Kings vs Amazon, 10th Match at Gros Islet, CPL, Sep 07 2024 - Match Result

9:50pm That will be all from us for this game. In about twelve hours' time, the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons will take on the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and we hope to have your company for that contest. Until next time, this is goodbye from Shashwat, Thilak and Vairavan. Take care, everyone!

Imran Tahir, Guyana Amazon Warriors captain: I am just happy that it came out nicely and I did the job for my team. I believe everyone did their job from the start. Whoever bowled, in the middle and at the start, did a great job. We had a plan and it worked for us. We have been playing good cricket, nice to see the results going our way. (On what they plan to do in the upcoming week) We deserve this week off. We are going to go and get together on one of the evenings. Pretty much chilling and knowing more about Barbados. Take it slowly for one or two days and then get back to it. We have always been very grateful to the fans, you guys have been amazing and their support is really important to us. A big thanks to everyone (around the world).

Faf du Plessis, St Lucia Kings captain: (On the game) Extremely disappointing. What we did wrong there, batting first on a pitch that was tacky…just assessing the conditions and playing properly. When you lose wickets like that consistently…they did well to restrict us. There are areas that you can improve on but for me, it is about assessing conditions. In St Kitts, you don't mind guys having a crack but on a new wicket, you can probably take your time and take the shine off. You always try to be positive but that is the learning from tonight. (On playing the Trinbago Knight Riders next) Two tough games in a row. We will reassess and see where we can get better tactically. Tonight was not our best. Most of our wickets was batters giving their wickets away and something for us to work on.

Gudakesh Motie, Player of the Match: (On the run-out of Auguste) I thought to myself that I could run without the batter getting back and I did exactly that. It was a good batting wicket. The outfield was wet and it was hard to grip the ball. Key was to put the ball in the right areas and it worked for me. I am happy with the way I am bowling and I am happy that I am getting the success. He (Tahir) was fantastic. He bowled well, hit the right areas and got the ball to spin both ways.

9:35pm Ten overs. That was all it took for the Warriors. Gurbaz was the star of their batting show and smashed the ball to all parts. His innings was laced with seven sixes and most of them were drool-worthy. Robinson, on debut, was not bad either and could be a vital addition moving forward, as his 20-ball 33 showed. These two knocks, considering the Warriors were not chasing many, were enough and the speed of those innings sealed a NRR-boosting win.

A day to forget for the Kings. They did not have many runs to work with and their bowlers also went the distance inside the powerplay. Noor was the only one to provide some sort of control but defending 100, they needed more than that. A lot more than that, in fact, and they now have to pick themselves up before going at it again in a couple of days' time.

Two needed now. Can Hetmyer finish it with one blow and off this ball?

Paul walks in

Hetmyer is the new batter in

Joseph is back

Azam joins Hope. He could do with a couple of boundaries here

Just 16 needed now