Last week in the opening match of Caribbean Premier League T20, Sunil Narine had bowled an unplayable spell of 4-1-3-0 for Guyana Amazon Warriors. Today, he continued that magificent form by bowling a wicket-maiden in the Super Over against Red Steel to steal an unlikely win in a low-scoring thriller. The match should have never gone to Super Over, but some poor display in the field by Fidel Edwards and wicket- keeper Nicholas Pooran helped Warriors tie the scores. Chasing 119 to win, Warriors needed 11 runs off the last over, bowled by Dwayne Bravo. Only 3 runs were conceded on the first three deliveries. Requiring 8 off the last three, an embarrassing misfield by Fidel Edwards led to four runs, followed by a mishit off a slower delivery landing in no- man’s land and two more runs. The last ball however, looped up for the keeper Nicholas Pooran, only for him to drop a simple chance. Worse still, he failed to stop the batsmen from running two, and the scores were tied. In the Super Over, Guyana Warriors scored 11, with the help of a six from Man of the Match Christopher Barnwell, before Narine stunned everyone with his magic, bowling a wicket- maiden for the Warriors. The first three deliveries of Narine’s Super Over were identical misses by left-handed Nicholas Pooran, the guilty in the field in the last over, who tried to slog the off- spinners from Narine, but could only connect thin air as the balls turned miles after hitting the pitch. He connected on the fourth ball, but could only sky it to long off where the fielder completed a simple catch and sealed the victory for Warriors. Narine bowled the last ball to right-handed Ross Taylor who missed the one which went away from him, and thus, an over, which will be talked about for a long time, came to an end. Watch the Super Over by Narine:
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:46:02 +0000
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