{"id":23528,"date":"2024-10-16T14:10:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T14:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23528"},"modified":"2024-10-16T14:10:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T14:10:29","slug":"guyana-amazon-warriors-secure-victory-over-st-lucia-kings-in-cpl-match-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-amazon-warriors-secure-victory-over-st-lucia-kings-in-cpl-match-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Amazon Warriors Secure Victory Over St. Lucia Kings in CPL Match 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>September 28, 2024<\/em><br><em>By Tyriq Walters<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an electrifying contest at the National Stadium in Providence, the Guyana Amazon Warriors triumphed over the St. Lucia Kings in Match 29 of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Half-centuries from Shimron Hetmyer and Shai Hope were pivotal in leading the Warriors to victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winning the toss and opting to bat, the Warriors showcased their cricketing prowess, amassing a total of 207 runs for the loss of seven wickets, with Hetmyer contributing an impressive 58 runs off 36 balls, including nine fours and one six. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope supported him well with a solid 56 runs, featuring two fours and five sixes, as the pair formed a crucial partnership of 85 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other key contributions came from openers Azam Khan and Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who both scored 26 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the bowling front for the Kings, veteran David Wiese excelled with figures of three wickets for 42 runs, while Noor Amad and Alzarri Joseph each took two wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facing a target of 208, the Kings struggled to keep pace with the required run rate, losing wickets at regular intervals due to a disciplined bowling attack from the Warriors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spinners, Gudakesh Motie, Imran Tahir, and Moeen Ali, each claimed two wickets, severely undermining the Kings&#8217; batting lineup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St. Lucia&#8217;s captain, Faf du Plessis, managed to score a commendable 92 runs despite suffering a hamstring injury but received little support from his teammates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alzarri Joseph and Wiese were the next highest scorers with 25 and 14 runs, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this victory, the Guyana Amazon Warriors climbed to the top of the standings with 14 points, edging ahead of the Kings on net run rate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Warriors will next face the Trinbago Knight Riders in their final group stage match at the same venue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 28, 2024By Tyriq Walters In an electrifying contest at the National Stadium in Providence, the Guyana Amazon Warriors triumphed over the St. Lucia Kings in Match 29 of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23528","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\/23528","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=23528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23530,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23528\/revisions\/23530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}