On Wednesday (19th August) evening, Guyana Amazon Warriors registered their first victory in the CPL 2020 after beating St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by three wickets with 18 balls to spare at the Brian Lara Stadium (Tarouba).
Warriors decided to field first after winning the toss. At first, they restricted Patriots to 127/8 (20 overs). Then, Warriors chased down that target in 17 overs after losing seven wickets.
Brief Scores: St Kitts and Nevis Patriots – 127/8 in 20 overs (Evin Lewis 30, Ben Dunk 29; Keemo Paul 4/19)
Guyana Amazon Warriors – 131/7 in 17 overs (Shimron Hetmyer 71, Chandrapaul Hemraj 19; Rayad Emrit 3/31)
The result – Guyana Amazon Warriors won by three wickets
CPL 2020, Match 4: Guyana Amazon Warriors vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots – Statistical Highlights
(Teams’ stats)
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
i) In the first innings, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots scored 127/8 (20 overs).
- It was the third-lowest completed total for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots against Guyana Amazon Warriors. Their two lowest completed totals in this list are 108/8 (20 overs) at Providence on 9th July 2016 and 121 (19 overs) at Basseterre on 14th September 2019.
Guyana Amazon Warriors
i) Guyana Amazon Warriors won this match by three wickets with 18 balls to spare.
- It is the smallest victory margin (by wickets) for the Guyana Amazon Warriors against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. Their previous smallest in the list was winning by four wickets for thrice.
- It was the fifth successive victory for the Guyana Amazon Warriors against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. Out of their 11 meetings (including their latest meeting), Patriots won only twice, and they claimed both those victories in CPL 2017 (5th August and 6th August at Lauderhill).
(Players’ stats)
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
Evin Lewis
i) It was the 53rd game for Evin Lewis for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots.
- Lewis becomes the joint most capped player for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots as he equalled the record of Devon Thomas, who also played 53 matches for this team.
Rayad Emrit
i) It was the 77th CPL match for Rayad Emrit.
- Emrit becomes the second most capped player in CPL history after surpassing Chris Gayle (76 CPL matches). His present teammate Denesh Ramdin is the record holder in this list as he has appeared in 78 CPL matches.
Guyana Amazon Warriors
Keemo Paul
i) The right-arm pacer Keemo Paul had the bowling figures of 4-0-19-4.
- It is the best T20 bowling figures at the Brian Lara Stadium (Tarouba). Raymon Reifer (Barbados Tridents) was holding the previous best T20 bowling figures at this venue where he had the bowling figures of 4-0-24-4 against Guyana Amazon Warriors during the CPL 2019 final.
- It was the second-best T20 bowling figures against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. The record is 4-0-13-4 by Dwayne Bravo (Trinbago Knight Riders) at Lauderhill on 31st July 2016.
Nicholas Pooran
i) Wicket-keeper Nicholas Pooran has made 50 dismissals in CPL career.
- Pooran becomes the second CPL wicket-keeper to manage 50 dismissals. Denesh Ramdin was the first wicket-keeper who achieved this feat in CPL history as he has managed 58 dismissals in CPL career after this game.
Shimron Hetmyer
i) The left-handed batsman Shimron Hetmyer scored 71 runs off 44 balls.
- It was the second-highest individual score for a Guyana Amazon Warriors batsman against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. The record is 79* by Shimron Hetmyer at Providence on 9th August 2018.
Brandon King
i) Brandon King has scored 506 runs for Guyana Amazon Warriors.
- King is the sixth batsman who has scored 500+ runs for Guyana Amazon Warriors.
CPL 2020: Updated Points Table after Match 4
| Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied (W/L) | No Results | Points | NRR |
| Guyana Amazon Warriors | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.616 |
| Jamaica Tallawahs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.596 |
| Trinbago Knight Riders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.349 |
| Barbados Tridents | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 |
| St Lucia Zouks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.596 |
| St Kitts and Nevis Patriots | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.826 |