RESULT
21st Match (N), Bridgetown, September 04, 2025, Caribbean Premier League
(19.4/20 ov, T:166) 170/6

Amazon won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

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53 (34) & 1/25
dwaine-pretorius
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125.21 ptsImpact List
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Motie, Hope and Pretorius combine to keep Royals winless

The win helped Guyana Amazon get their campaign back on track after two losses in a row

ESPNcricinfo staff
05-Sep-2025 • 6 hrs ago
Dwaine Pretorius played a blinder from the lower-middle order, Barbados Royals vs Guyana Amazon Warriors, CPL 2025, Bridgetown, September 4, 2025

Dwaine Pretorius played a blinder from the lower-middle order  •  CPL T20 via Getty Images

Guyana Amazon Warriors 170 for 6 (Hope 62*, Pretorius 53, Sampson 33*, Bosch 3-35, Simmonds 2-27) beat Barbados Royals 165 for 6 (Powell 50*, van der Dussen 45, King 39, Motie 2-16) by four wickets
Barbados Royals continued their winless run in CPL 2025, sliding to their fourth defeat in five games thanks to Shai Hope and Dwaine Pretorius in the main, as Guyana Amazon Warriors bounced back from successive losses to register their third win in five games in a rain-hit contest in Bridgetown.
Asked to bat at home, Royals didn't have a great start, losing Quinton de Kock in the fourth over and Kadeem Alleyne in the seventh, but Brandon King ensured they had a decent powerplay on the whole, reaching 43. But he was gone by the eighth over for a 27-ball 39, and then it was over to Rassie van der Dussen to keep things on course with Eathan Bosch and Sherfane Rutherford following King back to the dugout quickly.
Royals needed a partnership, and got it from van der Dussen and captain Rovman Powell.
Van der Dussen, unfortunately, could never quite speed up, finishing with a 37-ball 45, but Powell did, smashing an unbeaten 28-ball 50 with six sixes, which pushed Royals to a competitive 165. Gudakesh Motie, with the wickets of Alleyne and Bosch, was the standout Amazon Warriors bowler, returning 2 for 16 from his four overs.
Amazon Warriors' chase started terribly, raising fears of a third successive loss, as they slid to 30 for 4 inside the fifth over. Ben McDermott, Moeen Ali, Shimron Hetmyer and Hassan Khan were all gone, Bosch and Ramon Simmonds picking up two wickets apiece at the start.
But that's where Royals' fight ended. Hope, who had opened the innings, was still there, and Pretorius joined ranks with him from No. 6, and the two put on an 89-run stand in 60 balls amid the rain - which was a near-constant presence - to put Amazon Warriors on top.
They were separated when Pretorius fell for a 34-ball 53 to Chris Green, and the target was still some distance away with the scoreboard reading 119 for 5. Hope and Quentin Sampson ensured that there were no further hiccups, getting to the target with a six and with two balls remaining.

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100%50%100%BR InningsGAW Innings

Over 20 • GAW 170/6

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TeamMWLPTNRR
SLK851121.300
TKR862120.135
ABF8347-1.075
GAW53260.713
STKNP8264-0.180
BR5041-0.547