

Total (for four wickets, 38 overs) 74

Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-20, 3-59, 4-65

Still to bat: J Edness, R Trott, M Jones, D Lovell, T Tucker.

Bowling: C Waiswa 6-0-17-0, D Tabby 8-1-13-1, B Akbar 1-0-2-1, D Arinaitwe 12-5-18-1, J Sebanja 1-0-2-0, F Nsubuga 10-3-20-1

Umpires: S Douglas, R Dill

Third umpire: A Fubler

Match referee: L Harnett

Statistician: M Glasford