00:00Antigua and Barbada Falcons hammered Guyana Amazon Warriors by nine wickets in their CPL
00:05playoff to make Sunday's final in Bridgetown.
00:07The Amazon Warriors were shot out for 76 before the Falcons overhauled the score in the sixth
00:13over.
00:14Afterwards, Falcons captain Mohen Ali praised his team for a job well done, knowing quite
00:19well it's still not over.
00:20I'm still obviously used to get one big game to go and I'm very happy that we've made it
00:24to the final with that sort of performance.
00:26It would have been amazing for the final.
00:27But I was a bit apprehensive, obviously, we haven't played for seven, eight days and
00:31you're not sure exactly what you're going to get from the guys but we were amazing tonight.
00:34I thought the bowlers, Alzari and Fabian up the top, I thought they did an amazing job.
00:39On a good wicket we fell actually and then the spinners in the middle just ripped through
00:42them and did an amazing job.
00:44Not getting too confident because it is one game and I've been in many finals and I feel
00:49like I've lost a lot, I've won few, so I know what the feeling is like when you're playing
00:53well, just being humble and being quietly confident, not too overconfident because it
00:58can bite you.
00:58Shadab Khan was brilliant with ball, taking four for 16, which included a hat-trick.
01:04But the captain could not leave out all-rounder Rakim Cornwall as well, who smashed 49 of
01:09just 16 deliveries.
01:13Honestly, I think he's an amazing cricketer.
01:15He's got a brilliant mind.
01:16I go to him a lot as a captain, the shots he played today, the power he has, and he's
01:22very smart and he bowls really well when conditions suit him, in the power play in particular.
01:27And there's few players like that who people don't really probably mention or look at that
01:31and I've tried to use everyone as much as Evan Lewis, guys like that who I go to a lot
01:36actually, more than probably people think.
01:38Amazon Warriors skipper Imran Tahir was gutted following the loss, which means they have to
01:43go into Friday's qualifier against Jamaica Kingsmen.
01:46According to Tahir, the batters failed to apply themselves properly.
01:50Yeah, look, this is not the first time, you know, we crumble like this and I think this
01:54is something we need to seriously think about it and unfortunately we don't have time.
01:58I guess it's less than 24 hours and, you know, we just need to come back strongly, leave
02:03that behind and that's the only thing I can ask from the boys, to be honest.
02:06It's a patient thing, I think, you know, you're not going to win a game and opposition's
02:10not going to dish it out there for you, you just come and win anything, you know.
02:14So if the pitch is obviously playing a different role, we have to adjust with that.
02:18I mean, we've all been playing all over the world, so there is no excuse.
02:21The Amazon Warriors have the most appearances in CPL finals but are hoping to increase it
02:27to nine.
02:29Vinod Nawonichi's export.
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