BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Quinton de Kock delivered a sensational century on Saturday, guiding the Barbados Royals to a commanding 32-run victory over the Guyana Amazon Warriors within the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
The win at Kensington Oval lifted the Royals to the highest of the CPL desk, pushing the Warriors to second place.
Opening the innings, de Kock smashed 115 off 68 balls, anchoring the Royals to a formidable 205 for six of their 20 overs. In response, the Amazon Warriors couldn’t mount a critical problem, managing 173 for 5 by the tip of their allotted overs.
De Kock’s dominant innings, the second century of this yr’s CPL, earned him Participant of the Match honors as he single-handedly took cost on a pitch the place many struggled to attain freely.
A quickfire contribution of twenty-two
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His opening associate, Kadeem Alleyne, gave a quickfire contribution of twenty-two off simply 9 balls, hitting two boundaries and two sixes in a quick however impactful cameo. Nevertheless, Alleyne’s dismissal got here when he misjudged a shot off Dwaine Pretorius, choosing out Shimron Hetmyer at cowl level.
De Kock took over from there, crafting a significant 82-run stand with Alick Athanaze, who added a modest 16 from 19 balls. De Kock’s fireworks started within the seventh over, smashing Shamar Joseph for a six and two boundaries because the Royals surged forward.
The South African introduced up his half-century off 34 balls, accelerating the Royals’ run price. Though the crew misplaced wickets shortly—Athanaze, Rovman Powell (7), and David Miller (1)—de Kock’s aggressive batting stored the strain on.
By the 14th over, de Kock had punished Raymon Reifer with two sixes and moved into the 90s shortly after. He reached his hundred within the 18th over with a single to lengthy on, after dealing with simply 60 deliveries.
Highly effective knock
Within the remaining over, de Kock added two extra sixes however was lastly dismissed by Reifer, caught at lengthy on. His highly effective knock included 9 sixes and eight fours. Jason Holder added to the late innings surge, smashing 28 off simply 10 balls, together with three sixes and a 4.
Reifer completed with 3-50, whereas Pretorius claimed 2-27 for the Warriors.
Chasing a steep goal of over 10 runs an over, the Warriors had been by no means in a position to recuperate from the early lack of two wickets. Shai Hope led the scoring with 40, whereas contributions got here from Moeen Ali (33), Keemo Paul (30*), and Shimron Hetmyer (28). Nevertheless, none of them might convert their begins right into a match-winning knock.
Wickets fell repeatedly, and the Warriors discovered themselves in bother at 126 for 5 by the fifteenth over. Keshav Maharaj was the standout bowler for the Royals, taking 3-42, whereas Holder additionally chipped in with 2-32.
