Bermuda suffered their third loss at the Sir Gary Sobers Youth Cricket Tournament in Barbados yesterday when favourites Grenada handed them a 46-run defeat.

Two late order partnerships coupled with a lack of proper application at the crease proved Bermuda?s undoing on an easy playing pitch in overcast weather conditions.

Grenada won the toss and elected to bat, but found themselves reeling at 96 for seven with Bermuda in firm command of the proceedings and seemingly on course for a third win of the tournament.

However, a timely 48-run eighth-wicket partnership between N.Simmons (16) and D.Walcott (29) and an unbeaten 30-run ninth-wicket stand between D.Charles (16) and R.Enoe (nine) saw Grenada?s tail wag, and Bermuda?s fortunes take a turn for the worse.

Bermuda seamer Malachi Jones bore the brunt of Grenada?s late fightback, conceding 17 costly runs in his final over that allowed the Caribbean team to ease themselves off the hook.

Jones? woes were compounded by a bothersome sore left wrist, team official Arnold Manders revealed.

?Apparently Malachi slipped and might have sprained his wrist,? Manders said from Barbados last night.

?For the time being we are giving him aspirins, but if the pain persists then we may have to consider taking him to hospital for x-rays.?

M.Narine led the Grenada batting with 35, while Oronde Bascome?s three for 25 was the best performance by a Bermuda bowler.

Asked to score just over four runs per over, Bermuda?s batsmen lacked the required patience to get the job done, and virtually gifted their wickets away hitting across the line.

Only Bailey?s Bay pair Kearon and Rodney Trott batted with some degree of determination and stubbornly resisted the Grenada onslaught.

Rodney, a favourite to break into Somerset?s Cup Match XI this summer, top scored with 40 off 70 balls (six fours) while Kearon added 20 before Bermuda were skittled out in 33 overs.

If there was a downside to Grenada?s win, then it must have been the amount extras they yielded in the field. The Caribbean team gave up a costly 42 runs to Bermuda?s total, including 32 in wides.

All-rounder Walcott rounded off a superb performance by grabbing three for 24 to keep the four-time Sir Gary Sobers Tournament champs firmly on course for more glory in the annual event.