The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
Venue: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua
Antigua and Barbuda Falcons (Playing XI): Rahkeem Cornwall, Amir Jangoo(w), Karima Gore, Hasan Nawaz, Kusal Perera, Moeen Ali(c), Shadab Khan, Shamar Springer, Alzarri Joseph, Joshua James, Jayden Seales
Guyana Amazon Warriors (Playing XI): Glenn Phillips, Matthew Nandu, Shai Hope(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Quentin Sampson, Mohammad Nabi, Romario Shepherd, Shamar Joseph, Dwaine Pretorius, Imran Tahir(c), Khary Pierre
Guyana Amazon Warriors have won the toss and have opted to field
Tahir: We wanna bowl first, later on there's gonna be dew so we wanna take advantage of that. We are enjoying our training together and we know we have a lot of games to go.Yeah, we’ve got one change. Dean Dyal is out, and Nandu came in on his place. Gurbaz got a little bit niggle. We wanted him to play this game. He’s been fantastic for our franchise, and, you know, one of the senior guys. He’s been playing here for the last few years. So yeah, so I think it’s good for them to rest and then come back strong.
Moeen Ali: It's not a bad thing to bat first, when you have been chasing all the way through. Unfortunately, Evin Lewis has got a bit of a knock, and Karima Gore comes in, who played a couple of games ago, so he’s in a bit of form as well. So unfortunately Evin’s got a bit of a knock, but he’s a top player, and we just want him fit for the rest of the tournament.
Pitch Report | Danny Morrison and Mali Richards: I've got to give you the dimensions because we're on a new pitch. So smoking it downtown is 72. To my left, the eastern terrace is 61. That's right, it's a bit shorter, 61, and 67 to the western side. So you've got to be worrying about the wind. Does it get up? It sometimes does. It gets stronger, and it can do that. So blows through at 17 at the moment, but hey, we've had it go up to 30, 34 over the matches here. Now Republic Bank pitch check with the local guru, Mali Richards.
Rahkeem Cornwall and Amir Jangoo are at the crease.
Rahkeem Cornwall is on strike.
Dwaine Pretorius will open the attack
0.1
Dwaine Pretorius to Rahkeem Cornwall, 2 runs, back of a length outside off and width on offer, Cornwall stands tall and hits it over covers. Didn't get it off the meat of the bat but more than enough to easily clear the infield. The fielder gives it a chase. A couple results
0.3
4
Dwaine Pretorius to Rahkeem Cornwall, FOUR, easy pickings! Full delivery angling down, Cornwall flicks it past the keeper and through to the fine leg fence
1.1
6
Khary Pierre to Amir Jangoo, SIX, welcome to the crease, Mr. Pierre!
1.3
Khary Pierre to Rahkeem Cornwall, out Caught&Bowled!! Pierre strikes and he is cock-a-hoop! It's a soft dismissal. Tossed up delivery on a length on leg-stump, turning away, Cornwall doesn't move his feet much and checks his shot. Ends up chipping it straight to Pierre who takes a simple catch on his follow through.
Rahkeem Cornwall c and b Khary Pierre 9(6) [4s-1]
ABF 20-1(2.1) CRR:9.23
Amir Jangoo 9 (5)
Karima Gore1 (1)
Khary Pierre 1-0-9-1
3.2
6
Khary Pierre to Karima Gore, SIX, what a hit! Gore puts his dancing shoes on, gets close to the pitch of it and smokes it
3.3
Khary Pierre to Karima Gore, out Caught by Quentin Sampson!! Pierre has his revenge after getting hit for a six on the last ball! On a length on middle and leg, pitches and turns away with extra bounce. Gore crouches in his stance and goes for the slog sweep but gets a top-edge. Sampson at short third makes no mistake.
Karima Gore c Quentin Sampson b Khary Pierre 8(6) [6s-1]
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3.4
Khary Pierre to Hasan Nawaz, FOUR, Nawaz is off the mark in style! On the shorter side outside off, Nawaz rocks back and cuts it hard past the left side of the diving fielder at backward point