Gudakesh Motie claimed four wickets after Rahmanullah Gurbaz struck an attacking half-century to lead the Guyana Amazon Warriors to a 53-run victory over the Lahore Qalandars at the Guyana National Stadium on Sunday night.
The Warriors posted 164 for nine from their 20 overs after being sent in, before Motie collected four for 15 as the Qalandars were dismissed for 111 in 17.2 overs. Motie was named Player of the Match for his decisive spell.
Gurbaz led the Warriors’ batting with 65 from 35 balls, including six fours and five sixes. He shared a 72-run second-wicket partnership with Muhammed Haris, who made 34 from 28 balls with four fours and one six.
Quentin Sampson was the first batter dismissed for one with the score on 35, but Gurbaz and Haris carried the total to 107 before Delano Potgieter broke the partnership by removing Gurbaz in the 10th over.
The Warriors then lost wickets regularly. Shimron Hetmyer made eight, while captain Rovman Powell was dismissed without scoring. Mohammad Nabi added two and Motie made six as the home side slipped from 107 for one to 143 for eight.
Romario Shepherd provided an important late contribution, scoring 29 from 19 balls with one four and two sixes. He added 21 with Matthew Forde, who finished unbeaten on one, before being run out from the final delivery of the innings.
Michael Bracewell was the most economical bowler for Lahore, taking two for 18 from four overs. Mehran Mumtaz also claimed two wickets but conceded 59 runs, while Potgieter, Usama Mir and Imran Randhawa collected one wicket each.
The Qalandars made a poor start to their chase, losing Mohammad Naeem for a first-ball duck and Shamyl Hussain for five to fall to 13 for two.
Parvez Hossain Emon and Abdullah Shafique attempted to rebuild the innings with scores of 21 each, but Emon was bowled by Shepherd before Motie removed Shafique to leave Lahore on 56 for four.
Motie then took control of the contest. The left-arm spinner bowled Bracewell for six and Potgieter for a duck in consecutive deliveries before later removing top-scorer Farhan Yousaf for 28. Yousaf’s 19-ball innings included one four and two sixes.
Imran Tahir dismissed Randhawa for one, while Nabi accounted for Mir for seven. Mehran Mumtaz made 13 before Dwaine Pretorius bowled him to end the innings. Shahab Khan was left unbeaten on nine.
Pretorius finished with two for 25, while Forde, Shepherd, Tahir and Nabi collected one wicket each.
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