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- Updated: July 31, 2016
Guyana Amazon Warriors 161 for 4 (Pollard 47, Taylor 37, Tanvir 2-24) beat Barbados Tridents 158 for 6 (Lynn 57, Mohammed 57*, Reifer 2-22) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details
Barbados Tridents will not be going back to the CPL finals for a third consecutive year after a six-wicket loss in Florida to Guyana Amazon Warriors in their final match of the 2016 regular season eliminated them from playoff contention. At the same time, Warriors leaped past Jamaica Tallawahs into first place and have guaranteed themselves at least two chances of making the CPL final for the third time, having moved four points clear of the third place Zouks.
Chris Lynn and Jason Mohammed were the batting saviors for Warriors in a tricky chase of Tridents 158 for 6. Tridents got off to a great start in defense of the total when Dwayne Smith was bowled through the gate on the first ball of the chase by Floyd Reifer. Lynn took the wind out of Tridents’ sails almost immediately, hitting his third and fourth balls for four and six respectively over the off side. Lynn found the offside boundary on three consecutive balls to end the second over from Ravi Rampaul as well, putting a charge into a crowd that was heavily behind the Warriors.
Captain Kieron Pollard went to spin starting in the third over and Akeal Hosein and Imran Khan bowled brilliantly throughout the rest of the Powerplay to rein in Lynn and Nic Maddinson with the legspinner Khan claiming Maddison to …
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