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Best performances - Batsmen

C Munro
C Munro
32(28) 2x4 - 2x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 11 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
1 0 6 1 2 9 6 6
SO Hetmyer
SO Hetmyer
27(29) 3x4 - 0x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 9 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 3 2 0 7 0 5 10

Best performances - Bowlers

R Rampaul
R Rampaul
O4
M0
R29
W4
Eco7.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez
O3
M0
R18
W3
Eco6.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: @saurabh_42

END OF OVER:
1 | TKR: 4/1

2.20pm: Well that brings us to the end of the most action-packed game of CPL 2021 so far. We're not done for today though, there'll be Jamaica Tallawahs taking on table toppers St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in a few hours. But for now, just soak in this fantastic game. So many heroes. Udana with a valuable cameo at the end. Hafeez with crucial wickets. Then Narine turning on the magic, first in regular time then in Super Over time. Pooran, coming and middling the ball from the start after a Narine double-wicket over. Akeal Hosein. What a catch. What a nerveless show in the last over. What a wonderful talent. And Romario Shepherd. He had mis-fields and dropped catches off him but still took 3 wickets. He came in when King and Pooran had fallen off successive balls but blithely blasted the bowling for sixes. And then bowled the Super Over to defend 7. Each of them, and several others besides, were heroes. That's as good a closing thought as any, so it's goodbye from Saurabh Somani, on behalf of Sreshth and Chandan too.

Nicholas Pooran: We fought really hard as a franchise and a cricket team. We bowled extremely well today. When we batted, we kind of batted ourselves in a hole today, we didn't have enough intent in the middle overs. We came out on the right side today but it's something to think on. First thing I told Romario before the CPL started was that this is his year. The way he was batting, bowling, fielding. His ethics, his body language, he wants to win games for the teams. He proved he was a match-winner again today and I'm very happy for him. Definitely last over of Sunil, those batsmen at the end, I expect them to finish it. Polly bowled an over and I felt we didn't read the situation (should have gone after Pollard rather than Narine). We're bonding as a family off the cricket field as well. We have started our journey now, so we just want to build on this confidence wise.

Kieron Pollard: I take full responsibility for that (the Super Over defeat). It has been challenging (to score). You have seen all teams struggling but having said that, we need to play with smarts. I thought we were short, but we bowled well. After the wicket of Nicholas we should have been tighter, instead of giving freebies to Romario, but these things happen. (Hosein's catch) That was fantastic. The way he has been going throughout the tournament was fantastic. And the way he came and bowled the last over, defended 8 and took us to the last over, showed his talent.

Romario Shepherd is the Player of the Match: The coach told me before I went out to bat that I would bowl the over. I was confident. The wicket on the first ball was important, it put them on the backfoot. I'm pleased, I'm developing with the bat also. I'm going out there and finishing games for us also. Every victory for us is important. We didn't want to go three down.

2.05pm: Have you caught your breath? We're still holding ours in.

0.6
1
Shepherd to Seifert, 1 run, Guyana Amazon Warriors have pulled off a remarkable heist. Kept it full and angling across him outside off, Seifert moved well across and tried to blast it straight, but no timing on it. Long off can field it easily and the Warriors break out into celebratory hugs all around. What a game. What win.
0.5
0
Shepherd to Seifert, no run, keeps it well wide of off and Seifert falls over while trying to carve it through the offside. Can't connect! Four needed from the last ball
0.4
2
Shepherd to Seifert, 2 runs, moves across a bit to low full toss on off, and lashes it hard through cover. Hetmyer at deep cover fumbles, it was hit very hard. That means the batsmen have time to sprint back for the second
0.3
1
Shepherd to Munro, 1 run, superb bowling, yorker speared into him, he manages to squeeze it out to cover and scamper a single
0.2
0
Shepherd to Munro, no run, down the track, but Shepherd keeps it wide and almost out of his reach. Gets the toe-end to it and it rolls back down the pitch
0.1
W
Shepherd to Pollard, OUT, wicket first ball. What a start, and it's Pollard too. Full ball on off from around the stumps, Pollard went for one of his powerful, no follow-through sixes, but didn't get the elevation needed and only picked out long-off.

KA Pollard c Shoaib Malik b Shepherd

Kieron Pollard and Colin Munro will be the Knight Riders' batsmen for the Super Over to start.

So it's going to be Tahir to bowl the Super Over for Warriors. Two spinners bowling the Super Over, that's got to be quite rare. Oh it's not Tahir, though he was turning his arm over. It'll be Romario Shepherd.

So only 6 runs for Warriors in the Super Over and they didn't even last all six balls. Narine carried on his form from the game into the Super Over. Can Knight Riders get victory? They'll surely be favourites

0.5
W
Narine to Hetmyer, OUT, and it's all over with a top-edged sweep being caught by Ramdin. Just like he had in the game, Hetmyer can't connect cleanly with a sweep off Narine. Gets a top edge that goes steepling high but straight up. Ramdin steps forward, waits a long time and calmly catches it

SO Hetmyer c Ramdin b Narine

0.4
4
Narine to Hetmyer, FOUR, finally gets some meat on the ball, Narine slides down leg and Hetmyer swipes him through backward square leg to find the boundary
0.3
W
Narine to Pooran, OUT, Pooran has been caught by Pollard on the boundary. Unfurls the reverse sweep but he hasn't connected pristinely enough, and can only pick out Pollard at deep cover. Key wicket.

N Pooran c Pollard b Narine

0.2
1lb
Narine to Hetmyer, 1 leg bye, Goes down leg again but Hetmyer didn't move much. Still can't get hold of it, trying to sweep, goes over the keeper and lands safe
0.1
1
Narine to Pooran, 1 run, Gives himself a lot of room but Narine follows and Pooran can't get the timing on the thump to deep midwicket

Pooran and Hetmyer the two Warriors batsmen to come out for the Super Over. I'd have Romario Shepherd as the third man if needed. And it indeed is Sunil Narine to bowl.

END OF OVER:
20 | GAW: 138/9 (1 run required, RR: 6.90)

2.05pm: Have you caught your breath? We're still holding ours in.

1.44pm: Trinbago Knight Riders have won the toss for the Super Over and decided to bowl first. Yep we have a toss for the Super Over too. On the edge - of seats, knives, nerves.

Our stats genius Gaurav Sundararaman has this cool trivia: If Narine bowls to Pooran it will be reverse of what happened in 2014. Same teams but pooran played for red steel and narine for Guyana

1.40pm: Whew what a finish. And the match isn't done yet. What a 40 overs this was. Knight Riders struggled to 138 for 9. Warriors were behind in the chase for a large part thanks to Narine chiefly, then Pooran came and smashed them into contention. Hosein plucked out a blinder. Then Shepherd showed his big-hitting. And then Hosein came back to keep his cool in the last over, though Naveen was not yet done. Both teams 138 for 9.

19.6
W
Hosein to Imran Tahir, 1 run, OUT, we have a Super Over. What a finish. Tahir manages to get some bat on it, pushes it towards point. The batsmen set off on a mad sprint. They have to try for two. There isn't two and the throw comes in at the striker's end and Tahir is run out.

Imran Tahir run out 2 (4m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

Two to win. One to tie.

19.5
1
Hosein to Naveen-ul-Haq, 1 run, nicely bowled. Comes on the front foot to try and nudge it softly for two, but this rips across him and takes the outside edge to short third man so they get only a single
19.4
4
Hosein to Naveen-ul-Haq, FOUR, reverse swept for four. Audacity. Changed stance early and threw everything into hit. Got it over point and into the boundary
19.3
1
Hosein to Imran Tahir, 1 run, innovation from Tahir, and he even wanted two! Naveen not even looking at him. Tahir goes down and paddle sweeps it fine

This is one wild roller-coaster of a matcy. Imran Tahir on strike now.

19.2
W
Hosein to Shepherd, OUT, and he's castled him. What a day Hosein is having. Flat and quick on the stumps, hint of turn away, Shepherd again looking to send this to Jamaica with that big wind-up. He misses, Akeal hits.

R Shepherd b Hosein 18 (15m 9b 1x4 2x6) SR: 200.00

19.1
0
Hosein to Shepherd, no run, big heave at that length ball outside off connects only with air

Only 8 needed off the last over with the main bowlers bowled out. Hosein is going to bowl it. Spin in the last over. Interesting. Pollard's only other option was himself. Hosein has pulled off one miraculous event in this game. He now needs another.

Amazon 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7Mohammad HafeezC Hemraj
2nd0Mohammad HafeezOF Smith
3rd33Mohammad HafeezSO Hetmyer
4th27Shoaib MalikSO Hetmyer
5th1N PooranSO Hetmyer
6th37N PooranBA King
7th0N PooranR Shepherd
8th26R ShepherdNaveen-ul-Haq
9th7Imran TahirNaveen-ul-Haq