Canada (2pts) 101-0, beat Bahamas (0pts) 98, by ten wickets

Hiral Patel showed his all-round ability yesterday against the Bahamas, snatching three wickets while also blasting 85 to guide his side to a comfortable 10-wicket victory at Wellington Oval.

Winning the toss and electing to bat, Bahamas were never really going to post a score worthy of troubling Canada, losing wickets regularly and at one point were 35 for five.

The side then slumped further as they attempted to rebuild the innings, going from 97 for eight to being all out for 98.

Patel removed the middle and lower order in his figures of three for 15 from his six overs, and was ably supported by a host of team-mates.

Harvir Baidwan and Sunil Dhaniram both grabbed two wickets apiece, while Sandeep Jyoti, Khurram Chohan, and Umar Bhatti all grabbed a wicket to contribute to the team effort.

Narendra Ekanayake was the only batsman to get among the runs, ending unbeaten on 37. Gregory Taylor and Dwight Weakley both chipped in 17.

In reply, Patel wasted no time in getting the match over with, hitting eight fours and eight sixes in his boundary filled 85.

Fellow opener Rizwan Cheema was a spectator to Patel's onslaught, ending unbeaten on 12 when their side crossed the finish line.

In the day's other match, Argentina managed to hold off the Cayman Islands by 13 runs at Sea Breeze Oval.

Caymans won the toss and put Argentina in to bat, with the South Americans scoring 236 for seven in their allotted overs.

Caymans, in reply, made 223 in 46.1 overs after being down and out at 193 for eight after 43 overs.