00:00It has been won a piece and you look at them.
00:02This was the big one.
00:03It was the 2025 Republic Bank CPL final
00:06with Guyana Amazon Warriors choosing to bat
00:09against Trimbego Night Riders at Providence Stadium.
00:11And the Amazon Warriors made a poor start
00:13as Quinton Sampson was brilliantly caught
00:15by close infielder Karen Pollard of Andrew Russell for a duck.
00:19His opening partner Ben McDermott hit a couple sixes out in the middle.
00:23That's manoeuvring the field.
00:25Once a square leg is instituted, he's gone straight up.
00:29Trying for another big one,
00:31he was caught by Colin Munro of Saurabh Netravalkar for 28.
00:35Wickets were falling regularly and it became 59-4 in the 11th over.
00:40Make that 65-5 as Shimron Hetmeier found Pollard in the deep
00:44to give Akhil Hossein his second wicket.
00:47Iftikar Ahmed and Dwayne Pretorius then had a partnership of 43 for the 6th wicket.
00:54Ahmed topscored with 30 while Pretorius chipped in with 25.
00:58Warrior Nation have come alive.
01:01Netravalkar removed both to end with three scalps
01:04while Pollard held on to four catches.
01:07In so doing, the Trinidadian took his tally to 401 T20 catches.
01:13In the end, the Amazon Warriors closed on 130 for 8
01:16with Romario Shepard being run out by Captain Nicholas Puran for 13.
01:20When TKR responded, Colin Munro and Alex Hales put on 33 for the first wicket
01:27with the southpaw being the aggressor.
01:30Pretorius had Munro caught by keeper Sheho for 23.
01:33Then Pretorius sent Puran for one, making it 39-2.
01:38Darren Bravo's fleeting stay at the crease saw him falling to Imran Tahir for 11.
01:43Sunil Narain then made a valuable 22 with two hits over the ropes.
01:50After Narain was out, Pollard then did some major damage with three hits for the maximum.
01:58Pollard went for 21 and Andrew Russell a golden duck to give Guyana captain Imran Tahir three wickets.
02:04When Alex Hales fell for a patient 26, that was Shamar Joseph's second scalp
02:10as the Amazon Warriors were fighting back.
02:13But Akeel Hossein with some top shots would see them home.
02:18He got the win in style to end on 16 not out.
02:21TKR reached 133 for 7 from 18 overs to win by three wickets.
02:27That was followed by the unbridled celebrations.
02:30Already with the most CPL titles, this was the fifth time TKR lifted the trophy.
02:43They know now how any teams export.
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