Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored a fiery fifty whereas 4 others chipped in with invaluable contributions to increase Guyana Amazon Warriors’ successful streak to 5 matches in CPL 2026, beating Jamaica Kingsmen by eight wickets on Friday. Gurbaz and Mavendra Dindyal added 46 off 27 for the opening wicket, earlier than Hope joined the Afghanistan batter for an extended alliance by the center. Shimron Hetmyer then walked out and threw his bat round for a 17-ball 30*. Earlier than the batters secured the win, Khary Pierre and Dwaine Pretorius set the sport up with frugal spells – 41/4 within the seven overs between them.
Each Pretorius and Pierre made early inroads, selecting a Powerplay wicket every to dent the Kingsmen early. They did not take their foot off the pedal within the middle-overs both, selecting one other wicket every to derail any progress that the Kingsmen tried to make. They went from 83/4 to 87/6, and ran the chance of a paltry whole.
Hassan Khan’s counter-attack helped drag his crew out of the quagmire they have been in. He added a 54-run stand with Odean Smith whereas accounting for 41 of these runs. He hit a hat-trick of sixes towards Imran Tahir within the nineteenth over that fetched 21 runs. Within the ultimate over, he introduced up a 25-ball fifty, taking 16 off it to push the crew to 159/7.
The Amazon Warriors made a flying begin. They misplaced opener Mavendra Dindyal within the fifth over, however a 17-run sixth over put them effectively forward of the asking price, with 65/1 in 6 overs. Gurbaz and Hope then consolidated the beginning, taking the crew to 98/1 on the midway stage. Gurbaz received his half-century within the eleventh over however fell within the twelfth.
This dismissal introduced Hetmyer to the crease, who arrived with a way of urgency. He received going within the fifteenth over with an enormous six off Vitel Lawes and laid into Jediah Blades within the sixteenth. Hope continued to be strong, and the pair noticed the chase by within the 18th over.
Transient Scores: Jamaica Kingsmen 159/7 in 20 overs (Hassan Khan 62*; Dwaine Pretorius 2-20, Khary Pierre 2-21) misplaced to Guyana Amazon Warriors 160/2 in 17.2 overs (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 54, Shai Hope 34*, Shimron Hetmyer 30*) by 8 wickets
