WHEN CHAMPIONS Jamaica journeyed to the Three Ws Oval in Barbados to face the Combined Colleges and Campuses (CCC), very few expected them to lose; however, a few hours into the match, that was exactly what was happening.

After reeling at one stage at 89-5 and staring down the barrel of defeat, Jamaica eventually made 162 in their first innings and on a slow and flat wicket looked all set to drop their first first-innings points of the campaign.

Left-arm orthodox spin

But then came former St Elizabeth Technical and Melbourne Cricket Club player Nikita Miller. Bowling his steady left-arm orthodox spin, Miller spun a web around the CCC batsmen and in a career-best performance claimed 8-41 from 23 nagging overs to help dismiss the tertiary students for 106 and with it gave Jamaica the valuable first-innings edge.

51 runs

Jamaica went on to win the match in three days by 51 runs with Miller getting another two wickets in the CCC's second innings, to end with a match haul of 10-98.

Miller, who was a critical member of Jamaica's four-day champion team last season, was rewarded with a call-up to the West Indies one-day team to face the touring Australians and then went with the team to New Zealand.

For his mesmerising performance against the CCC, 'Killer' Miller is this week's Performer of the Week.

- Jermaine Lannaman