Kevin Joseph showed his ability with classy shots all around the ground in scoring an unbeaten 78 on Sunday to lead the Vikings to victory. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VINO

Kevin Waljer belted a quick fire 55 to inspire his team to a quick 7 wicket win with 20 balls to spare. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VINO

Kenrick Leslie made an astonishing one handed catch high above his head to remove Richard Fredericks for a duck, but was powerless to stop the Vincy slide out of the tournament. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VINO

Austin McDowall struck 75 for the Vincy, but their total of 190 was below par and proved too little for the Vikings to chase. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VINO

Bailey picked up 2 wickets including the dangerous Maxford Pipe for 48 and followed up with 31 not out in a match winning partnership of 109 with Joseph. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VINO

Bailey picked up 2 wickets including the dangerous Maxford Pipe for 48 and followed up with 31 not out in a match winning partnership of 109 with Joseph. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VINO

Jeunick Mingo finished with 3 -31 was the pick of the Vikings bowlers as he strangled the scoring during the middle overs. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VINO

Vincy had needed to ensure they would join the Vikings in the June 1^st Final and have a chance to defend their title, but defeat left them on 9 points and tied with Grenada and four-time champions, Cavaliers.

However, Cavaliers will now advance to play the Vikings because of their superior net run rate (NRR), which is calculated based on overs, runs scored and the runs opponents score. Cavaliers’ NRR is 2.74, Vincy's NRR is 2.22 and Grenada's NRR is 1.23.

Batting first on Sunday, Vincy posted 190 for 6 from their 20 overs and Vikings responded with 194 for 3 in 16.4 overs.

Vincy looked the part very early when Vikings won the toss and elected to field. Despite losing opener Keelan Robin very early, Maxford Pipe and Austin McDowell staged a 112-run partnership that tilted the momentum in Vincy’s favour.

Pipe departed for 48 runs (5 fours and 3 sixes) to Johnny Bailey when veteran Winston Davis cradled a catch from a fiercely hit ball. Vincy lost McDowell with the score on 148 when Jnique Mingo trapped him LBW. McDowell scored 75 runs from 49 balls, including 6 fours and 5 sixes.

Mingo, who bowled 3 wickets for 31 runs, also removed the dangerous Montgomery 'Monty' Buttler for 10 runs when wicketkeeper, Anil Mahabir took a sharp catch. Sylvester Mitchell was bowled by Mingo for 10 runs and Vincy never recovered as their inning ended on 190 for 6.

Bailey finished with 2 wickets for 23 runs and Jamal Mickle snatched a wicket.

Vikings stumbled out the gates, losing their in-form opening batsman and captain, Richard Fredericks for duck when Kenrick Leslie climbed in the air to take a sharp diving catch from the bowling of former Leeward Islands bowler, Brent Defreitas.

The other opening batsman, Davis, fell cheaply for 6 runs when he sent a catch to Pipe on the boundary. Vikings was in trouble at 17 for 2 when Walker took guard in the middle. The first ball faced he dispatched for six and followed that up with a boundary, much to the delight of the fans.

Walker faced 32 balls, struck 4 fours and 6 sixes for 55 runs before he was bowled by Turby Xavier. He shared a 68-run third wicket partnership with Joseph.

Joseph continued after Walker's departure, playing polished drives along the ground, oftentimes dissecting the Vincy field to perfection. When he needed to, Joseph struck clean sixes through the air.

He ended one of the more cleanly assembled innings played at Greenland not out on 78 runs, which included 5 fours and 8 sixes from 46 balls.

Joseph and Bailey came together with Vikings on 85 for 3 and together they steered Vikings to victory, sharing a 109-run partnership in the process. Bailey was left not out on 31 runs, faced 18 balls and struck 4 fours and 2 sixes.

Entering Sunday's game, Vikings had already qualified for the finals. They now face archrivals, Cavaliers and a chance to win their first official domestic Twenty/20 Cricket Tournament.