Walton, Ronchi put Amazon Warriors on verge of playoffs
Trinbago Knight Riders and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots – by significant margins in order to sneak into the top four.
The visitors were slumping at 26 for two in the fifth over after Glenn Phillips (10) missed a pull and was bowled by leftarm spinner Veerasammy Permaul and Lendl Simmons (15) clipped Emrit to Gajanand Singh at mid-wicket.
McCarthy and Sri Lankan Sangakkara then came together in a 79-run, third wicket stand and push the total past the 100-run mark.
While McCarthy faced 35 balls and struck four boundaries and three sixes, Sangakkara counted two fours and a six in a 31-ball knock.
However, they both fell in the space of 15 balls for the addition of 15 runs and Tallawahs were left to scramble for runs at the end to reach a competitive total. In reply, Tallawahs were in the hunt early when Tanvir gloved a lifter from pacer Oshane Thomas through to wicketkeeper Sangakkara but their hopes were completely erased as Walton and Ronchi then decimated their bowling attack.
TALLAWAHS
L Simmons c Singh b Emrit 15 G Phillips b Permaul 10 *+K Sangakkara c Mohammed b Emrit 38 A McCarthy c Fudadin b Primus 44 R Powell c Permaul b Sohail Tanvir 16 Mahmudullah c Mohammed b Sohail Tanvir 1 J Foo run out 7 K Santokie not out 7 Extras (b5, lb5, w1) 11 TOTAL (7 wkts, 20 overs) 149 Did not bat: O Thomas, Mohammad Sami, K Williams. Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-26, 3-105, 4-120, 5134, 6-134, 7-149. Bowling: Tanvir 4-0-27-2, Permaul 4-0-261, Emrit 4-1-29-2, Jacobs 3-0-26-0, Rashid Khan 4-0-25-0, Primus 1-0-6-1.
AMAZON WARRIORS
C Walton not out 84 Sohail Tanvir c wkp Sangakkara b Thomas 0 +L Ronchi not out 55 Extras (lb1, w3, nb7) 11 TOTAL (1 wkt, 10.3 overs) 150 Fall of wickets: 1-15. Did not bat: J Mohammed, G Singh, A Fudadin, R Primus, *R Emrit, S Jacobs, V Permaul, Rashid Khan Bowling: Thomas 2-0-32-1, Santokie 1-013-0, Williams 2-0-46-0, Mahmudullah 3-038-0, Mohammad Sami 2-0-14-0, McCarthy .3-0-6-0. Result: Amazon Warriors won by nine wickets. Man-of-the-Match: Toss: Tallawahs. Umpires: G Brathwaite, N Duguid; TV – L Rusere. Chadwick Walton.