Americas Cup cricket competition in Canada yesterday, as torrential overnight rain made the field at Maple Leaf Cricket Club unplayable and put back their clash with the Caymans until today.

All play at the tournament was called off, with the Canada versus Argentina match suffering a similar fate. Today had originally been designated a rest day.

"Apparently Canada has had a lot of rain over recent weeks, so with the saturation point at near zero and rains last night the field had some tremendous puddles on it and was basically flooded,'' explained Bermuda Cricket Board of Control president El James, who is travelling with the squad.

"So they've made the decision to use today as a rest day instead of Thursday to give the fields a chance to dry, therefore Bermuda will be playing three straight days now, Thursday through to Saturday.'' However, organisers may be faced with a further dilemma, as more rain is forecast for today.

Bermuda are currently locked in a four-way tie for first place in the tournament along with Cayman Islands, United States and the host nation. All have a single victory, however Bermuda and Canada are unbeaten from a single game played apiece, while Caymans and United States each have each lost one.

Argentina sit at the bottom of the standings, having lost both matches.

Tuesday's affairs saw the Duckworth/Lewis system come into play as rain affected both matches, with Canada defeating United States by 70 runs and Caymans downing Argentina by 30 runs.

Canada batted first against their southern neighbours and rivals, mounting a formidable 251 from 50 overs. United States were 71-5 after 27.1 overs when rain intervened, with the Duckworth/Lewis calculations showing them to be well short of the determined reduced target of 141.

Similarly Caymans posted a respectable 206 against the South Americans, who had managed 78-4 when the umpires called a halt.