By Patrick R. Anderson
The Biggest party has come to the Caribbean yet again !
That’s how organisers have billed the second edition of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League T20 Championship, CPL, as The Guyana Amazon Warriors beat the Antigua Hawksbills by 2-wickets with three balls to spare.
Sent to bat, The Hawksbills made 136-8 off their 20-overs, clearly falling about 20 runs short of a testing total for the Warriors. Australian Ben Dunk 38 and Danzil Hyatt 36 led the scoring for the Hawksbills against the bowling of New Zealand’s Jimmy Neesham 3-33. The mystery bowler Sunil Narine again showed why he is the greatest bowler in comtempory T20 cricket, sending down 4-overs, 1-maiden and conceded a miserly 3 runs at 0.75 runs per over. He was the spoke in the Hawksbills’ batting wheel.
In reply, The Warriors were paced by West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin 51, who is full of confidence at present. Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez gave support with 35 against Jamaica’s Sheldon Cottrell 3-24, as Narine hit the winning run, a straight drive over the top off fast bowler Carlos Brathwaite for four.
Ramdin was named man of the match.
The Limacol CPL continues on Saturday with two matches, also at the National Stadium in St. George’s, Grenada. Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel plays Barbados Tridents at 9:30am Jamaican time, followed by defending champion Jamaica Tallawahs against St.Lucia Zouks at 1:30p.m.
The Jamaica Tallawahs match will be televised LIVE on Television Jamaica, TVJ.
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Ramdin guides Amazon Warriors to victory in opening Limacol CPL match
