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Vintage Hodge fires Amazon Warriors to easy victory
CPL – Guyana Amazon Warriors ensured Jamaica Tallawahs endured misery in their final match on home turf in this year’s Caribbean Premier League as Denesh Ramdin’s side thrashed the hosts by 84 runs at Sabina Park.
Brad Hodge (63) scored runs at a furious rate for GAW in CPL15 at Sabina Park Cricket Ground, Kingston, Jamaica. (CPL)
Guyana made a modest start, with Assad Fudadin going along at a strike-rate of 80 after five overs and fellow opener Lendl Simmons not getting off the mark until his 11th ball faced. Despite a quick four and a six from Simmons, the Amazon Warriors were just 29/5 after five overs.
Simmons stuck around for 36 runs from 32 balls and Fudadin made a first CPL half-century, hitting 54 from 43 deliveries. While the openers picked up the pace, their main contribution to the Guyana innings was the solid platform they laid. Umar Akmal – who reached 3000 T20 runs – took advantage, but this innings will be remembered for the contribution of one man.
Brad Hodge picked up the momentum for Guyana with a power-packed knock of 65* from just 30 balls, including six maximums. The Tallawahs bowlers, who restricted the openers to such good effect at the start, where unravelling as Hodge helped himself, hitting a six from the final ball of the innings to help the Amazon Warriors to their highest total of this year’s tournament.
The Tallawahs needed 180 to win and, despite a Chris Gayle six in the first over, this was a run chase that never looked like being successful. Chadwick Walton went for a three-ball duck, while Gayle departed for 11 in the third over and Bonner was dismissed for 3 in fifth over.
Chris Lynn again got off to an explosive start, but again he failed to go on for the Tallawahs and the Aussie went for 16. The resistance instead came from Andre Russell, who despite suffering a bad knock to the knee less than 24 hours earlier against Barbados Tridents took the attack to the Guyana bowling.
The hosts were five wickets down but Russell was building momentum and, for a brief spell, it seemed possible that he could deliver a most unlikely victory for Jamaica. But his clean hitting was put to an end by the debutant David Wiese, who celebrated appropriately as the Amazon Warriors more or less secured a notable win. And the Tallawahs must have known it too, losing their last five wickets for just two runs as Ronsford Beaton picked up three wickets in just four balls to wrap up the game.
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