Nevis wins its first encounter in LICB 50 Overs Tournament
Montserrat 2018 50 Overs team
Anguilla 2018 50 Overs team
On Monday, September 23 at the Little Bay, Montserrat fixture in the LICB 50 Overs tournament, Nevis won its final match of five encounter defeating Sint Maarten by 6 wickets to record its first victory of the tournament.
Jamie Cornelius’ unbeaten 55 spearheaded the win receiving support from skipper Adelvin Phillip, Nevis chasing down a revised total of 154 due to rain delays. Nevis reached the total in the 35th over. completed the victory with relative ease. Daniel Doram picked up 2 wickets for 17 runs from 8 overs for Sint Maarten.
Batting first, Sint Maarten reached 163 for 9 off of 45 overs while opener Sherwin Peters top-scored with 34 runs.
Bowling for Nevis, Jamie Cornelius took 3 wickets for 30 runs from 9 overs while Joseph Williams took 3 for 28 from 8 overs.
For his all-round effort, Jamie Cornelius was awarded the Man-of-the-Match award.
Montserrat stumbles to defeat by Anguilla
Montserrat 2018 50 Overs team
After a strong bowling start, Montserrat allowed Anguilla from 114 for 7 to post a score of 210. But it was nail biting finish that gave Anguilla their second win of the tournament, Montserrat needing 8 runs in the final over falling short by 3.
Opener Montcin Hodge led the way with 54 runs off 60 deliveries and lower order batsman Yannick Leonard scored 51 runs off 67 balls before he was run out in the 48th over. Bowling for Montserrat, Deno Baker took 3 wickets for 27 runs and Damion Jacobs took 3 wickets for 29 runs, each bowling bowling 10 overs.
Montserrat received solid knocks of 48 from Jaison Peters and 47 from Shavin Tuitt earlier in the chase with Jemuel Cabey contributing a 33 ball 32 in the lower order but the overs ran out as they tried to score 8 runs from the last over, only managing 5 runs, ending on 207 for the loss of 8 wickets.
Bowling for Anguilla, Chesney Hughes grabbed 4 wickets for 38 runs from 8 overs while Yannick Leonard took 3 for 28 from 10 overs.
Man-of-the-Match was Yannick Leonard for his all-round performance.
