Nevis Franchise Tournament underway

Despite, the inclement weather, a fair sized crowd showed up at the ET Willet Park for the commencement of the Nevis Cricket Association Franchise league on the evening of Saturday 10th May.

In the first game, Oualie Pelicans soared over South Warriors with Marvin Hamilton and Stuart Williams getting among the runs and Akito Willet and Elroy David getting among the wickets.

In match two which was set up for an exciting finish before it was unfortunately rained out, Nelson Boland slammed an undefeated half century for the Bath Hotel Blazers and Carlon Smithen seemed set to respond in kind for the Saddle Rangers until he was outfoxed by a Tonito Willet slower ball.

Summary of the matches played:

Match one:

South Warriors—81 for 9 in 20 overs: Orelall 16

Akito Willet 2 for 19

Oualie Pelicans-83 for 5 in 15.2 overs:  Marvin Hamilton 29; Stuart Williams 16*

Elroy JIMBO David 2 for 18

Oualie Pelicans won by 5 wickets

Match two:

Bath Hotel Blazers-146 for 6 in 20 overs: Nelson Boland 51*; Justin Athanaze 28

Saddle Hill Rangers—62 for 2 in the 10.1 overs when a heavy downpour forced the match to be aborted

Carlon Smithen 31

Bath Hotel Blazers were 45 for 5 after 10 overs in comparison

Matches scheduled for Sunday 11th May were also rained out.