Sports Page — The Nevis under fifteen Cricket team has started very impressively in the first round of matches in the Leeward Islands under 15 tournament for 2015.
The arrangement for this year means that Antigua will play Montserrat; St.Maarten will play Anguilla and St.Kitts will engage Nevis, in four matches, scheduled on a home and away basis.
The Nevis team hosted the first round of matches at the ET Willet Park on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th May. The next two matches will be played in St.Kitts, this coming weekend.
In the first match played on Saturday 23rd May, Nevis won by 8 wickets in the 30 overs contest
Summarized scores:
St. Kitts under 15’s: 128 all out in 28.4 overs: K-von Esdaille 32; Aushawn Browne 17
Quanieki Phillip 14
Erlean David 3 for 20; Omesh Sharma 2 for 23; Patricio Stapleton 2 for 18
Nevis under 15’s: 129 for 2 in 23 overs: Jelani Manners 39*; Trishawn Francis 30
Shaquan Pemberton 2 for 17
Nevis under 15’s won by 8 wickets
In match two, played on Sunday 24th May, Nevis under 15’s won by 22 runs.
Summarized scores:
Nevis under15’s: 140 for 5 in 28 overs: Jelani Manners 53*; Justin Anderson 21
Tariq Newman 3 for 34
St.Kitts under 15’s: 118 all out in 27.1 overs: K-von Esdaille 37*; Javal Ward 16; Cordel Romney 14
Vikram Shanada 4 for 22; Zario Chumney 2 for 26
Nevis won by 22 runs.