Ireland 524-8, declared

Bermuda 192 and 186

Bermuda's ill-fated tour of Europe ended in another miserable defeat, as hosts Ireland emphatically crushed the tourists by an innings and 146 runs at the Clontarf Cricket Club in Dublin, Ireland in the Intercontinental Cup on Saturday.

The result left Bermuda's senior national cricket team winless in all six matches on tour, spread over three countries (Denmark, Holland and Ireland), and still without an Intercontinental Cup win since August 2005.

The Islanders' shallow batting order was again ruthlessly exposed as the tourists were dismissed a second time in the match, after following on, well shy of Ireland's colossal first innings 524 for eight declared.

Fast bowler David Langford-Smith (five for 45) led the Irish charge as the green army sealed victory in the third over after tea on the third day, Bermuda's last three wickets falling without any addition to the total.

Smith inflicted the damage with the new ball at the top of the order before passing the baton to off spinner Andrew White who hardly broke sweat in polishing off the Islanders' tail.

White was the catalyst for Bermuda's late dramatic collapse as he claimed the last three wickets to finish with outstanding bowling analysis of three for seven off 4.5 overs. He also took two for nine off three overs during Bermuda's first innings.

For the second time in the match, opener Stephen Outerbridge led his team's resistance with another attractive half century to add to his first innings knock of 53.

The stylish left hander gathered an even 50 off 99 balls in 127 minutes, often piercing the field with some elegant strokeplay, before eventually being cleanly taken at mid-wicket pulling across the line. Outerbridge hammered ten boundaries and along with Lionel Cann rescued Bermuda from early trouble by adding 57 runs for the third-wicket in 17 overs after opener Jekon Edness went without bothering the scorers in the third over of the innings.

Cann (38), Dwayne Leverock (22 not out) and Ryan Steede (26) were also able to offer stubborn resistance, but received little in the way of support from some of their team-mates as the Irish achieved their goal of snaring 12 wickets to win the match with an entire day's play to spare.

But first they were made to toil for 13 overs as Leverock, one of the Island's most consistent batsmen on tour, and Steede shared in a 49-run eighth-wicket stand that prolonged the inevitable before the latter was dismissed right on the tea break to trigger a slide from which Bermuda never recovered from.

Ireland's match-winning total was built upon two magnificent centuries from opener and man of the match William Porterfield (166) and Andre Botha (122), and equally superb contributions from skipper Trent Johnston (61) and Kevin O'Brien (50) lower down the order.

In reply, Bermuda were skittled out for 192 in their first innings in the first hour of play on Saturday morning after resuming from their overnight total of 180 for eight and were immediately sent back in to bat on a pitch showing little or no signs of wear and tear on the third day.

Outerbridge led from the top of the order with a battling half century while burly left-arm spinner Dwayne Leverock was the pick of the bowling with four for 98 and Steede economical in taking two for 100 off 27 overs with six maidens.

Bermuda have now suffered defeat by an innings plus in their last two Intercontinental Cup matches against Netherlands and Ireland and will have to quickly sort themselves out before heading off to take on Kenya in Nairobi and United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Sharjah in November.

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