Anthony Foster, Freelance Reporter

COOLIDGE, Antigua:

Defending champions Guyana marched into the quarter-final round of the Stanford 20/20 tournament after disposing of Bermuda by nine wickets at the Stanford Cricket Ground on Sunday night.

Guyana joined Jamaica, Antigua & Barbuda, Trinidad & Tobago, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados and Nevis in the final eight. The tournament resumes tomorrow with Trinidad and Tobago facing St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Guyana set a record as they dismissed Bermuda for 62, which beat the previous low of 67 made by Turks and Caicos against Montserrat two weeks ago.

Set a mere 63 to win, Guyana, led by West Indies batsmen Sewnarine Chattergoon (31) and Ramnaresh Sarwan (24) took their team home in an unbroken 53-run stand. Both players got off to a slow start, but after seeing off left-arm spinner Dwayne Leverock and Traddie Simpson, who gave up seven runs in the first two overs, scoring became easy.

Travis Dowlin (four) was dismissed caught behind off Traddie Simpson, who ended with 1-21.

Earlier, Bermuda, sent to bat, were hammered as only David Hemp, the most experienced in terms of first-class cricket, having played 253 matches for Free State, Glamorgan and Warwickshire, reached double figures. He made 23.

Lennox Cush (3-9), Neil McGarrell (2-6), Mahendra Nagamootoo (2-4) and Christoper Barnwell (2-19) took the wickets.