Guptill, Hafeez give Guyana convincing win

Mon, Aug 12, '13

The Guyana Amazon Warriors moved to second place after earning two points with a convincing 27-run win against Barbados Tridents in Port-of-Spain. They are now level with the Jamaica Tallawahs, who have a game in hand, with six points and and two behind Barbados.

Guyana chose to bat and lost Lendl Simmons on the first ball of the match to Jason Holder. After the slow start, Martin Guptill and Mohammad Hafeez built a solid platform with a 98-run partnership, Guptill being particularly harsh on the bowlers with four fours and as many sixes. They were 69 for 1 after 10 overs and Hafeez struck a six in each of the next two overs to lift the run-rate to nearly seven and a half. He fell for 35 when he handed a catch to Kieron Pollard at long-on off Dwayne Smith in the 14th over just after Guptill brought up his fifty. Smith returned in the 16th over and was smashed for 20 runs this time as Guptill hit six, four and six off the last three balls of the over to take Guyana to 125.