Shai Hope ton finally vanishes all the hopes of the Barbados Royals (BR) as Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) won the match by 88 runs.
GAW posted 226/7 in 20 overs and in reply BR only scored 138/6 in 20 overs.
It was the 8th win for Guyana in this CPL, their previous win was against Trinbago Knight Riders by 6 wickets as their skipper Imran Tahir led from the front and did the work for them. While Barbados lost their last encounter Guyana in a close match by 3 runs as Motie stopped the Barbados batters.
Royals after winning the toss opted to bowl first.
Warriors were looking strong from the start. Shai Hope (106 runs) just made it impossible for their opponents to make it hard to chase. He took 44 balls to reach there and hit 9 fours and 8 sixes in his innings. He got a solid partnership with Kevin Anderson (47 runs) of 132 runs. Both of them took their team to 226 in 20 overs by losing 7 wickets.
Jason Holder and Obed McCoy got 2 wickets each while Akeem Jordan settled with one wicket.
Royals were not looking in frame as they were losing wickets at regular intervals. At one time they lost 6 wickets in just 87 runs. At last Rivaldo Clarke (54 runs) held the momentum for the rest of time left. He hit 8 fours in his innings. He along with Carlos Brathwaite (18 runs) put 51 runs together for the 7th wicket. Finally they managed only 138 runs in 20 overs by sling 6 wickets.
Bowlers again did a marvelous job for Guyana as Imran Tahir picked 3 wickets while Gudakesh Motie picked 2 wickets. Dwaine Pretorious got 1 wicket.
With this win Guyana maintains their top position with 17 points in 10 matches while the Royals remain at the 5th spot with 7 points in 10 matches in the points table.
Shai Hope, GAW, Player of the Match
“Today I decided to express myself and it just clicked. It was my matchup and we had a very solid start and we had a lot of depth in our batting. Rahkeem had to take the punch but it was one of those days. Gives great confidence going into the playoffs. Just a bit of cramps. I am happy to see that Kevlon had a great day. I always believe that I can score runs in any format I play. Good pitch and I capitalized.”
Rovman Powell, BR Captain
“It has been a very tough season for us. The plans were not executed and we struggled. He has been a nice little player, one of our developing players. For me personally, the highlight has been Rahkeem 100 at Kensington Oval. It’s time for us to sit down and ask ourselves if we have given 100%. I am still with the Royals and I think the Royals are in good hands.”
Imran Tahir, GAW Captain
“It was a great game. We wanted to bat first and put ourselves in a challenging position. Feel really proud. Part of the team who have done it. Going forward we want to do the same thing. It is nice to be doing the job for my team. We will probably rest and then have a small training camp ahead of the next game.”