As the ICC T20 World Cup Americas Regional Final enters its business end, the Bermuda camp is planning to carry out a meticulous evaluation ahead of a crunch showdown with host nation Canada tomorrow.

Bermuda clash with Cayman Islands today in a match they must win to remain in contention for qualification to the 2026 T20 World Cup. Should they complete the double over Cayman while Canada take care of Bahamas, it would come down to the clash between the top two sides in the tournament.

But the realities are that the calculations would be already well beyond Bermuda, with Canada holding a massive lead on net run-rate of 4.981 to 0.941 going into the weekend.

If today’s results go to form, Bermuda would need to at least match the 110-run drubbing that Canada administered to launch the tournament.

Since losing that opening match last Sunday, Bermuda have come out strong to beat Bahamas twice and Cayman once.

Coach Cal Waldron is aiming to end the regional final with a flourish by picking up wins in the remaining matches.

“We would like to finish out the tournament with two wins,” Waldron told The Royal Gazette.

“Considering that we've been doing things properly in our last three matches, it would be ideal that we continue to do that in the last two matches. I don’t think the weather is going to be a factor in the remaining matches.”

“I think we’re bowling in the right areas, quite obviously I would like for some more batters to record good scores. Those that have so far been batting well, it would be good to see some of the guys produce some runs.”

The heavy loss to Canada dented Bermuda’s net run-rate, which may come back to haunt Waldron’s side tomorrow.

“We’ll take a proper look at what we need on Sunday morning to see what the equation boils down to,” the coach said.

“That way, we’ll go into the game with a proper assessment of what the mathematical equation looks like.”

Before they look far ahead to the final showdown against Canada, Bermuda have to win against Cayman to remain in the hunt.

“We’ll look to win by a good margin against Cayman to keep our net run-rate in the positive,” Waldron said.

“We want to stick to the game plan from the last match, whether we bat or bowl first. If we’re batting, we want to continue with the fine form and put up a formidable total.

“We have no problem restricting or bowling out the opposition. We want to score runs at the same time, restrict the runs or get the wickets to enable the victory.”

Captain Terryn Fray is targeting a commanding display when Bermuda face Cayman, a side they brushed aside by seven wickets on Wednesday.

“We want to go into that match against Cayman Islands strong and try to get another dominant win on the board,” the Bermuda team leader said.

“We can probably work out what will be needed on the final day, hopefully, it wouldn't be too much.”

Opening batter Tre Manders has not played since being run out in a careless manner against Canada. Delray Rawlins and Marcus Scotland have taken turns to open the batting with Fray in the past three matches.

“He [Manders] hasn't made the team yet, guys up top are doing the job,” the coach added.

“Against Cayman, we may look at possible changes. If so, how do we switch or who do we switch around? There’s always a possibility that the team can change or won’t change on Saturday.”

In the last two matches, Bermuda will count on Delray Rawlins to continue from where he left off against Bahamas. The left-hander thumped 68 off 32 balls in the rain-shortened match, his highest score in the regional final.

Rawlins is the third-highest run scorer in the tournament with 124 runs from 71 balls. Onias Bascome has also shown glimpses of his clean-hitting prowess with 89 runs off 48 balls and a best of 43 against Bahamas.

Besides Rawlins and Bascome, the rest of the batters are yet to find their groove. Fray’s 46 runs have come off 53 balls while Derrick Brangman has displayed his all-round prowess as he has notched up 41 runs, with a best of 32 not out against Canada.

Chare Smith and Brangman are Bermuda’s leading wicket-takers with five scalps each. Bermuda will look to the two, together with Dominic Sabir, Zeko Burgess and Jonté Smith to give the opposition batters a torrid time in the two matches.