Pooran lauds Shepherd for courageous knock

Sep 14, 2021 Sports

Kaieteur News – Captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors Nicholas Pooran has commended all-rounder Romario Shepherd on his unbeaten 72 against Jamaica Tallawahs on Sunday.
His innings led the Warriors, five-time finalists, to a 14-run victory and secured their place in the semi finals.
Speaking after the contest, Pooran said Shepherd innings was special and the team needed it. “That was a courageous knock, he has been working really hard and he is having a very good CPL so far. I have been telling him just get that one score and today we needed him and that’s what big players do, all my respect for that innings. The players are really happy for him, we were in a hole and he dug us out,” he added.
Pooran stated that they will continue to work on improving their weaknesses and confidence as a group.
Shepherd was pleased with the innings and stated that he has been working hard on his game and wants to keep improving going forward. “We are not done yet, we need to continue and hopefully reach the final. We have been in the finals for five times, but we haven’t won it as yet so we know the feeling and we are pushing hard to try and get that first title,” he said.
Meanwhile, Tallawahs skipper, Rovman Powell said they strayed a bit at the back end of their bowling and lauded Shepherd. “I think it was pretty good start from the bowling unit, we talked about getting it right in the first five or six overs, however at the back end we kind of strayed a little from our plans, but Shepherd played well,” he noted.
He said had the middle order stood up it would have been a different game. Powell acknowledged that there are a lot of positives from the tournament including the batting of Kennar Lewis. He also said that Kirk McKenzie played well for the first outing. (Zaheer Mohamed)

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