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Reggie Pearman said Bermuda's cricket resources were divided between three teams and that's part of the reason the island did so poorly in the Stanford 20-20.

Bermuda set a record low score of 62 as Guyana beat the team by nine wickets.

Pearman, the Bermuda Cricket Board president, added he was 'disappointed' with the way the team performed in its internationally televised debacle against Guyana on Sunday night.

He said the players bear part of the responsibility for not getting themselves into shape.

"Were we under-prepared? Perhaps we were, but we had to deal with what we had to deal with. We don't have the facilities here for it. We're striving to get something going, but a lot of it has to be borne by the players themselves - do some training on their own. They know what they have to do."

Pearman added that was not Bermuda's first choice team on display Sunday.

"That's definitely not the team that we wanted to send out. They definitely performed under par. There were a lot of factors involved. We couldn't get the team we wanted. The under-19s weren't there. There were guys who chose not to participate."

The Board president added: "Coming from a small country like this, we have problems other countries don't have. To be quite honest it wasn't the type of performance we expected or what the players' expected. We can play better. We know we can play better. "I was very disappointed in how we played. What else can I say? I'm not making excuses, but it's up to the players too. They have to tow the line also.

Asked if Bermuda could have prepared better for this tournament, he said "What other country had three teams on the world stage at one time? We sent the Under-19s to the World Cup, the senior men's team to the 20-20 and the women's team to World Cup qualifiers.

Limited resources

"No other country this small has been able to do that. We have limited resources to start with. The timing (of the 20-20) is perhaps a factor that has to do with it. We struggled to get under-19s away from school."

Pearman said the board spent a lot of time going the various principals to make arrangements for the schoolboys to miss classes.

"It's a concerted effort to get all three teams away."

Pearman said that with three teams abroad more of priority was put into the Under-19s than the Stanford 20-20.

"A lot of teams are in the same boat that we are, but they put more of an emphasis into it."[[In-content Ad]]

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