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We want to win this for Gus

Gus Logie

Bermuda opener Terryn Fray is adamant that the side can regroup from last week's four-day defeat to Uganda and give head coach Gus Logie the proper send off with a victory in the last match on the series.

The perceived threat from Hurricane Bill saw two scheduled one-day matches cancelled, leaving just today's day-nighter at the National Sports Centre as the hosts only chance for revenge.

And Fray has backed his team-mates to produce the goods in the final match of the tour. "We are just looking to win, that's the bottom line," said Fray. "This is Gus' last game and for the team we are looking to win this game for him, we want to send him out on a high.

"We want to make it look good on him and the last thing we want to do is send him out with a loss after everything he has done for our setup.

"We knew we wouldn't have played Saturday but yesterday we all thought we could have played but it isn't too worrying.

"The team as a whole want to make the four-day game a distant memory and we could have done it with the games that were cancelled, but we are looking to win today's game and end the series on a good note."

Much has been said about the wicket at the NSC, with batsmen being bamboozled by track. After last week's four-day game, it was evident that the wicket was more conducive to spin then pace, something that has been noted in the squad.

The likes of Rodney Trott and Tamauri Tucker will be sure to get amongst the wickets while seamers Malachi Jones and youngster Kevon Fubler also dug deep to produce good showings and should be in the mix come today.

With the team spirit still high amongst the squad, Fray knows that this would be as good a time as time to silence the critics who were so harsh on the squad last week.

"I don't know the team for the last game, but I know the spirit in the camp is high. Kevon for example is excited to continue from last week when he bowled excellent.

"We also have Tamauri and Rodney who can spin the ball, so we know how the wicket will shape up but it could act differently as it has before.

"Malachi also bowled well but couldn't get the wickets we thought he deserved, so they know how to play the pace better then the spin.

"The wicket isn't playing that well and we don't know how it will stand up to a one day match because everyone realised that spin was the trick last week in the four-day game.

"The squad isn't overly disappointed by the weather and events surrounding the series, we just want to go out and show those who don't think we have what it takes that we can beat them and put on a good display."

Bermuda squad: D Hemp, S Outerbridge, R Trott, I Romaine, J Edness, C Foggo, D Hollis, D Lovell, T Tucker, J DeSilva, F Crockwell, M Jones, K Fubler, T Fray.

n Bermuda finished last in the ICC Americas Northern Division behind hosts USA and champions Canada.

Had Bermuda beaten USA in the first match of the tournament, which USA won by one run, Bermuda would have been tournament champions because they would have finished level on points with Canada but would have won out with a superior net run rate.

At the post tournament trophy presentation, Bermuda's Kamau Leverock was named the Best Bowler at the event after taking nine wickets in four matches.

Christian Burgess was named Best Wicketkeeper for his tidy glovework, not to mention a series of catches behind the stumps to finish with the most dismissals in the tournament.

Bermuda's final match against Canada in Brooklyn was abandoned due to torrential rain.