Though he is usually quick to make light of any sort of defeat in practice matches, coach Gus Logie was not mincing his words following Bermuda?s seven-wicket loss, accusing his side of a ?lack of intensity?.

The Trinidadian wore an anxious expression while sitting pensively in his chair during Bermuda?s turn in the field, admitting afterwards that the team had been ?below par in every aspect of the game?.

?I have to be realistic and say today was not our finest hour,? he said.

?We did not score enough runs when we batted and losing those three early wickets really hurt us and put us on the back foot from the outset.

?We did reasonably well to get up to 214, but when the rain came it was always going to be difficult to defend a total of 150 in 35 overs.

?There was not enough intensity and aggression in our running between the wickets, which meant we were probably 30 or 40 runs short of what we needed to be competitive.

?We did not bowl well enough either. The track was pretty flat yes, but we had almost 30 extras as well which is completely unacceptable at this level.

?It?s becoming something of a trend with us not performing in friendly matches and though you have got to applaud the guys for delivering more often than not in the important games, they have got to understand that there is a certain standard which is expected of them at all times ? no matter who the opposition.

?We have a lot of team meetings where we discuss all the areas of our game that need improving. But we are preparing for an extremely important tournament this week and it is time the guys started putting all the words into action.

?There is a significant amount of thinking to be done before Wednesday and I am hoping and trusting the guys to be more up for the game against Canada and to play the cricket we all know they are capable of.?

Injured skipper and assistant coach Clay Smith lay the blame for the defeat squarely at the feet of the batsmen, insisting the bowlers had done a ?respectable job? having been asked to defend such a paltry total on a good track.

?The wickets down here are very flat and it is up to the batsmen to produce a total which gives the bowlers something to bowl at,? he said.

?We just did not score enough runs and I thought the bowlers did OK in the circumstances.

?On pitches such as the one we played on today, you need something in excess of 250 to have a decent shot at winning, and when that did not happen, we were up against it.

?But we?ve been in this position before where we haven?t performed in practice matches only to go on and do the business when it counts and I?m backing the boys to do that.?