With his man-of-the-match trophy tucked under his arm, nothing was about to wipe the wide smile off skipper Irving Romaine’s face as he celebrated his own performance and Bermuda’s victory at the end of yesterday’s stunning upset of Scotland. Romaine revealed how a meeting on the previous evening in which coach Gus Logie had again emphasised the need for batsmen to build on good starts had been at the back of his mind.

“You have no idea how happy I am,” said the Bailey’s Bay all-rounder.

“I needed a big one (innings) and Lionel (Cann) needed to finish one, and we had a big meeting last night just about this . . . about our batsmen following up good starts.

“We both desperately wanted big scores today and it came together in the end, we did it. Until our next tournament, we’re on a high. Scotland didn’t want to lose this. They played the game hard and we played even harder.

“We did extremely well in the field to restrict them to 268.”

Romaine admitted that had his side played as well throughout the Kenya tour it might have been they rather than Scotland playing in tomorrow’s final. “It’s just sad we’re so inconsistent, up and down, up and down — one good game and then one bad game,” he said.

“But regardless, this is a great way to finish the tour.”

Cann, meanwhile, said the victory should help silence some of the critics.

“It proves we’re a good team,” he said.

“I’ve been in good form the whole tournament and I just haven’t carried on. The coach has been telling me off for not carrying on, but today I had a partner who I felt really comfortable with. My skipper batted so well, he just needed support and I didn’t need to race at all. My form just followed through.

“It’s good for all of us. This has been a long, hard tournament. There’s a lot of good teams here. We’ve found it hard, but we haven’t been blown away at all.

“It’s all about belief. It goes to show what we can do, guys want to go to the World Cup and they know what it takes.

“Today we put it all together. Usually we have a good innings bowling and then not batting, and vice-versa. But today everything was on. Today we put it all together and it shows we’re a quality team. We just have to be more consistent.”