Timberrrrrrrrr! Azam perishes as he walks across his stumps and makes a mess of his stumps. McAllister picks up his first wicket and only concedes seven in the last over. The debutant has a big broad smile on his face and punches the air ecstasy!
Amazon vs Kings, 4th Match at Gros Islet, CPL 2023, Aug 19 2023 - Match Result
Props to crowd who stayed right till the end and deserved a full game. Hopefully, they'll be back for the double-header tomorrow and have plenty of entertainment. With that, we conclude our coverage. Thank you for your company. On behalf of Binoy George, this is Rvel Zahid waving goodbye.
Handshakes all-around and the second match of the double-header also ends with a No-Result. Teams share points. Saint Lucia Kings sit at top of the table with three points with a solid NRR of 1.075
Fans are watching keenly and haven't left their seats yet. The cheerleaders are doing their best to keep the fans' spirits up in this rain-marred game. The umpires are having a chat with Darren Sammy and Imran Tahir.
The Warriors have posted a pretty decent score on this pitch. They started off slowly, but then Saim Ayub and Azam Khan found their groove and hit an array of boundaries. Saint Lucia will need 59 runs to win. Unfortunately, the rain has arrived again; let's hope it clears away quickly so we can get a result. Game needs to start by 22:49pm and the DLS revised target is 59 but looks like there is a fleeting prospect of more play with all the covers being brought on
Is that going to be another wide? Azam Khan waiting for the signal but umpire thinks otherwise. Short ball well wide of off and he goes hard at it
Gets off the radar, persisting with the short stuff and mixing it up but got it marginally wrong, curling away outside the guideline on off
Slash and a miss. Quicker delivery on a shortish length wide of off, precious dot
Drags his length back and it's just outside the leg stump, wide called. Three more balls left in the innings
Dishes out a fast low full toss on middle and he is a touch late in connecting , ball skittles away to midwicket
Low full toss on off, gets down on one knee and plonks this aerially towards cow corner, runs hard for the second run and makes it comfortably in the end.
Climbing through from back of a length, he tries to blaze that towards square leg, it deflects off his shoulder towards short third region
An extra fielder has been brought up inside the ring. A penalty for slow over rate and Du Plessis is clearly not pleased with it. He is telling the umpires about the damp conditions and looking quite animated but clearly not winning the debate. There is still one extra fielder outside the ring so deep point comes in. Lots of confusion out there
He is turning it on big time! Ends his spell with a golf shot that goes way over long-on and midwicket for a six. Employs a classical shot to finish the over on a high. Just took a few deliveries to get into his groove
That will run away for four! Takes the pace off the ball and pitches it on a length down the leg side, he yanks his front leg out of the way and gets a top edge that balloons up, one bouncer over the rope at deep fine leg. Useful runs!
Lovely timing! Full toss is sweet music for Azam Khan, on the pads and he doesn't miss out. Smokes it over square leg for a beautiful six. The sound of the bat was terrific
Shuffles across to his off stump, would have been a wide had he missed it, Joseph follows him up and cramps him for room, he manages to steer it behind square on the off side
A touch short and wobbling away wide of off, just outside the tramline on off.
Goes back in his crease and forces it away with not much timing into the vacant spaces at midwicket. There is not much time to settle in, batters have to go bang bang from ball one
Cleverly bowled! Pulls his length back and it holds its line on off, he gives himself room and attempts a cut but it goes whizzing past his bat to the keeper
Improvisation at it's best, almost a no-look shot. Steps away outside off stump, clears his front leg, loses his balance a little but gets a solid enough connection to scoop it past fine leg for a scintillating boundary
Has he got all of it? You bet! That's a slot ball and he has dispatched it out of the ground, a 78 meters maximum over long-off for a six. That was absolutely leathered, he is finding the middle now
Cheeky shot executed to perfection and it's a double-whammy - he has overstepped! On the pads and strays down the leg side, gently helped to fine leg boundary
Over the wicket, dishes out a rank full toss wide of off, he is caught in two minds and ends up chipping it in the air, goes past the bowler towards long-on
Chase plucks it out of thin air in the deep! Short ball floating outside off, he launches it straight up in the air and Chase instinctively flicks his hands out charging in with full force and timing his dive to perfection, surprisingly the ball sticks in his bucket hands at long-on
1W | ||||
1W |
Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia | |
Toss | St Lucia Kings, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2023 |
Match days | 19 August 2023 - night (20-over match) |
T20 debut | |
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Points | Guyana Amazon Warriors 1, St Lucia Kings 1 |