Canada's Under-19 cricketers seem certain to take one of the two places in the ICC Global World Cup qualifier after beating the USA by 62 runs on Friday. Canada takes an unbeaten 4/0 record into its final round robin match with Bermuda (3/1), while the USA (3/1) faces Cayman Islands (2/2) on Saturday.

The Canadian side was upbeat following Friday's win and will be seeking to go unbeaten in this tournament. A win for Bermuda on Saturday could see three teams close with 4/1 records, which would bring in net run rate (NRR) as the tie-breaker. But Canada has a much better NRR than either the USA or Bermuda, which should see Canada into the top two, if Bermuda wins. The Canadian camp will not be looking to this eventually.

Canada scored 193 for 9 wickets in 50 overs against the USA. A lower total than seemed likely after a promising start by the top four batsmen. Opening bat Ruvindu Gunasekera made 42, Nitesh Kumar 36 and captain Rustum Bhatti 31. Hiral Patel made 31, the first time he failed to score at least a half-century in this tournament. Darius D'Souza (12) and Hardik Kotak (14 not out) were the only other Canadian batsmen to reach double figures. US Captain Shiva Vashiat took 3 wickets for 40 runs.

Maninder Auklah soon dismissed both US opening batsmen. There were fears the Canadian total was inadequate, but the game turned on a run out. Usman Limbada's throw scored a direct hit on the stumps and the promising innings of Greg Sewdial was over. Sewdial made 41. Gunasekera took 2 wickets with his leg-spin bowling, including Regis Burton. Burton and Sewdial had been looking to turn the tide in the USA's favour, but Canada had made the crucial breakthrough and the US innings was soon over for 131. The last two wickets fell to catches by Zain Mahmood off Hiral Patel's bowling. Patel ended with 3 wickets for 28.

Bermuda scored 257 for 9 wickets, then bowled out Bahamas for 151. The Bermuda total was less than seemed likely when Carl Douglas and Joshua Gilbert were scoring freely. Douglas top-scored with 78 and Gilbert reached 50. Only Kamau Leverock (36) of the later batsmen made runs. Orlando Stuart was Bahamas most successful bowler, taking 4 wickets for 43 runs. Jermaine Adderley scored 51 of Bahamas 151 all out.

Cayman Islands captain Ramon Sealy notched 77 runs out of 100, but his departure began a succession of dismissals and a final score of just 165. This proved sufficient as Argentina replied with just 74 all out. Zachary McLoughlin took 4 wickets for 19 runs and Dale Parker took 3 wickets for 8 runs. Argentina's Lautaro Musiani took 4 wickets for 28 runs.