Shepherd it to the semis Romario!

Romario Shepherd of Guyana Amazon Warriors hits a six during the 2021 Hero
Caribbean Premier League match 29 between Guyana Amazon Warriors and Jamaica
Tallawahs at Warner Park Sporting Complex, September 12, 2021 in Basseterre, St Kitts,
Saint Kitts and Nevis. (Photo by Randy Brooks – CPL T20/Getty Images)

– All-Rounder’s performance helps GAW past Tallawahs
Guyana Amazon Warriors confirmed their place in the 2021 Hero Caribbean
Premier League (CPL) semi-finals with a second consecutive win over the
Jamaica Tallawahs.
Just like the previous encounter between the two sides the Amazon Warriors
won the toss and elected to bat first, and although they found themselves in a
perilous position at 75/7, a blistering knock from Romario Shepherd with 72 not
out ensured they set a target the Tallawahs never looked likely to chase.
In reply, the Tallawahs once again succumbed to a heavy defeat as their innings
never got going amidst a cluster of regular wickets. Only late hitting from Chris
Green saved them from losing by a wider margin.
Guyana got their innings off to a slow start as Imad Wasim and Green made
early inroads to leave the Amazon Warriors teetering on 36/3.
It was to go from bad to worse when Chandrapaul Hemraj holed out in the deep
before Shamarh Brooks took a fantastic running catch to remove the dangerous
Nicholas Pooran for nine.
Wasim then struck twice in his final over to leave the Amazon Warriors at risk of
not making 100.
However, Shepherd’s power hitting counter-attack took the Amazon Warriors to a
very healthy 142/7 to pile all the pressure back on the Tallawahs.
The Tallawahs reply got off to a poor start when they lost the clean-hitting Kennar
Lewis and Kirk Mckenzie to a double-wicket maiden over from Imran Tahir.
With the run rate rising, Chadwick Walton offered brief respite with some
boundary-hitting before Hemraj got him to hole out in the deep.
Wickets continued to fall as Smith and Shepherd got in on the act, and at 42/6,
the Tallawahs were left to rely on Carlos Brathwaite and Andre Russell to pull off
an unlikely victory.