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Deitz maiden fifty seals Vanuatu's first win

[ad_1] Player-coach Shane Deitz top-scored - with an unbeaten 114-ball 71 over Bermuda - for the third time in four matches since his international debut at the start of WCL Division Four. Dietz's maiden half-century propelled Vanuatu to a four-wicket win - their first win in the tournament - and kept alive their slim hopes of avoiding relegation. After their disastrous decision to bat second on a wearing track, Bermuda opted to go the other way on Thursday. But the slipped to 24 for 3 inside the Powerplay. The big scalp in that bunch was Kamau Leverock, who decimated Jersey with a belligerent 28-ball half-century . Dion Stovell , who took four wickets on Wednesday, teamed with captain Terryn Fray to grind out a 110-run stand across 32.1 overs to get Bermuda back into the match. But Nalin Nipiko's medium pace broke the stand in the 38th over and new-ball bowler Patrick Matautaava returned at the death to claim three more wickets, including Fray for 77 to finish with 4 for 41...