Right, that's a wrap for tonight. Thanks for your company and sending your feedback. From myself, Rvel Zahid, and K Vairavan, it's goodnight for now. Bye!
Khary Pierre, Player of the Match: First and foremost, getting brought down today to come and play tonight, I think it was a great bowling effort. I think the boys came out with a clear game plan. The backroom staff gave us a plan to work with, and we stuck to that. I think it was a really good bowling performance from each and every bowler. We know there's a threat in Jason Holder. I think his wicket is very important for us and for their team, so for me, it was just about trying to stick to my lengths and my process, and I think I did that. So I was happy. Just keeping it simple, not getting flustered, and believing in my process and my training, what I do at training. I just try to keep it really simple, you know, and I've been doing a really good job of that, so I'm thankful. It has been great. I mean, they welcomed me with open arms, and I want to thank the Guyana franchise for having me also. You know, they said it's so good, Chris Morris, you know, he's a favourite, but with the nature of franchise cricket, I just want to come here and play my role. My role, and just make sure I do my role to the best of my ability
Moeen Ali, Antigua and Barbuda Falcons Captain: Obviously, a bad day in the office. I thought in all three facets of the game we were poor, especially with the bat. Obviously, you can't be 90 for 4 and then 116 all out, but it does happen in T20 cricket. I thought they bowled really, really well. Take nothing away from them. Obviously, pace and good-quality spinners. We got a couple of wickets, but they were class. It can happen in T20 cricket. You've got to brush yourself off and go again whenever the next game comes. It was a tough day, tough result, but like I said, it happens. We're going to try to stay as calm as we can. We're in a good position still, win a few more games and hopefully qualify. Shadab Khan has a little bit of a groin, so we just had to take precaution. We have some big games coming up. Just don't get too down. I mean, in cricket, you get beaten badly sometimes against quality teams, and it's sometimes good to get humbled. We had two very, very good results, and sometimes you need these kind of results just to get you back into being a bit more humble about things. It just tells you that you can get beaten by anybody at any time. Not really, to be honest. No positives. They were better than us in all facets. Just a bad day.
Imran Tahir, Guyana Amazon Warriors Captain: Yeah, look, yes, satisfied. Very happy with the performance we put out there today. They've been playing really good cricket. They won their last two games, and I think we came up with better planning today. We've been watching. Obviously, we had time to see and reflect on what we need to improve on. Look, today was a complete performance, but I think there are still a few things we need to improve on. So make sure if there are a couple of mistakes we make, then we won't do them going forward in the next game. Definitely. Playing all the away games, I think it's a big bonus. If you're winning on the road, when you go home, then you always have your home advantage. But look, to be honest with you, most importantly, there are certain people who stay behind the scenes and never get the credit. I think Pasanna, who's our analyst, is one of those guys. He studied the whole Caribbean. He's been with us for the last three years, and the amount of work he puts in, giving us all the stats, all the plans and stuff like that, it doesn't come easy. I think he put it up front of the team, and we all agreed as a bowling group. We thought that obviously if we bowled first, that's how we're going to go about our business. I think that helps a lot. Sometimes you don't know different plans, but I think we have to appreciate his work. He's been doing a great job for our team. Yeah, there are a lot of times. I think even the management and coaches weren't expecting that, you know, and I had to bring somebody like I did with Glenn Phillips today, and we got a wicket. But I think that's how cricket works sometimes. You have to sometimes play according to the conditions. If two left-handers are batting, your best bet to bowl is probably an off-spinner. I tried that and we picked up a wicket. But I think Shamar has been the star for us, with Pretorius and Shefhi. They set a standard for us going into the middle overs. Khary Pierre, another name. I was telling him after the game, at the break time, that it's so difficult, and I was feeling bad that I didn't give you your two overs. And I was probably in the same circle because I was thinking that I would probably bowl Shamar or Seales, but then I had to bowl one over. So, like I said, it's great teamwork. I think we're very happy for each other's success, and I think that's what the Guyana Amazon Warriors is all about. We had great support today. I just want to say thanks to the fans again, and for their support from all over, wherever they are. Yeah, look, I think I came into proper professional cricket late, and especially white-ball cricket. When I was a kid, I always dreamed that one day, if I belonged on this stage where I could show my talent, I wanted to celebrate like it was my last wicket. I think that's what I'm enjoying the most - having family around, trying to inspire my son and all the kids all over the world. I hope they learn something. For me, I don't want to give up till I'm bowling well and I'm moving around in the field. And if I can give something back, that would be really great. That's how I've always thought throughout my career. Yeah, look, it's a big clash. Everyone knows that it's a big game. They have some world-class players, as do we. So I think it depends on who's going to perform well on the day. We're ready for it. We've been playing good cricket. We want to stay humble. Once we get there, we want to show what we've got.
shafqat : "why they are not playing gurbaz. he has good performance last two t20 tournaments?" rested as a precautionary measure, got a slight niggle
Sunil.G: "Timeout with 2 runs needed? They could have finished the game instead, is it more to do with commercial(ad) commitments?") Of course commercial commitments are part of it. I mean this is a business, after all. Broadcasters need advertising revenue so I'm not sure why that comes as such a surprise. It's a fairly clichéd question, really
SO Hetmyer c †Jangoo b Springer 49 (35m 19b 1x4 6x6) SR: 257.89
END OF OVER:9 | 16 Runs | GAW: 97/2 (20 runs required from 11 overs, RR: 10.77, RRR: 1.81)
- Shai Hope47 (26b)
- Shimron Hetmyer33 (15b)
- Moeen Ali1-0-16-0
- Joshua James1-0-11-0
END OF OVER:8 | 11 Runs | GAW: 81/2 (36 runs required from 12 overs, RR: 10.12, RRR: 3.00)
- Shai Hope46 (24b)
- Shimron Hetmyer18 (11b)
- Joshua James1-0-11-0
- Rahkeem Cornwall1-0-15-0
