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Cricket in the Caribbean is in full swing as the CPL continues
BY KAYLA KARIM
With the Caribbean Premiere League in full swing, many teams are making a statement while others are digging themselves into deep holes.
One of those teams being the Guyana Amazon Warriors.
The Warriors made it 6 wins in 6 games opening a three-point lead at the top of the 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League standings table extending their perfect season. Furthermore, with the rained out game against Barbados last week, Guyana secured a guaranteed playoff spot.
In the match, Guyana was able to hold the Barbados Tridents for just 138 with Chris Green taking the last four wickets for just 14 runs in his 3.2 overs, before reaching 77/2 after 10 overs. The rain delayed the game and held it up for an hour until play resumed. When it did. The Warriors’ target of 62 from the last 60 balls had been reduced from 24 to 20. The rain returned and the Warriors ended 81/2.
The tone of the game was determined in the very first over of the game when an extensive effort from Keemo Paul brought 17 runs in addition to a crucial wicket of Johnson Charles.
Guyana will play their 7th game on September 25th 2019.
Also at Kensington Oval, the Jamaica Tallawahs were able to record their second win for the entire season after successfully defending 127 all out to stun Barbados Tridents by five runs. The Tallawahs were disappointing at bat but the Tridents found themselves behind the required rate at the halfway stage as the pressure grew.
Shamar Springer took 3/32 and Imran Khan 3/19 as the Tallawahs kept their playoff hopes alive with an unlikely win. Alex Hales got the run-chase off to a positive start but fell to Zahir Khan soon after.
The Tridents captain Jason Holder was not able to bring the game back to his team’s favour as a slog sweep off Imran Khan went straight up in the air and then caught by keeper Glenn Phillips.
The game wasn’t over though as Rayman Reifer smashed 26 from just 12 balls with two fours and two sixes to reduce the target from a intimidating 30 off two overs to a more manageable six from the last three balls. But the game came to an end when he carved Dwayne Smith to Springer at deep cover and the Tridents slumped to an eighth consecutive home defeat in the CPL.
Things looked like they were starting to go wrong for the Tallawahs early on in the game, particularly in the second over when Chris Gayle chopped on to give Jason Holder the first of his two wickets. However they managed to secure the win at the Hero CPL.
The Caribbean Premier League continues until Friday October 4th where the Guyana Amazon Warriors will host the Trinbago Knight Riders for the final game until the qualifying game begins.