The nimble foot work and effective catching from Nevis' wicket keeper J. Tyson was instrumental in the next few wickets as Codville Rogers was next on the hit list three minutes later for just a run. Tyson caught him at slips with Nelson Bolan's bowling. Then if that was not enough with the score being on 25, St. Kitts Captain Jacques Taylor was taken out, followed a few minutes later by Leon Clarke with the score creeping to 56 runs for 6 wickets.
Elsroy Powell scored 25 runs and it seemed he would have kept hopes alive but wickets falling, his causality was just a two minutes later bowled LBW by Jason Campbell with the score still on 56. Twelve minutes Calvin Williams' time to go courtesy of Javia Liburd's bowling. Dylin Liddie was bowled LBW for 18 with the score on 80 just a mere six minutes later followed by Sheeno Berridge.
With Tonito Willet's impressive haul, Trevier Smithen aided with 4 for 21, Nelson Bolan 2 for 24 and Jason Campbell 1 for 26. With the bat, Nevis was just as impressive. Poor fielding continued to plague St. Kitts in this tournament with drop catches, two of which were against Willet who eventually went on to score 53 runs. Kejel Tyson scored 61 from 108 balls; Javia Liburd 59 and Dennyson Browne 23 runs. Willet's father and manager of the Nevis team Elquemedo Willet was proud of his son's effort. "He is just continuing what he started and the thing about it he started the season not in very good form," Willet said. The first West Indies test cricketer from the Leeward Islands said he does not think the dropped catches against Willet affected St. Kitts chances but was very impressed with his team's performance. "This is a real confidence booster after losing against Antigua...I am very happy," Willet said.
On the other hand, St. Kitts' team manager Leroy Percival apologized to the fans for the poor performance of the team and labeled the worse since he has been manager of the team. "I really apologized that we performed so poorly. We have to go back to the drawing board and get those faulty things correct," Percival said. He admitted that dropped caches continue to be a problem, noting that at least six catches were dropped. "This is the worst performance I have had as manager. It's a pity. All I can say better luck next time," Percival said.
Despite this poor performance, Mr. Percival believes at least three players from St. Kitts will make the Leeward Islands team for the West Indies 40 overs regional tournament in Guyana later this month.
On Saturday Antigua and Barbuda will play Anguilla in what promises to be an exciting encounter as it is the repeat of last year's finals. The match starts at 9:30am at the Warner Park in St. Kitts. The matches are free and all able to attend are invited.
