DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, (CMC) — A second successive half-century from 43-year-old former skipper David Hemp failed to save Bermuda from a sixth successive defeat in a playoff for 13th and 14th places when they lost to Uganda by 11 runs at the ICC World Cup Twenty 20 qualifiers here yesterday.

Hemp hit 53 from 55 balls, which included seven fours, and captain Janeiro Tucker made 30 as the pair added 78 for the third wicket after Bermuda had been struggling at 34-2 in the eighth over.
Earlier, Uganda were toiling at 37-3 but were lifted to 134-7 thanks to Hamza Saleh’s 45. Seamer Kamau Leverock took 2-24 from four overs.
Bermuda, who closed on 123-4, began the tournament brightly with victories over Scotland and Denmark but then lost their way.
In Sharjah, Pakistan-born left-arm spinner Danial Ahmed’s 5-18 spurred the United States (15th) to a 21-run victory over strugglers Denmark (16th) .
Akeem Dodson (41) and Steven Taylor (36) provided the platform for the US total of 145-7 with an opening stand of 79 in nine overs before Japen Patel chipped in with 30 from 20 balls.
Denmark, whose only point in the qualifiers came from a rained-out match against Papua New Guinea, replied with 124-9, opener Carsten Pedersen hitting an unbeaten 42.
In another match in Sharjah, veteran all-rounder Steve Tikolo took the honours as Kenya claimed 11th place with a 21-run victory over Canada (12th).
Tikolo, 42, struck 40 from 23 balls to propel Kenya to 146-7 and then claimed 3-16 from four overs with his off-breaks to help bundle out Canada in the final over for 125, Ashish Bagai topscoring with 48.
Guyana-born fast-medium bowler Jeremy Gordon took 2-30 from three overs for Canada.