Bermuda 194

Holland 198-2

Led by an untroubled, unhurried and unbeaten century from their Essex county player, Ryan ten Doeschate, Holland took a leisurely Sunday drive down victory road today, condemning hapless Bermuda to their fourth straight World One-Day League defeat at the Ruaraka Sports Club.

But this wasn't so much about ten Doeschate's classic ton as it was the Island side's inability yet again to compete at this level.

The eight-wicket defeat means winless Bermuda will remain cemented at the bottom of the six-team World One-Day League standings no matter what the outcome of their last contest against unbeaten Scotland at the same Ruaraka ground today.

Not that there was ever much hope they would finish anywhere else.

The same mistakes and shortcomings that have dogged their performances on this Kenyan tour were all too evident again.

After a disastrous start which saw three wickets fall for 12 runs inside the first three overs, Irving Romaine's men found themselves with their backs to the wall.

And while a half-century from David Hemp (58), whose stoic resistance during face-saving partnerships with first Janeiro Tucker (32) and then Lionel Cann (48) added a measure of respectability to Bermuda's final total, the 194 runs they put on the board before being bowled out inside the allotted 50 overs was never going to be

sufficient to trouble the Dutch.

Although Kevin Hurdle removed Holland opener Darron Reekers in the first over for a duck, new bat ten Doeschate (109 not out) and Bas Zuiderent (71) embarked on a stand worth 177 which, by the time it was eventually broken in the 39th over, took the Dutch to the brink of victory.

Bermuda's bowling, on paper at least, might have appeared more economical and disciplined than in previous outings in the last week, but that had as much to do with ten Doeschate and Zuiderent's no-risk approach which allowed them to cruise towards the target at less than four runs an over.

Full report in tomorrow's Gazette.

BERMUDA v HOLLAND

Scoreboard from today's World One-Day League match at the Ruaraka Sports Club in Nairobi (Holland won the toss):

BERMUDA

Clay Smith b D.Reekers 1

Stephen Outerbridge b E.Schiferli 4

Irving Romaine lbw b Reekers 2

David Hemp c wckt J.Smith b M.Kashif 58

Janeiro Tucker c B.Zuiderent b R. ten Doeschate 32

Dean Minors lbw b R. ten Doeschate 8

Lionel Cann c D.Reekers b M.Kashif 48

Malachi Jones lbw b P.Borren 4

Arthur Pitcher c A.Kervezee b M.Kashif 8

Dwayne Leverock lbw R. ten Doeschate 9

Kevin Hurdle not out 1

Extras (lb9, nb2, w8) 19

Total (all out, 46.3 overs) 194

Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-9, 3-12, 4-69, 5-93, 6-156, 7-161, 8-176, 9-182, 10-194

Bowling: Edgar Schiferli 6-0-21-1; Darron Reekers 6-0-25-2; Tim de Leede 7-0-25-0; Ryan ten Doeschate 8.3-0-37-3; Darren van Bunge 3-0-25-0; Muhammad Kashif 10-0-42-3; Peter Borren 6-2-10-1

HOLLAND

Bas Zuiderent b M.Jones 71

Darron Reekers c D.Leverock b K.Hurdle 0

Ryan ten Doeschate not out 109

Dann van Bunge not out 5

Extras (5lb, 3nb, 5w) 13

Total (two wickets, 43.1 overs) 198

Did not bat: Alexei Kervezee, Luuk van Troost, Peter Borren, Muhammad Kashif, Tim de Leede, Edgar Schiferli, Jeroen Smits

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-178

Bowling: Kevin Hurdle 10-0-41-1; Malachi Jones 10-1-49-1; Janeiro Tucker 5-0-29-0; Dwayne Leverock 10-1-30-0; Arthur Pitcher 6.1-0-38-0 ; Irving Romaine 2-0-6-0

Umpires: Shahul Hameed (Indonesia), Tyrone Wijewardena (Sri Lanka)

Match referee: R.S.Mahanama

Result: Holland won by eight wickets

Man-of-the-match: Ryan ten Doeschate (Holland)