Joshua Da Silva has been one of the standouts in what has otherwise been a dreadful 2020 Hero CPL season for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots.

With just one win from their 10 games, the Patriots were eliminated from contention for a spot in the semi-finals that begin on Tuesday.

Captain Rayad Emrit believes there are many reasons for the team’s poor performance including the absence of all-rounder Fabian Allen and a last-minute coaching change. However, he highlighted some of the more positive things about the season. Among them, Da Silva playing in his debut season.

“Joshua Da Silva has been okay for us playing his first T20 tournament,” he said.

The 22-year-old Trinidadian, who is not known as a T20 player, had best scores of 59, 41 and 29 in the 136 runs he scored this season at an average of 27.2 and strike rate of 102.

It is no surprise then that he believes he has a lot to learn if he is to become a much better player in this shortest version of the game.

“I can use some work in a lot of different areas; fitness of course,” he told Sportsmax.TV. “Probably finding out a bit more about my boundary areas, I am a not the biggest hitter of the ball, I am not going to blast the ball all over the park.

“I like to use my technique; just figuring out where my technique stands and how am I going to get that pressure shot away, where are my boundary options are.”

He said he has been speaking to his more experienced teammates Ben Dunk and Chris Lynn about how to go about finding those areas where he is sure to get those boundaries. “Even if it doesn’t come off, even if I don’t get the right ball, I am still looking to score runs and not soak up dot-balls.

“The least dot-balls in T20 cricket, the better. I definitely can improve in those areas.”