With an all-around performance, Moeen Ali helped the Guyana Amazon Warriors, the reigning champions, advance to the CPL 2024 playoffs. They defeated the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons by 27 runs in a low-scoring contest. The English all-rounder first saved the Warriors with a 33-ball 42, pulling them from a hazardous 63/4 just after the midway point of their innings.
Moeen Ali then returned with figures of 4-1-3-9, holding the Falcons to 108 in reply, eliminating them from the tournament. Raymon Reifer struggled to make runs and needed 14 deliveries to open his account. He needed 17 deliveries in all to make his five runs before being removed by Mohammad Amir, which wasn’t a good start for the Warriors at the bat.
Moeen Ali’s Mind-Blowing Inning
The Guyana Amazon Warriors were staring at a total that was below par when Gudakesh Motie fell shortly after in a torrent of wickets. During that time, Azam Khan let go of his anchor and even threw two over the ropes before trying to speed up and eventually holed out to a distance. Even so, Shimron Hetmyer’s short visit was entertaining, as he concluded that over with a pair of sixes to even the score.
When Amir and Imad struck in back-to-back overs, the Warriors were reduced to a pitiful 98/6 at the end of the 18th over, just as Moeen Ali and Shai Hope were starting to turn things around. But in his final over, Moeen turned the tide and hit three sixes and two boundaries to rip into Imad, making it an expensive one worth 26. The Warriors’ bowlers got the momentum for the second half when they combined to score 37 runs off the last two.
In the middle overs phase, Imran Tahir not only dismissed both set batters and broke the blooming third-wicket partnership, but he also dealt the Falcons a double blow, making them 16/2 before they even knew what was going on. Moeen Ali quickly joined the party to take wickets, breaking the back of the Falcon’s bottom middle-order in just two overs with the use of just seven balls.
Warriors’ Final Big Score
With a run-ball 17 of his own and a tidy little cameo of 15 off of six balls from Joshua James, Chris Green kept the slim hopes alive, but all they could do was postpone ruin. Nearly identical scores of three out of nine were scored by Moeen Ali and Dwaine Pretorius, who assisted with cleaning up the tail. The Trinbago Knight Riders were assured a postseason berth after the Falcons, who had a disappointing season, fell by 27 runs in their last league game and were eliminated.
With three of those teams having as many as three games remaining and TKR having four games remaining to truly contend for a top-two finish, the playoff participants are set in stone. The Guyana Amazon Warriors scored 135/7 in 20 overs, with Moeen Ali scoring 42 and Azam Khan scoring 29, Mohammad Amir scoring 2-15, and Imad Wasim scoring 2-39. Kofi James scored 27 runs, Moeen Ali scored 3-9, and Dwaine Pretorius scored 3-9 to lead Antigua and Barbuda Falcons all out in 18.5 overs.
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