Kings vs Amazon Warriors, Qualifier 1 [8,00 pm]

18.5
Alzarri Joseph to Shepherd, 2 runs, length ball around off, Shepherd hits it off the bottom half and has enough on it to get it over mid-off. Wiese chases it and keeps the batters down to a couple

18.6
Alzarri Joseph to Shepherd, 2 runs, good work in the deep from Auguste! Shepherd swipes this one towards deep square leg. Auguste moves swiftly to his left and slides to save a couple of runs for his side. A wicket and 15 off the over

GAW 154/8 (19) CRR: 8.11

Romario Shepherd 21(7)
Gudakesh Motie 5(2)

Alzarri Joseph
3-0-34-2

19.2
W
Mills to Shepherd, OUT
Romario Shepherd c David b Mills 21 (8b 2x4 1x6) SR: 262.5

Guyana Amazon Warriors
(19.2/20 ov) 155/9

19.2
Tymal Mills to Shepherd, out Caught by Tim David!! Mills gets his first CPL wicket!

Shepherd c Tim David b Tymal Mills 21( [4s-2 6s-1]

GAW 155/9 (19.2) CRR: 8.02

19.3
Tymal Mills to Tahir, 1 run, oh, it's a high full-toss but it dips in late towards Tahir. He manages to carve it through point. The third umpire checks for the height of the delivery and it's fine

19.4
Tymal Mills to Motie, wide

Tymal Mills to Motie, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

19.5
Tymal Mills to Motie, out Bowled!! Knocked him over!

Motie b Tymal Mills 6(5) [4s-1]

19.5
W
Mills to Motie, OUT
Gudakesh Motie b Mills 6 (5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 120

Guyana Amazon Warriors
(19.5/20 ov) 157/10

157/10

GAW 157 (19.5) CRR: 7.92

Khary Pierre 4 0 19 0
Tymal Mills 3.5 0 38 2
Alzarri Joseph 3 0 34 2
David Wiese (c) 3 0 14 2
Tabraiz Shamsi 4 0 33 3
Roston Chase 2 0 15 1

So, the Amazon Warriors scrap their way to 157--will that be enough? McDermott got a start, Sampson chipped in, and Hope contributed as well, but then the middle order collapsed. Pretorius and Shepherd added some much-needed impetus down the order and without their efforts the score would have been much worse. Mills made an impact straight away in his first game, Pierre kicked off the proceedings brilliantly, Wiese was as reliable as ever, and then Shamsi stole the show--picking up key wickets and delighting the crowd with his delicious leg spin, finishing with three in this big match


DaWolf: "I've been very critical of Wieses bowling this tournament (I think he generally. overbowls himself), so only fair I applaud him on his returns today. Excellent figures, and his team will be favourites at the halfway stage. "

0.1
Pretorius to Seifert, no run, on a good length and around the off-stump channel, Seifert gets behind the line in defence

0.6
Pretorius to Seifert, Pretorius to Seifert, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! Just the start that the Warriors needed and thah should lift them immensely. Pretorius dragged the length back and gets it to nip back into the right-hander - Seifert was on the move and ended up playing all around the delivery, the middle-stump is pegged back and the Kings have lost their in-form batte

Seifert b Pretorius 1(5)

SLK 2/1 (1) CRR: 2 REQ: 8.21
Saint Lucia Kings need 156 runs

Johnson Charles1(1)

Dwaine Pretorius
1-0-2-1

Romario Shepherd, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Ackeem Auguste, left handed bat, comes to the crease

1.1
Shepherd to Charles, leg byes, 1 run on a good length and nipping back into the right-hander - Charles was looking to tuck and missed, brushed the pad and rolled behind square on the on-side

1.4
Shepherd to Ackeem Auguste, SIX, cracking shot, full and pushed across the left-hander - Auguste leans into the drive, plays it on the rise and hammers it over cover for a maximum

1.6
Shepherd to Charles, out Caught by Pretorius!! A nothing shot and the Kings have lost both openers now - back of a length and just outside off, Charles was looking to flay it off the back-foot, hit high on the bat and spooned a simple catch to mid-off. A modest chase, but the Kings have been rocked early by the home team.

Charles c Pretorius b Shepherd 1(3)

SLK 10/2 (2) CRR: 5 REQ: 8.22
Saint Lucia Kings need 148 runs

Ackeem Auguste7(4)

Romario Shepherd
1-0-7-1

Roston Chase, right handed bat, comes to the crease
2.1
Pretorius to Ackeem Auguste, no run

2.2
Pretorius to Ackeem Auguste, no run, appeal for LBW, but this was going down with the angle - the inswinger and Auguste fell across on the flick, but the impact was only marginal

2.5
Pretorius to Ackeem Auguste, out Caught by Hetmyer!! The Kings are losing the plot badly here and they're three wickets down in no time - was an excellent slower ball and Auguste is undone by the drop, went through with the lofted drive, got a lot of height, but not a lot of elevation - soared over mid-on and looked like it was dropping safe, but Hetmyer runs behind it, jkeeps his eyes on the ball and clutches it even as it fell in front of his shoulder - wasn't a clean catch, but he managed to hold onto it with his chest. 157 suddenly looks like a competitive total now

Ackeem Auguste c Hetmyer b Pretorius 9(9) [6s-1]

SLK 12/3 (2.5) CRR: 4.24 REQ: 8.5
Saint Lucia Kings need 146 runs

No $ammy on the boundary line.

Wonder what's keeping him away.

In reply to Drapsey

not surprised

In reply to Narper

Doan see VOR here for a while either.

3.1
Shepherd to Roston Chase, FOUR, a near chance, but Chase gets away with a boundary, length ball on the pads and was flicked away nonchalantly, but Chase didn't bother to keep it down - Hetmey ran in from fine leg and went for the catch, but the ball bounced in front of him and beat him to the ropes

3.3
Shepherd to Roston Chase, FOUR, too full and too straight from Shepherd - whipped away off the pads and to the left of short fine, Chase is off to a fast start