A first World Cricket League century in seven years by Denmark's Freddie Klokker secured an eight wicket win for Denmark against Bermuda at the Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur.

On a humid day, Denmark won the toss and put Bermuda in to bat. The Bermudans were missing all-rounder Kamua Leverock, dropped after a public bust up at training yesterday.

It started well enough for Bermuda, with Okera Bascombe dominating an opening stand of 81 with Terryn Fray with 63 from just 41 balls before he was out lbw to Saif Ahmad.

Fray then put on 53 with Tre Manders, but the dismissal of Fray for 40 sparked a collapse. Manders watched at the other end as one by one his partners disappeared, before his dismissal for 40 ended the collapse which saw his team go from 134-1 to 155-7.

Charles Trott offered some fightback in the lower order with 36 batting at number 8, but he could only help his team to reach 209 before they were bowled out. Bashir Shah was the pick of the Danish bowlers with 3-17.

Freddie Klokker, a mainstay in the Danish team since his debut as a 17 year old in 2000, was the star for Denmark in their reply, first sharing in an 89 run opening partnership with Zameer Khan, who was out for 38.

Shangeev Thanikaithasan, making his WCL debut only contributed three. There was no Bermuda style collapse for the Danes, with skipper Hamid Shah putting on an unbroken 115 run partnership for the third wicket.

Shah scored 48 whilst Klokker scored 108, and was the obvious choice for player of the match.

"With a young and relatively inexperienced side it was a very pleasing win," said Danish Head Coach Jeremy Bray afterwards. 

"We were poor up front with the ball but came back very well to restrict them to 209 on a very good batting pitch and fast outfield.

"Freddie was superb as was captain Hamid. I am delighted with most of our batting processes, but was disappointed however with two soft dismissals that could have let Bermuda back in the game.

"Bermuda are potentially a dangerous side with the bat but struggled against spin. Any team in this competition are dangerous if you don’t play disciplined cricket with intent in all departments.

"It was very, very humid and hot conditions but no excuses as we knew it was going to be like this and that’s why we placed a big emphasis on our fitness and conditioning.

"It’s only one win which obviously am delighted with, however we need to make appropriate improvements every game if we are to keep winning," added Bray.

Denmark will come up against fellow Europeans Jersey tomorrow as the tournament continues whilst Bermuda will play Uganda.