Mohammad Amir’s final over was costly as the former CSK star hit the winning six off the last ball. Watch

Guyana Amazon Warriors defeated Antigua and Barbuda Falcons in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League, winning by three runs at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Bay. Chasing 169 runs, Dwayne Pretorius Scored 18 points in the final round Mohammad Amirincluding a six off the last ball. Amir, who returned to Pakistan earlier this year ahead of the T20 World Cup, bowled poorly, conceding 39 runs in four overs and failing to take a wicket.

Needing four runs off the last ball, Amid tried to bowl a wide out to Pretorius. However, the former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder sliced ​​the ball across wide out, sparking wild celebrations in the Guyana camp.

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It was the second consecutive night the game came down to a final-round decision, and the Falcons lost both times.

After winning the toss, the Amazon Warriors chose to throw first and Teddy Bishop Beaten by a nice defender Shea Hope The score became 10/1 at the end of the second game.

After a relatively slow start to the first two games and losing a starter, they needed to rebuild, and that’s exactly what they accomplished thanks to Farha Zaman Kofi James cut the deficit to nearly 10 points per inning.

James’ wicket was the beginning of the Falcons’ collapse as they lost four wickets for just 29 runs. Moti was the main destroyer as he bowled Sam Billings The clever delivery kept the England batsmen off balance as they advanced up the pitch. Jewel Andrew Being picked up in the deep midfield Shimron Heitmaier When the 17-year-old batsman tried to hit consecutive sixes.

From there, Imad Wasim played brilliantly, hitting a brilliant counter-attack after being lost at mid-off to get the Falcons back into the game. The Pakistan all-rounder scored 40 runs off 21 balls to propel the Falcons to the total they were aiming to defend.

Amazon Warriors chose to play Motie, who hit a six in the first over but was bowled for six off four balls. Gurbaz also made it to the PowerPlay when he was bowled by a juggling catch. Sharma Springer In Midwick.

The Falcons’ spin bowlers did a good job of limiting the Warriors’ attack as the rate of attack started to rise after the fielding restrictions were relaxed. Shimron Hetmyer tried to steady the ship and establish a platform for the Warriors but he was beaten by Imad. Azam Khan The Warriors were 77/4 after a fierce bouncing ball from Springer.

Shai Hope remained in the middle and last year’s player of the tournament looked dangerous in the final innings but he was bowled for 41 runs and it looked like the Warriors had won as the required scoring rate was more than 15 runs per innings.

That was before the Warriors began their title defence in the most dramatic fashion, with Pretorius scoring 18 runs off the last six balls.