{"id":22572,"date":"2024-09-05T18:36:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22572"},"modified":"2024-09-05T18:37:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:37:18","slug":"pretorius-heroics-lead-guyana-amazon-warriors-to-victory-over-antigua-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/pretorius-heroics-lead-guyana-amazon-warriors-to-victory-over-antigua-falcons\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretorius Heroics Lead Guyana Amazon Warriors to Victory Over Antigua Falcons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Dwaine Pretorius&#8217; late-game heroics secured a dramatic last-ball win for the defending champions, Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW), against the Antigua &amp; Barbuda Falcons in the second match of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match, held at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, ended with GAW chasing down a target of 169 to win by three wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Falcons, after a slow start, posted a competitive total of 168 for 6, with Gudakesh Motie standing out for GAW, claiming three wickets for 25 runs from his four overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In reply, GAW&#8217;s innings saw wickets fall at regular intervals. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (21) and Shimron Hetmyer (19) were dismissed early, leaving GAW struggling at 100 for 5 in the 12th over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shai Hope contributed a solid 41 runs, and Romario Shepherd added 32 before both were dismissed, leaving GAW needing 22 runs from the final overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was down to Pretorius (20) and Shamar Joseph (6) to see GAW home with timely boundaries, securing a thrilling win with a final score of 171 for 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the match, GAW captain Imran Tahir praised his team\u2019s resilience, expressing satisfaction with their determination to step up under pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Amazon Warriors will next face the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwaine Pretorius&#8217; late-game heroics secured a dramatic last-ball win for the defending champions, Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW), against the Antigua &amp; Barbuda Falcons in the second match of the 2024&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22609,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22572\/revisions\/22609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}