Warriors claim super-over win over Trinbago Knight Riders

Nicholas Pooran (R) of the Guyana Amazon Warriors hits a six and Denesh
Ramdin (L) of Trinbago Knight Riders watch during the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier
League match 11 between Trinbago Knight Riders and Guyana Amazon Warriors at
Warner Park Sporting Complex.

GUYANA Amazon Warriors claimed a stunning Super Over victory over the
Trinbago Knight Riders at the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
Sunil Narine bowled the Super Over for the Knight Riders and conceded just six
runs. It was left to Romario Shepherd to bowl the Amazon Warriors’ Super Over
and he conceded just four runs to win the game for his team.
Both teams finished on exactly 138/9 from their 20 overs with neither side
consistently dominating with the bat. Knight Riders were favouries with five overs
to go but some big hits from Nicholas Pooran and Shepherd tied up the game.
The Amazon Warriors got off to the perfect start with Lendl Simmons bowled by
Chandrapaul Hemraj off the second ball of the innings. With two further TKR
wickets inside the PowerPlay Warriors must have been the happier of the two
teams after six overs, but it could have been even better. Two chances went
down which prevented them from having even more success.
A partnership of 39 between Sunil Narine and Tion Webster looked promising
before Narine was caught at mid-on attempting to hit over the top of the in-field.
When Webster was dismissed seven runs later, it was left to Colin Munro and
Tim Seifert to rebuild.

Munro top scored with 32 from 28 balls before he was dismissed by Imran Tahir
when he got a leading edge that was caught in the covers.
A steady flow of TKR wickets prevented them from getting going but a sprightly
21 from nine balls from Isuru Udana took them to 138/9.
The Amazon Warriors chase also started with early wickets with Ravi Rampaul
dismissing Hemraj and Odean Smith off successive balls to leave them 7/2 in the
second over.
Shimron Hetmyer and Hafeez looked to rebuild but they were tied down by the
TKR spinners. Hafeez was dismissed by Khary Pierre for 16 from 30 balls to
leave the Amazon Warriors needing 100 runs from nine overs.

Pooran was dismissed by a stunning one-handed grab by Akeal Hosein before
Shepherd took the game deep with the bat. Amazon Warriors squeezed out the
tie off the last ball before they claimed a famous win in the Super Over. (Guyana
Chronicle)