A match-winning stand between Shane Watson and Johnson Charles saw the St Lucia Zouks to victory over Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) last night.Charles made a career best 94 not out as the Zouks made it three wins from three from their home leg to put themselves in the mix for finals week in St Kitts & Nevis.
(Final scores: St Lucia Zouks 162-1 (J Charles 94 not out, S Tanvir 1 for 47) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors 159-5 (C Lynn 86, J Taylor 2 for 26) by nine wickets with 23 balls remaining)
The two batsmen paced the chase perfectly as they reached the victory target with some ease.
Another impressive Zouks bowling performance in the six over PowerPlay kept the Amazon Warriors to just 28 runs inside the fielding restrictions.
The Amazon Warriors lost opener Nic Maddinson in the first six having made two off 10 balls. Maddinson was playing his first Hero CPL match and his first game of cricket of any kind since March and he struggled to get going, departed bowled by Jerome Taylor.
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