The Guyana Amazon Warriors prolonged their unbeaten run with a nine-run (DLS) win over Trinbago Knight Riders on the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad on Monday. A century from Shimron Hetmyer helped the Warriors submit a large 185 in a rain-curtailed 16-over contest. Mohammad Nabi then picked up three wickets to dent the Knight Riders, who regardless of Alex Hales’ greatest efforts, had been unable to recover from the road.
Requested to bat first, the Warriors had been jolted early by Akeal Hosein who eliminated Glenn Phillips and conceded only one run within the first over. The stress intensified with Sunil Narine following it up with one other tight one-run over. Shai Hope broke free and struck two sixes however he was dismissed by Lahiru Kumara within the fourth over. Rain then intervened, delaying proceedings by greater than 90 minutes.
As soon as play resumed, Hetmyer seized management. He started by smacking Jyd Goolie for consecutive sixes within the seventh over earlier than taking Kumara for 2 fours and a six within the following over. A struggling Matthew Nundu was retired out on the finish of the ninth over after making a 21-ball 13. Hetmyer carried on and introduced up a 27-ball fifty earlier than smashing 30 runs off the thirteenth over bowled by Kumara.
Assist from the opposite finish arrived quickly with Romario Shepherd taking down Dominic Drakes for 27 runs within the fifteenth over. Hetmyer then notched up his century with a six within the closing over because the Warriors completed with an imposing rating of 185 for five in 16 overs.
Chasing an adjusted goal of 182, the Knight Riders, who had been with out captain Kieron Pollard owing to harm, started nicely by scoring 52 for 1 within the 4.5 overs Powerplay. Whereas Narine fell early, Colin Munro and Nicholas Pooran shared a fast 35-run stand to get their staff off to a robust begin. Nevertheless, Nabi struck instantly after the fielding restrictions eased and eliminated Munro. That triggered a stunning collapse as TKR slipped from 52 for 1 to 68 for five within the area of three overs.
Hales led the fightback, first by way of a 43-run stand with Hosein after which a 39-run partnership with Drakes. 40 runs had been wanted off the final two overs when Hales fell instantly after attending to fifty. Joshua Da Silva struck a few boundaries to maintain the competition alive however the Knight Riders weren’t capable of rating the 24 runs wanted off the ultimate over.
Transient Scores: Guyana Amazon Warriors 185/5 in 16 overs (Shimron Hetmyer 111*, Romario Shepherd 27*; Akeal Hosein 1-11) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 172/7 in 16 overs (Alex Hales 55, Nicholas Pooran 43; Mohammad Nabi 3-20) by 9 runs (DLS).
