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Motie's four-for puts Amazon Warriors in third successive CPL final
Left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie ran through Kings' middle order to reduce them to 48 for 7 before Khary Pierre's maiden fifty reduced the margin of defeat
ESPNcricinfo staff
18-Sep-2025
Guyana Amazon Warriors 157 (McDermott 34, Hope 32, Shamsi 3-33, Wiese 2-14, Joseph 2-34, Mills 2-38) beat St Lucia Kings 143 (Pierre 50, Mills 30, Motie 4-30, Tahir 2-22, Pretorius 2-24) by 14 runs
Gudakesh Motie's four-wicket haul thwarted St Lucia Kings and propelled Guyana Amazon Warriors into the final of CPL 2025. It is their third successive title clash, having won the competition in 2023 and finishing runners-up to Kings last year.
Amazon Warriors were helped to 157 thanks to a lower-order assault from Dwaine Pretorius (17 off eight balls) and Romario Shepherd (21 off eight), which helped them take 41 runs in the last four overs. That still looked a par score, at best, with Kings having to chase under lights. But a disciplined bowling show from Amazon Warriors, with just two extras conceded, and Motie's strikes reduced the opposition to 48 for 7, almost a point of no return.
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After the game started an hour late as the PCB threatened brinksmanship over the status of match referee Andy Pycroft, Pakistan appeared to have left all their fire and fury off the field. They scratched and poked timidly in the first four overs, limping to 17 for 2, and it wouldn't get much better for most of the innings. Junaid Siddique took wickets at top and tail while Simranjeet Singh punctured Pakistan with three in the middle. It was only Fakhar Zaman who was left holding the innings together, but even his 36-ball 50 barely got Pakistan's run rate above a run a ball.
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