After five keenly contested battles on the road, the Guyana Amazon Warriors returned on Thursday September 6, 2018 to their homeland to wrap up their home leg of the tournament with two heated clashes on the weekend.
Devendra Bishoo and Imran Tahir making their way into the Marriott International Hotel upon their arrival on Thursday evening (Dexter Ceres photo)
Speaking to Guyana Times Sport as the Warriors arrived at the Guyana Marriott International Hotel, Team Operations Manager of the team Omar Khan, when asked how he felt about the team’s performance in the away games he stated that the team’s goal was to win three of the five away games and they achieved that but it would have been nice to win all five but he noted that the game was all part of a process as they qualified for the top four and now the team’s next objective is to qualify first or second position since he believes they are very much on course.
When asked what are the plans he has for the team in the next two home games Khan said, “our plans are to work hard, train hard and execute our plans better that we did last night against Trinidad and Tobago and come out victorious in both games.”
The Warriors are currently at number three on the points table after eight games, winning five and losing three. With their next match against the Tallawahs on Saturday at Providence and will be looking to bounce back and go to the number two position on the points table to play the very important play-off number one on Tuesday also at home.
In their three previous home matches, they defeated the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and the St Lucia Stars but lost to Barbados Tridents. While the Stars and Tridents are eliminated, last year’s losing finalist; Patriots are in the play-offs again on 11 points after completing their quota of 10 games.
The Warriors success so far have hinged on the batting of left-hander Shimron Hetymer who is currently ranked fourth in the table of leading run scorers with 279 while South African leg spinner Imran Tahir is the Warriors most successful bowler with 13 wickets, one behind Andre Russell and Oshane Thomas with 14 each.
The Guyana Amazon Warriors will face the Jamaica Tallawahs on Saturday September 8 from 20:00h then play the Trinbago Knight Riders the next day at 18:00h. (Timothy Jaikarran)
