By:Curtis Morton
The Nevis team has not started well in the ongoing Leeward Islands under 15 Cricket tournament, which commenced on Monday 28th March.
The tournament is being played in the Federation of St.Kitts and Nevis, with both islands being afforded the privilege of hosting their various matches on home soil.
In match one, played on Sunday 28th March, Nevis went under to Montserrat and in their second encounter versus Antigua and Barbuda, played on Monday 29th the Nevis team again went under to the Antigua and Barbuda team, even though showing some fight, after posting a small total.
The summarized scores in the two 50 overs a side encounters are as follows:
Nevis v Montserrat
Montserrat-195 for 9 in 50 overs: Aidan Livan 41; C. Reece 41
Bussue 3 for 35; Carlon Tuckett 2 for 25
Nevis-161
Carlon Tuckett 31; Vickram 27
Montserrat won by 34 runs
Nevis v Antigua & Barbuda
Nevis-113 all out in 29.3 overs:
Carlon Tuckett 29; Vickram 13; Peter Charles 13
Kian Joseph; Rashid Henry; Demitri Lucas and Isan Warner all got 2 wickets each
Antigua & Barbuda 117 for 5
Rashid Henry 24; Jaheem Africa 20; Dishorn Henry 18
Carlon Tuckett 3 for 20; Peter Charles 1 for 12
Antigua and Barbuda won by 5 wickets
Nevis will engage the BVI on Friday 1st April.