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Kelly and Co were the key to win

Head coach David Moore was full of praise for his bowlers after yesterday's emphatic win over UAE.The Australian picked out quicks Stefan Kelly and Malachi Jones for praise, but also said he was excited by the potential shown by Damali Bell.And, with the likes of Jordan Desilva and Jim West rested, and Kevin Tucker and Justin Pitcher at home in Bermuda, Moore pointed to a solid group of bowlers who could keep each other on their toes.Kelly led the way taking four wickets yesterday with a performance his coach called ‘top shelf', while Jones produced what Moore called ‘the best back-to-back spells I have seen him bowl since I've been here'.“Our bowling group, the three seamers, plus Kyle Hodsoll, plus Jim West and Jordan Desilva, and then the guys who didn't make it this time, Kevin Tucker and Justin Pitcher, we're getting a solid group together,” said Moore.“Stefan Kelly was just top shelf today I thought and Jones came in and backed him up well. But I think, from my point of view, Damali Bell is very exciting.“Although he doesn't always get it right, what he's showed us so far is that he's moving in the right direction for us.”Kelly has performed well in all three games so far, and Moore said that the way he was playing he'd be a handle in any form of the game right now.“He's much fitter, and he looks much stronger than he did all this season, since I've been here,” said Moore. “He's more collected in his attitude and he's more disciplined with his bowling, he's working very hard on his discipline, and hitting around that off-stump line and then if they go after us, going in fuller and faster and trying to prevent them from scoring. He's in great nick.”SCORECARDUAE v BermudaUAEA Haider lbw Jones 26A Ali lbw Kelly 10B Palekar 0S Ali c Anderson b Kelly 7K Khan run out (Trott) 2N Aslam c Anderson b Kelly 0S Silva st Anderson b Trott 18A Javed not out 57M Tauqir b Trott 1Q Zubair not out 7Extras (1b, 2lb, 5nb, 13w) 21Total (for eight wickets: 34 overs) 149Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-35, 3-50, 4-53. 5-53, 6-57, 7-83, 8-91.Did not bat: M GurugeBowling: Kelly 8-2-39-4, Bell 5-0-35-0, Jones 8-1-29-1, Borden 8-0-36-0, Trott 4-1-3-2, Hodsoll 1-0-4-0.BermudaD Stovell run out (Palekar) 34D Hemp not out 70J Anderson run out (Khan) 15L Cann not out 10Extras (5b, 8lb, 3nb, 6w) 22Total (for two wickets: 30.4 overs) 151Fall of wickets: 1-67, 2-140Did not bat: F Crockwell, D Borden, M Jones, R Trott, K Hodsoll, D Bell, S Kelly.Bowling: Javed 6-0-45-0, Zubair 4-0-18-0, Guruge 2-0-12-0, Silva 5-0-17-0, Tauqir 7-1-18-0, A Ali 2-0-8-0, S Ali 4.4-0-20-0.Umpires: R Shah, D Ahmed.Result: Bermuda won by eight wickets.