103/6 (19.1)
CR : 5.37
99/10 (18.1)
CR : 5.45
Antigua & Barbuda Falcons won by 4 wickets 🏆
Player of the Match
Jayden Seales
4/15
Over 20
Antigua & Barbuda Falcons 103/6
Fabian Allen15(14)
Amir Jangoo51(57)
Hassan Khan0-18(2.1)
ABF won by 4 wickets
7:40 AM IST and 10:10 PM Local Time | Antigua & Barbuda Falcons have qualified for the play-off of CPL 2025. This is their first qualification in their history. If Jayden Seales was the star with the ball, Amir Jangoo was the one who anchored the ship with the bat and remained unbeaten on 51. The Falcons have defeated the Guyana Amazon Warriors by 4 wickets and with 5 balls remaining.
Imad Wasim won the toss and sent the Guyana Amazon Warriors to bat first in a spin friendly dry wicket. Jayden Seales ran carnage in the powerplay by removing Moeen Ali. Ben McDermott and Shimron Hetmyer. He reduced the Warriors to 26/3. But Shai Hope showed some resilience and he played his shots to accumulate 26 runs beside his name in just 14 balls. He hit 3 fours and a maximum in the process.
The 9th over bowled by Usama Mir was a game changer. Mir ran Hassan Khan out and then deceived Shai Hope with a googly to knock his stump over. In the next over, Shakib Al Hasan got the wicket of Gudakesh Motie. Dwaine Pretorius scored 12 but when Usama Mir hit his off stump with a leg-break delivery, Amazon Warriors were reduced to 78/9 in the 15th over. Quentin Sampson was the key batter to help the Amazon Warriors to post a fightable total. He hit 3 boundaries to score 19 off 15 balls and added 21 for the final wicket with Imran Tahir. Jayden Seales uprooted his off stump with a perfect yorker and that ended their innings on a paltry total of 99.
Seales took 4 wickets for just 15 runs, his career best bowling figure in CPL. Usama Mir finished with 3/17 from his 4 overs. Imad Wasim and Shakib Al Hasan took a wicket each.
Coming to chase the run, Falcons got an early jolt as Dwaine Pretorius removed Andries Gous in the first over of the second innings. Amir Jangoo and Kevin Wickham put up some runs on the board then. Wickham welcomed Tahir in the attack by hitting him a boundary but the seasoned veteran came back with a bang. He removed Wickham and Karima Gore in back to back deliveries and thwarted the pressure back. In the next over, Shakib Al Hasan gifted his wicket away. Moeen Ali got the better of Shamar Springer just after the powerplay and the Falcons were 36/5.
Amir Jangoo and Imad Wasim were in the middle then. They added 29 runs off 43 balls for the 6th wicket. It was a slow going but the thing is that they played out the perilous middle over phase bowled by the Warriors' spinners. Shai Hope ran Imad Wasim out as the latter was ambling towards the bowlers end. Wasim scored 16 off 24 balls before getting out. Amir Jangoo and Fabian Allen then escalated the run rate. They came in when the asking rate was close to 6 runs per over but right then Amir Jangoo hit a maximum. Imran Tahir came to bowl the 16th over but Allen smacked him for a maximum in the third ball of that over and that made the things easy for the Falcons. Amir Jangoo reached to his fifty by heaving Gudakesh Motie over deep midwicket for a maximum. He remained unbeaten on 51 off 57 balls. His resilient knock made the difference between the two sides. Rovman Powell finished the game off with a boundary in the first ball of the final over bowled by Hassan Khan.
For the Guyana Amazon Warriors, Imran Tahir and Moeen Ali took a couple of wickets each. Dwaine Pretorius took a wicket each.
Imad Wasim won the toss and sent the Guyana Amazon Warriors to bat first in a spin friendly dry wicket. Jayden Seales ran carnage in the powerplay by removing Moeen Ali. Ben McDermott and Shimron Hetmyer. He reduced the Warriors to 26/3. But Shai Hope showed some resilience and he played his shots to accumulate 26 runs beside his name in just 14 balls. He hit 3 fours and a maximum in the process.
The 9th over bowled by Usama Mir was a game changer. Mir ran Hassan Khan out and then deceived Shai Hope with a googly to knock his stump over. In the next over, Shakib Al Hasan got the wicket of Gudakesh Motie. Dwaine Pretorius scored 12 but when Usama Mir hit his off stump with a leg-break delivery, Amazon Warriors were reduced to 78/9 in the 15th over. Quentin Sampson was the key batter to help the Amazon Warriors to post a fightable total. He hit 3 boundaries to score 19 off 15 balls and added 21 for the final wicket with Imran Tahir. Jayden Seales uprooted his off stump with a perfect yorker and that ended their innings on a paltry total of 99.
Seales took 4 wickets for just 15 runs, his career best bowling figure in CPL. Usama Mir finished with 3/17 from his 4 overs. Imad Wasim and Shakib Al Hasan took a wicket each.
Coming to chase the run, Falcons got an early jolt as Dwaine Pretorius removed Andries Gous in the first over of the second innings. Amir Jangoo and Kevin Wickham put up some runs on the board then. Wickham welcomed Tahir in the attack by hitting him a boundary but the seasoned veteran came back with a bang. He removed Wickham and Karima Gore in back to back deliveries and thwarted the pressure back. In the next over, Shakib Al Hasan gifted his wicket away. Moeen Ali got the better of Shamar Springer just after the powerplay and the Falcons were 36/5.
Amir Jangoo and Imad Wasim were in the middle then. They added 29 runs off 43 balls for the 6th wicket. It was a slow going but the thing is that they played out the perilous middle over phase bowled by the Warriors' spinners. Shai Hope ran Imad Wasim out as the latter was ambling towards the bowlers end. Wasim scored 16 off 24 balls before getting out. Amir Jangoo and Fabian Allen then escalated the run rate. They came in when the asking rate was close to 6 runs per over but right then Amir Jangoo hit a maximum. Imran Tahir came to bowl the 16th over but Allen smacked him for a maximum in the third ball of that over and that made the things easy for the Falcons. Amir Jangoo reached to his fifty by heaving Gudakesh Motie over deep midwicket for a maximum. He remained unbeaten on 51 off 57 balls. His resilient knock made the difference between the two sides. Rovman Powell finished the game off with a boundary in the first ball of the final over bowled by Hassan Khan.
For the Guyana Amazon Warriors, Imran Tahir and Moeen Ali took a couple of wickets each. Dwaine Pretorius took a wicket each.
Player of the Match: Jayden Seales
Jayden Seales (POTM): "Yeah, I feel really good. I had a good tournament leading up so far, and I kind of understood what I needed to do tonight. It was just about coming out and executing the plans.
Yeah, wickets in the powerplay is always important. Especially against Guyana, we know they bat deep. So the more we break into their batting and we just keep pegging away at the wickets has obviously worked well for us.
(On Quentin Sampson) Yeah, he's a big wicket in the tournament. He has the ability to hit big boundaries and getting big runs for his team in the back end. Getting him in the last over was very pleasing.
Yeah, feels really good. I was really looking forward to it. All the boys did well from myself, to Usama Mir and Amir Jangoo with that crucial fifty, it was a total team effort."
Yeah, wickets in the powerplay is always important. Especially against Guyana, we know they bat deep. So the more we break into their batting and we just keep pegging away at the wickets has obviously worked well for us.
(On Quentin Sampson) Yeah, he's a big wicket in the tournament. He has the ability to hit big boundaries and getting big runs for his team in the back end. Getting him in the last over was very pleasing.
Yeah, feels really good. I was really looking forward to it. All the boys did well from myself, to Usama Mir and Amir Jangoo with that crucial fifty, it was a total team effort."
Romario Shepherd has the mic and will be doing the post-match interview in place of his skipper, Imran Tahir.
Romario Shepherd (Guyana Amazon Warriors): "It was a kind of wicket which was doing a lot for the spinners. I think they used them wisely and put up the pressure from ball one. We bowled well in the powerplay to create the pressure. Our bowlers did well to keep the fight going till the 20th over.
Now you have to perform in front of your home crowd. We have to come up and play our game. Our next game is on Saturday and we are keen to do well there. [Message to the crowd] Just come and show the support to us."
Now you have to perform in front of your home crowd. We have to come up and play our game. Our next game is on Saturday and we are keen to do well there. [Message to the crowd] Just come and show the support to us."
Imad Wasim (Antigua & Barbuda Falcons Captain): "Yes, yes. We are all professionals. After playing 400 T20s, should not have done that but I did it which is very bad of me. Coach is going to have a go at you which is fine, he'll pamper you and he'll have a go at you, even if you are a senior player. That's what we are all about.
Yes, I think from the start. Jayden Seales, how good he has bowled. Whole tournament he's bowling well but wasn't able to get big wickets. Today, he got four. He was fantastic. All the bowlers, including Usama Mir, bowled really well. All the pieces of the puzzle are getting together, so we are looking like a good side now.
I thought it was a 140-150 wicket. The wicket was very good, but the bowlers on both sides bowled really well, and the batters on both sides played some bad shots.
We are here to win the tournament, and we're taking it one step at a time. Now we have qualified for the playoffs, and anything can happen.
We will relax and enjoy this win in Guyana; it is a beautiful city. Then it is back to practice. All the boys have been giving it their all, burning the house down in practice sessions.
We have been making some mistakes, and we will sit down again and fix them. We haven't played our A-game yet, and we are in the playoffs. We want to play our A-game now.
Yes, I think from the start. Jayden Seales, how good he has bowled. Whole tournament he's bowling well but wasn't able to get big wickets. Today, he got four. He was fantastic. All the bowlers, including Usama Mir, bowled really well. All the pieces of the puzzle are getting together, so we are looking like a good side now.
I thought it was a 140-150 wicket. The wicket was very good, but the bowlers on both sides bowled really well, and the batters on both sides played some bad shots.
We are here to win the tournament, and we're taking it one step at a time. Now we have qualified for the playoffs, and anything can happen.
We will relax and enjoy this win in Guyana; it is a beautiful city. Then it is back to practice. All the boys have been giving it their all, burning the house down in practice sessions.
We have been making some mistakes, and we will sit down again and fix them. We haven't played our A-game yet, and we are in the playoffs. We want to play our A-game now.
That's it from our coverage of the 26th T20 match of the CPL 2025 between Guyana Amazon Warriors and Antigua & Barbuda Falcons. In a low scoring thriller, Antigua & Barbuda Falcons kept their nerves and eventually emerged out victorious. Special mentions should go to Jayden Seales and Amir Jangoo. Seales dominated with his pace in a spinner friendly deck and Jangoo held the innings together to help his team cruise towards the victory.
With this victory, the Falcons have qualified for the play-offs. They have 11 points beside their name from 10 matches with five victories. On the flip side, Guyana Amazon Warriors are on 8 points from as many games. They have won four games so far with four losses too.
For now, this is Saptak Sanyal signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Ajay Pal Singh and the scorer/analyst Raju Khariya. Have a good day!
With this victory, the Falcons have qualified for the play-offs. They have 11 points beside their name from 10 matches with five victories. On the flip side, Guyana Amazon Warriors are on 8 points from as many games. They have won four games so far with four losses too.
For now, this is Saptak Sanyal signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Ajay Pal Singh and the scorer/analyst Raju Khariya. Have a good day!