Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Jamaica Tallawahs:
Guyana Amazon Warriors: 156/6
Jamaica Tallawahs: 79 all out (16.3/20 overs, target 157)
Guyana Amazon Warriors won the match by 77 runs.
In the 29th match of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2019, Guyana Amazon Warriors scored 156 runs at the loss of 6 wickets while batting first owing to Shoib Malik’s brilliant performance with the bat. Jamaica Tallawahs got all out on just 79 runs in 16.3 overs. The Amazon Warriors won the match by 77 runs against the Jamaica Tallawahs.
Shoaib Malik leads Guyana Amazon Warriors from the front:
The Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and decided to bat first against the Tallawahs. The Amazon Warriors lost 2 wickets to Oshane Thomas in the first over of the match. The Amazon Warriors lost Chandrapaul Hemraj and the Amazon wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran in the first 2 balls of the 2nd over as well. Guyana Amazon Warriors went from 8/0 to 8/4 as they lost 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls.
At the moment, it looked as if the Amazon’s unbeaten streak was finally going to be broken by the hands of a team that could not even make up to the playoffs. But then, The Amazon’s captain Shoaib Malik came to bat. Shoaib Malik and Sherfane Rutherford pulled their team out of the crises they were facing, with their 82 runs partnership after they lost their entire top order in the span of 4 balls.
Sherfane Rutherford lost his wicket to Imran Khan of the Tallawahs, after scoring a sensible total of 45 runs off 43 balls with the help of 5 fours and a six. Sherfane Rutherford along with his captain Shoaib Malik brought his team from 8/4 to 90/4 before he went to the dressing room.
Shoaib Malik scored an unbeaten 73 runs off 45 balls as he came to bat in a very critical situation but as experienced as he is, he saw through it all with his calmness and leadership. Shoaib Malik struck a total of 5 fours and 2 sixes as he made most of his runs by running between the wickets.
The Amazon’s captain scored a partnership of 82 runs with Sherfane Rutherford and after that, he scored 63 runs partnership off 39 balls with Keemo Paul as he contributed 42 runs off 19 balls to the partnership. The Amazon warriors finished on 156 runs off 6 wickets after 20 overs of the match.
Oshane Thomas and Derval Green took 2 wickets for the Tallawahs, while Zahir Khan and Imran Khan took 1 wicket each for their team.
Jamaica Tallawahs’ captain Chris Gayle went out on a duck as he was bowled by Chris Green on the very first ball of their innings. Jamaica Tallawahs’ wicketkeeper-batsman Glenn Phillips scored 21 runs off 28 balls while Chadwick Walton scored 8 of 14 balls. Liton Das with his 21 off 25 balls and Trevon Griffith with his 11 off 11 balls were the only batsmen along with Glenn Phillips who managed to get their score up to double digits.
The Jamaica Tallawahs were 64/4 and they lost all of their wickets by 79 runs in the 17th over of the match. Imran Tahir bowled exceptionally well with his 3 wickets for just 12 runs in his 4 overs at the economy rate of 3.00. Qais Ahmad and Keemo Paul took 2 wickets for the Warriors while Chris Green, Chandrapaul Hemraj, and the Amazon’s captain Shoaib Malik took 1 wicket each against the Tallawahs.
Shoaib Malik was awarded the “Player of the Match” for his outstanding performance with the bat as he led the Guyana Amazon Warriors from the front with his undefeated innings of 73 runs off 45 balls.
