Tail-ender Edward DeSilva's huge six with just one ball remaining gave Forties a nailbitting two-wicket win over Spring Garden Cavaliers on Sunday.

Forties chased down Cavaliers' mammoth 281 for three declared, a target they never looked like getting close to after they had collapsed to 88 for four early on in their innings.

Requiring 11 to win from the last two overs, DeSilva's six saw Forties home with just one ball and two wickets to spare as they scored 282 for eight in 44.5 overs.

It was a heart-breaking defeat for Cavaliers who will be ruing their decision to declare after 38 overs, thereby handing Forties four extra overs in which to get the runs.

Defeat was particularly hard on Cavaliers' bowlers Anthony Brathwaithe, who took four for 57 in his 13 overs, and Fernando Paul who backed him up with two for 24.

For a time the pair looked like they were bowling Spring Garden to victory but a stand of 140 between Gordon Campbell (76) and David DeSilva (89) got Forties back on track.

However, wickets continued to fall regularly and while David DeSilva and Granville Bennet added a precious 30 runs, it seemed unlikely to be enough. Forties, however, kept plugging away and Randy Simmons and Blake West took the side within touching distance before Edward DeSilva's heroics secured an unlikely win.

Earlier Cavaliers captain Richard Foulds had started his side on the way to a big total with a blistering 84 off just 71 balls, smashing five sixes and six fours in the process. He was ably supported by Barry Richards who destroyed the Forties bowling with a 36-ball 65, and Donovan Livingston who scored 63.

By the time Trevor Haynes (51*) passed his half-century Spring Garden obviously decided that Forties had had enough, and declared after 38 overs, giving their opponents an extra four overs to chase down the runs. It was a decision that proved fatal for Cavaliers.

"Barry (Richards) and Donovan (Livingston) got them off to a flyer and they never looked back," said Forties captain Campbell. "There was some excellent clean hitting by all of the top four and we were a little surprised that they didn't push for the 300 before declaring.

"Things looked pretty dark for us at 88 for four but myself and David DeSilva made things look a little rosier before wickets tumbled again.

"All in all it was a very exciting game played with good spirits. A lot of bad balls were dished up by both teams, and In the end, maybe, it came down to them dishing up a few more than we did."

At the game at Shelly Bay, Jamaican Association grabbed their first win of the season, with a seven-wicket win over Ernst and Young.

Batting first, E&Y were bowled out for 158 in 27.4 overs with Jason Wakeford the top scorer with 42. Rajnish Juta (23) and Kavitharan Selvarajah (37) were the pick of the other E&Y batsmen.

Daniel Edwards did the damage with the ball for Jamaican Association, grabbing three for 18 in six overs and took two wickets in one over including the prized scalp of Wakeford.

Jamaican Association made short work of chasing down E&Y's meagre total. Dean Richards scored an unbeaten 85 as they knocked off the runs in 23.2 overs.

"We batted first as we wanted to put up a good score but the collpase of the middle order due to some onspot bowling by Jamaican Association prevented us from doing so" said E&Y skipper Karunakar Kaushik. "The Jamaicans really played well and deserved to win."

In the weekend's other game, bottom club BC Allrounders claimed their first win of the season, beating fellow strugglers St David's by 20 runs.

Cherwan Swan was the Allrounders' man-of-the-match hitting 34 in their total of 217, and then claiming five for 54 as St David's were bowled out for 197. Aaron Crockwell (50) was the only St David's batsman to put up any resistance.

This weekend, Jamaican Association will look to continue their good form as they take on Forties at Warren Simmons Community Field, while E&Y face North Village at Shelly Bay and Spring Garden take on St David's at Garrison Field.