Guyana Amazon Warriors win another last over thriller as Beaton on target

Jul 27, 2014 Sports

The Guyana Amazon Warriors took it to the death yet again as Ronsford Beaton got it right

Ronsford Beaton (right) and Martin Guptill featured in yesterday’s action. (CPL T20 Ltd.2014)

this time around with a superb last over with the Barbados Tridents needing 9 runs for victory in that over at the Kensington oval in Barbados yesterday.
Beaton, who’s inexperience saw Darren Bravo hitting him for six off the last ball to hand the Trinidad Red Steel a sensational victory on Thursday last, made amends as he choked century maker Dwayne Smith and Jonathan Carter in the end as the over yielded only four runs chasing 11 and the Warriors took a 7 run victory and moved back to the second spot in the points table.
Chasing 174 for victory, the Tridents looked well set to win this game at one point but were restrained in the last three overs by excellent bowling by the Warriors led by Beaton.
Smith, 104 not out, and Shoaib Malik 50, looked set to take the Tridents home, but after Malik was run out by Lendl Simmons for his 39-ball half century and Beaton bowled Kieron Pollard for a duck, then he (Beaton) ran out Jeevan Mendis for 1 at 158 for 4 in the 18th over bowled by him, it was anybody’s game.
Kishmar Santokie bowled the 19th over and it yielded 5 runs and it was down to the last with 11 to get and Beaton to bowl. Four runs came from the over as Beaton bowled full including a few Yorkers and the Warriors bench were on their feet after the penultimate ball was a dot ball with 8 runs needed for the win.
The Guyana side had earlier scored a competitive 173 for 5 after looking like they were going to

Lendl Simmons made another half century. (CPL T20 Ltd.2014)

go over or near 200. But the loss of Simmons for a 40-ball 64 (5×4, 4×6) and a few quick wickets pegged them back. Martin Guptill 55 not out and Mohammad Hafeez 30 off 10 brought back the score on track.
Smith was named man-of-the-match for his century, but the man of the moment was Ronsford Beaton for that excellent last over.
Scores: Amazon Warriors 173 for 5 (20 overs) Simmons 64, Guptill 55* beat Barbados Tridents 166 for 4 (20 overs) Smith 104*, Malik 50 by 7 runs.