Canada 190-6; Bermuda 53-1

(Game abandoned)

Bermuda may have failed to successfully defend their ICC Americas Divison One Championship in Florida, but national coach Gus Logie believes there are plenty of positives to take away from the tournament.

The form of Lionel Cann, the return of Glenn Blakeney, and the performance of some of the younger members of the squad such as Chris Douglas have all given Logie reason to be positive about the future.

Rain denied Bermuda the opportunity to end their week on a winning note, however, with their game against Canada yesterday being abandoned as victory seemed likely.

In a reduced affair, Canada made 190 for six from 42 overs with Rodney Trott the pick of the Bermuda bowlers as he took two for 23 in his six overs.

After more rain, Bermuda were set a revised target of 132 to win from 25 overs, and were 53 for one, with Lionel Cann unbeaten on 40, when the heavens opened for the final time.

Victory over Argentina on Saturday, when Glenn Blakeney scored an unbeaten 118 on his return to the side, had moved Bermuda to second in the tournament. And although there was an outside chance they might have finished top yesterday, the rain meant they finished second behind the US, and ahead of Canada on run-rate.

America won the championship for the first time since 2002, courtesy of a fine win over Canada on Saturday.

The host nation struggled to 201for eight in their innings, and it looked like Canada would easily chase down the runs. In the end, however, they fell well short as they were bowled out for 120 in 45 overs.

Blakeney made an immediate impact on his return to the side, putting on 139 for the fifth wicket with David Hemp as Bermuda made 341 for four against Argentina. Cann again made his mark at the top of the innings, scoring 63 to give Bermuda a solid start, and they eventually won by 146 runs, after restricting Argentina to 195 for six from their 50 overs.

"In the end it was the loss to the US which cost us, we switched off for one game and you can't do that," said Logie.

"But there are plenty of positives to take away from this week, and we will build on those when we get back. We will also look at the negatives to see how we can make sure they don't happen again."

A major plus for Bermuda has been the emergence of Cann as an opening batsman.

The St David's skipper has been criticised in the past for his attitude, but scored runs whenever he came to the wicket in the tournament.

"Lionel has taken to opening the batting like a duck to water," said Logie. "He has shown a maturity and responsibilty playing at the top of the order that the others have fed off.

"He was batting well against Canada and there is no reason to think that we wouldn't have won with the way he was playing.

"All the top six have produced runs at some point this week and it has always given us a solid base to work from. The guys are playing responsibly and that is something good that we can take away from this."

Bermuda will return to the the Island today, and will then begin preparations for their trip to Argentina later this month, when a largely development squad will look to get some experience against the South American nation.