Title defense ends as Warriors skittle Tridents

TRINIDAD: Barbados Tridents' stuttering defense of their Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title finally ended as they again failed to make three figures against a well-balanced Guyana Amazon Warriors attack in the ongoing edition of the T20 league.

Early boundaries from Chandrapaul Hemraj meant Shimron Hetmyer and Ross Taylor could take the team home in cruise control and the Amazon Warriors ended the league stage on a roll with four wins from four at the Brian Lara Stadium on Thursday.

Earlier, Romario Shepherd provided Amazon Warriors -- who opted to bowl -- with a promising start with two wickets in two balls. Johnson Charles (10) chipped tamely to Taylor at point, but there was nothing tame about the dismissal of pinch-hitter Rashid Khan as a fierce pull was brilliantly caught by Brandon King who ran 20 yards to his left from deep square leg and dived full-length.

Brief scores: Guyana Amazon Warriors 90/4 (Shimron Hetmyer 32*, Chandrapaul Hemraj 29; Jason Holder 2/10) beat Barbados Tridents 89/9 (Nyeem Young 18, Mitchell Santner 18; Imran Tahir 3/12) by 6 wickets. IANS

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