da dobrowin： Canada has won the inaugural Americas Cup with an emphatic seven wicketvictory over Bermuda at Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Saturday
Tony Munro13-Aug-2000Canada has won the inaugural Americas Cup with an emphatic seven wicketvictory over Bermuda at Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Saturday.Chasing a target of 186, Canada overtook the Bermudian total with sevenovers to spare.Astute captaincy from Canadian captain, Joe Harris, later named Man of theSeries, proved pivotal as the home team restricted Bermuda with thetargeting of key batsmen, Clay Smith and Charlie Marshall.After winning the toss and electing to bat, Bermuda put on 49 for the firstwicket, with Dennis Archer, who topscored for the visitors (59) leading theway.Smith and Marshall were then removed in quick succession, wickets whichshaped the size of the Bermudian innings.Harris brought himself on, straight away claiming Smith with hisoff-spinners in the only over of the spell.He replaced himself with Australian-based John Davison, who nabbed theinform Marshall in his first over. Davison bowled his spell straightthrough, also claiming Archer and Kwame Tucker (21), and generally stiflingBermudian batsmen’s attempts to pick up the scoring rate.Janiero Tucker helped consolidate the muiddle order with 43.On what was a good batting track, Canada cruised to the target of 187 withNicholas Ifill earning the Man of the Match award with an unbeaten 78 whileHarris scored 60.Herbie Bascombe, Archer and Smith shared the wickets for Bermuda.In the other match, the United States defeated Argentina by 41 runs.United States scored 243 all out with captain, Raymond Denny, topscoringwith 84.In reply, Argentina was allout for 202 with Matias Paterlini their best,striking 63.Today’s results means the teams finished in the following order: 1st-Canada(8pts), 2nd-Bermuda (6pts), 3rd-United States (4pts), 4th-Cayman Islands(2pts), 5th-Argentina (0pts).