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29 March 2024

CPL T20: Guyana Amazon Warriors qualify for knockouts with stunning win in Florida

Dwayne Smith of Guyana Amazon Warriors hits 4 during Match 25 of the Hero Caribbean Premier League match between Guyana Amazon Warriors and Barbados Tridents at Central Broward Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida, United States of America. (CPL/Sportsfile)

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By Cricket Correspondent

The Guyana Amazon Warriors have secured a spot in the knockout stages of the Hero Caribbean Premier League with a stunning victory over the Barbados Tridents in Lauderhill, Florida.

In the historic first match for the Hero CPL in the USA the Amazon Warriors easily chased down their target of 143 with Dwayne Smith and Nic Maddinson both making fifties.

Smith and Maddinson put on an opening stand that was worth 92 runs as the Amazon Warriors won by six wickets.

Despite being presented with a very good batting surface the Tridents struggled with the bat, setting a total that was ultimately uncompetitive.

A clump of wickets in the middle of the Tridents innings saw them lose all momentum with Sohail Tanvir and Rayad Emrit the chief destroyers.

The Tridents got off to a brisk start despite the early loss of Ahmed Shehzad inside the batting PowerPlay.

David Wiese promoted to number three hit 40 off 31 balls, his highest score in Hero CPL matches.

Wiese put on a 48 run stand with Shoaib Malik as the two of them built an excellent platform from which the powerful Tridents middle order could launch.

Unfortunately for the Bajan team when Wiese departed caught in the deep by Chris Lynn it began a procession of Tridents wickets as no one could stay and support Shoaib who made 55 not out.

By the time Raymon Reifer was brilliantly caught by Adam Zampa off his own bowling the Tridents had lost five wickets for 26 runs in the space of 33 balls.  

Shoaib remained undefeated at the end of the innings and if he had some support from his teammates he could have anchored a total of around 180.

As it was the Tridents limped to 142-7 with Shoaib hitting the last ball of the innings for a Hero Maximum.

Chasing that sub-par total there was little need for the Amazon Warriors to do much more than put the bad balls away to the boundaries.

Smith passed 1,000 Hero CPL runs during his innings as the Amazon Warriors reached 51-0 at the end of the six over PowerPlay.

Smith put on a brilliant display of T20 hitting for the lively Florida crowd as he broke the back of the chase inside the first ten overs.

He was well supported by Australian Maddinson who recovered from a disappointing showing in his first appearance in the last match to score 50.

Smith fell in the 11th over going for another Hero Maximum and Maddinson departed three overs later, but the game was already won by then.

The Amazon Warriors also lost the in-form Chris Lynn before they reached their victory target but they got there with 10 balls to spare

Brief scores:

Guyana Amazon Warriors 168-7 (N Maddinson 50, D Smith 50, R Reifer 2 for 22) beat Barbados Tridents 142-7 (Shoaib Malik 55*, R Emrit 2 for 24) by six wickets with 10 balls to spare.