Dubai Sports City - Bermuda, 151-2, beat UAE, 149-8, by eight wicketsBermuda finally lived up to the promise they have been showing all summer in their eight wicket thrashing of UAE.For the first time in a long time they controlled almost every aspect of a game, and the fact that it came against a side who had so utterly dominated them in July made the win all the sweeter.From Stefan Kelly’s four-wicket haul, to Dion Stovell and David Hemp’s 67-run opening partnership, there wasn’t a facet of the game in which Bermuda weren’t on top.And while this was only one win against a good side, it still served to highlight the continued development of a side that head coach David Moore has always said was better than their results suggested.Certainly the way they came out fired up for the match hints at a team that is growing in confidence with every game they play.How important those wins against the under-19s at the beginning of the week were, only time will tell, but if this is the result then who knows what will happen later in the year.Not that everything is perfect. Just as defeat should not have brought a great wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth, so too a win should not suggest that all is right with the world.Bermuda still have areas of their game that they need to clean up, the extras are one, and, for the second game running, two batsmen were run out.“From my point of view it was great to win, but again, you don’t want to let the wins paper up the cracks,“ said Moore.“It’s exciting for us to have beaten a team that’s really toweled us up just not long ago in Bermuda, and we’ve come out and played with a few different personnel, with guys developing into a style of cricket we want to play, and in that fashion our approach is reaping rewards.“But again, I’d like to see us just cut down on our extras, for sure, and of course our running between the wickets we need to address, but I thought our fielding was much better, much, much better.”Away from the obvious skill sets, one of the major factors behind Bermuda’s improvement is the mental toughness that has developed within the squad, and it was on display for all to see yesterday.Having originally agreed to start the game at 9.30am, Bermuda were forced to wait until 10am while the two sides thrashed out an agreement on the UAE’s insistent that there be a break for prayers.In the end it was agreed that the game would start at 10am, the first innings would finish at 12.20pm, and the second resume at 1.30pm. An agreement that turned a 50 over match into 34 overs a side.Under such circumstances it would have been easy for Bermuda to allow themselves to be distracted, but they came out fired-up, fully focused, and behind a fearsome spell of fast bowling from Stefan Kelly tore through the UAE batting order.Kelly took four wickets for just 39 runs from his eight overs yesterday, and bowled with the kind of pace and discipline that has been missing from his game for too long.He started the ball rolling by removing opener Arshad Ali (10) and Bakthyar Palekar in consecutive deliveries, and added the wickets of Saqib Ali and Naeemuddin Aslam as UAE collapsed to 53 for five.All of the bowlers played well yesterday, and only a defiant 26 from opener Afran Haider, and Amjad Javed’s 57 not out at the end of the innings gave UAE a respectable total of 149 to defend.Bermuda have bowled sides out cheaply in the past, and then collapsed themselves, not this time.Hemp, who carried his bat for an unbeaten 70 yesterday, and Stovell (34) laid the foundations for the win with a good start that was rather undone by a mix-up over a quick single that saw Stovell race down the wicket and keep on going as he was run out by the length of the pitch.Even Jason Anderson’s snail-like 15, which came from 59 balls had an upside.The wicketkeeper scratched around for most of his innings, but he didn’t get frustrated and contented himself with supporting Hemp as the Bermuda skipper went about the task of reaching the 150 runs needed to win.Anderson became the second player to be run out, to leave Bermuda at 140 for two, but that just brought Lionel Cann to the crease, and he made short work of the ten runs needed to win, hitting a four and a six to win the game with 3.2 overs to spare.