West Indies Shimron Hetmyer in motion in opposition to Bangladesh throughout a ICC Cricket World Cup match on the County Floor, Taunton, Britain on June 17, 2019.
Motion Photographs by way of Reuters/Paul Childs, file
Half-centuries from Shimron Hetmyer and Shai Hope, helped the Guyana Amazon Warriors end on prime within the Caribbean Premier League with a snug 35 win over the St. Lucia Kings.
Hetmyer, named Participant-of-the-Match, hit the highest rating of 58, and Hope supported with 56 to propel the house staff to a powerful 207 for seven of their 20 overs.
The Warriors’ spinning trio of Imran Tahir, Moeen Ali, and Gudakesh Motie then restricted the Kings’ batsmen to 172 for seven, with opener Faf du Plessis smacking an unbeaten 92.
With the win, the Warriors jumped to the highest of the CPL desk with 14 factors, the identical because the Kings, however with the next web run price.
After successful the toss, the Warriors determined to bat first, and their prime 5 batsmen all received begins, which took them to their eventual whole.
Openers Azam Khan and Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 26 in an entertaining partnership of 49 in 5 overs.
However Noor Ahmad accounted for Khan, and David Wiese took out Gurbaz in 4 runs, leaving Warriors on 53-2.
Hope and Hetmyer got here to the crease, producing an 85-run partnership in beneath 9 overs. Hetmyer introduced up his 50 off 25 balls from Shadrack Descarte with three consecutive boundaries within the 14th over.
Hetmyer finally fell when he was caught off pacer Alzarri Joseph. He struck 9 fours and one six in his 30-ball innings.
Hope blasted three sixes and a 4 within the sixteenth over in opposition to left-arm spinner Khary Pierre to carry up his ninth CPL 50 off 29 balls.
Along with Romario Shepherd, they belted 41 runs from two overs because the Warriors raced to 179 for 3 within the seventeenth over.
Hope fell after scoring his half-century, however Shepherd continued carrying the Warriors previous the 200-run mark.
Wiese took three wickets, whereas Ahmad and Joseph every grabbed two for the Kings.
In reply, The Kings du Plessis and Ackeem Auguste had a 42-run partnership for the second wicket following the early lack of Johnson Charles.
However as soon as Ali eradicated Auguste for 12, leaving the Warriors on 68 for 3, the guests struggled to recuperate.
Roston Chase was bowled by Tahir for 5, dismissing Aaron Jones and Tim Seifert for one, because the Kings slumped to 75 for 5.
It took du Plessis batting by the innings with Joseph, with an unbeaten 25, to assist the Kings bat as many overs as attainable to strengthen their web run price if all three groups end on 14 factors.
