Guyana Amazon Warriors blow away Trinibago Knight Riders to win 1st ever CPL title in 2023




Guyana Amazon Warriors win their 1st ever Carribean Premier League title by thrashing the star studded Trinibago Knight Riders in clinical fashion by 9 wickets in a hopelessly one sided final at the Providence Stadium Guyana . This is their first ever CPL title after 5 previously failed attempts .

TKR  have a power packed batting lineup with top global T20 superstars like Pooran, skipper Pollard , Russell , Bravo & Narine but on this day on a tricky pitch their power hitting tactics completely fell apart as South African Dwayne Pretorius used all his bowling skills , changing the pace , bowling accurate lines to completely frustrate the high octane strokeplay of TKR batters . None of Pooran , Pollard , Russell & Bravo reached double figures as the whole batting cut a sorry figure to be all out for 94 in 18.1 overs . Only Keacy Carty with a sensible 38 off 45 balls played a sensible innings realizing that on this pitch , more technical soundness and strike rotation was required rather than explosive strokeplay . Player of the match Pretorius took 4/26 to set up the easy win while spinners Motie and the evergreen captain Imran Tahir took 2 wickets each on a helpful surface .

GAW chased down the paltry target of 95 with ease as Pakistani Saim Ayub took heavy toll of the quicker bowlers of TKR to finish the game with a belligerent  52 off 41 balls with 5 sixes while Shai Hope played orthodox cricket to remain 32 not out as GAW cantered home to with by 9 wickets in 14 overs .


Shai Hope was the player of the tournament with 481 runs while Pretorius was the highest wicket taker with 20 wickets .

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