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Jul 12, 2014 Sports
Guyana’s Amazon Warriors squeezed through to a 2-wicket victory over the Antigua Hawksbills in the opening match of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 20/20 cricket tournament at the National Cricket Stadium, St George’s, Grenada yesterday.
The Warriors started well by winning the toss and sent the Hawksbills into bat and they looked set for a challenging score as the Hawksbills motored to 40 before the first wicket fell, that of Ben Dunk for 38 caught by Mohammad Hafeez in the sixth over bowled by Ronsford Beaton. Shacaya Thomas made 20 and he was next to go in the 14th over caught Hafeez bowled Veersammy Permaul with the score on 100.
Danza Hyatt hit 36 before he followed in quick succession, run out by Kishmar Santokie. A further procession and a miserly spell by Sunil Narine strangled the Hawksbills batsmen as the overs expired, the Hawksbills reaching 136 for the loss of 8 wickets. Narine bowled his 4 overs for only 3 runs, while Jimmy Neesham picked up 3 for 33 with a wicket each for Beaton and Permaul.
Set 137 for victory, the Amazon Warriors started disastrously when Sheldon Cottrell uprooted Lendl Simmons stumps before he had scored. It was soon 8-2 as Martin Guptil, who got off with a boundary, was caught by Carlos Braithwaite off the bowling of Miguel Cummins. Hafeez (35) and Skipper Denesh Ramdin (51) rebuilt the innings before Hafeez, when looking well set, mishit one that went straight up off Marlon Samuels. Wicketkeeper Devon Thomas comfortably held the offering.
Neesham joined Ramdin and hit a few lovely strokes but was undone by Cottrell as he changed his pace to have him caught by Braithwaite with the Warriors at 100 for 4. Christopher Barnwell got things underway with two well struck blows, played a silly shot and was the first of 2 wickets for Ben Laughin. Navin Stewart fell in quick succession and the Warriors seemed in trouble, but with the skipper there hope was alive.
Ramdin hit across the line at one from Braithwaite and was comprehensively bowled for the first half-century of the tournament and with the score on 117 for 7 the Warriors were in a real spot of bother.
Permaul and Narine joined forces and took the singles before Permaul hit two boundaries, including a maximum. Going for a third he was caught by Hyatt off Cottrell in the 19 over. Narine, with Santokie, faced the last over with four needed and sent the third ball of Braithwaite’s last over straight back into orbit and that was the match. Cue Amazon Warriors celebrations in the dugout.
The tournament continues today with the first double for this season’s event at the Grenada Stadium. Trinidad Red Steel take on the Barbados Tridents at 10:30am and later at 2:30pm St Lucia Zouks oppose defending champions the Jamaica Tallawahs.
Scores: Antigua Hawksbills 136/8 (20/20 ov)
Guyana Amazon Warriors 140/8 (19.3/20 ov)
Result: Guyana Amazon Warriors won by 2 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
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