Bermuda banking on big finish
Bermuda's players must rouse their battle-weary bodies for one last big push in the ICC Americas Championship today.
The home side face Canada in a tournament decider and for the majority of the team it will be their fifth game in seven days.
David Moore's side have spent most of the tournament operating with a skeleton crew, with Justin Pitcher yet to feature because of a shoulder injury and Malachi Jones excluded for choosing his club over country.
It told against USA and might yet hamstring the side for the clash with Canada, especially as Jordan DeSilva and Kevin Tucker will once again be asked to lead the bowling attack. Tucker has played in every game so far while DeSilva is his side's most economical bowler, taking eight wickets for just 57 runs in three matches.
Moore has at least been able to summon Chris Foggo as a replacement for the injured Jekon Edness, who will now also not be available for the Twenty20 tournament this weekend.
Foggo was originally left out of the squad because of a badly bruised hand but has recovered sufficiently and is expected to don the gloves for today's game.
However, the rest will have to carry on regardless.
"Pitcher is getting stronger but we're not sure if we are going to play him, because of his lack of bowling," said Moore. "And we're just hoping that everyone else gets through and we can pick from at least 12 players."
If Bermuda beat Canada, the two sides will finish level on eight points each but Canada's run rate of +3.426 is far better than Bermuda's +2.008. For Moore it will be all about winning, the maths can take care of itself.
"One is a pretty big number to try and catch up. Everyone is feeling really good, they're all up, and they know we've got one more game to go, and if we beat Canada there's a chance we could win the tournament.
"Obviously people were very disappointed after the USA game but we're just going to keep looking at our performance, how we can control our performance. Obviously they are a very good team and they have been playing well, but we can only do what we can do and hope that will be good enough.
"It would be great to finish the tournament with just one loss and four wins, particularly if we beat Canada at the end. But the boys have worked very hard in this tournament, they've had to carry a 12-man squad, and that's a tremendous effort from those guys."
Whatever happens, Bermuda are going to have to bowl Canada out and so the onus will once again fall on Tucker, DeSilva and West. All three have done more than their fair share and all have impressed Moore with the improvement they have shown.
"To be honest I think (Kevin) Tucker, (Jim) West and (Jordan) DeSilva have really improved and have all taken the opportunity to try and lead the bowling. Jordan, as a 19-year-old guy, has carried the bowling pretty well to be honest," said Moore.
"It's been very pleasing, not only his accuracy, but he's also taken that burden (of leading the attack). He's only 19 and carrying the bowling attack, and has risen to the challenge really well and bowled well in all the games we have played.
"And I was particularly impressed with the way he came back against the USA where he bowled really well in that second spell, which is a big challenge for a young man."