GAW touch down for CPL home leg

…Tahir confident about playing at home

The scenes at the Eugene F Correia Airport at Ogle, East Coast Demerara (ECD), on Friday afternoon were vibrant and buzzing as the Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) touched down on home soil.
Fresh off a four-wicket victory in Barbados on Thursday night, the Amazon Warriors now face a packed weekend as their home leg of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2025 bowls off at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, today.
Among the squad was a smiling Imran Tahir, captain of the local franchise, who spoke about the boost the team gets from competing at home.
“Very confident coming back home, we did the same things last year, we had three wins, and we came home. So, yeah, really looking forward to it. Playing in front of the home crowd – and that’s the biggest thing for me – gives me a lot of joy and confidence, and I’m sure everyone in the team knows that. So, we’re really looking forward to it,” Tahir told media operatives at the airport.
Asked about the team’s position on the CPL points table, Tahir admitted that securing a top-two spot remains the focus.
The GAW captain responded, “It’s [the top 2 spot] always been the priority, and that’s what we’re looking for. Obviously, we got the first couple of big games; obviously, if you need to be on the top, you need to win that, and we know that. For that we need to play our best cricket, and I’m hoping we will show our Guyanese fans that we’re going to play the way that they want us to play.”
Discussing his own form, which has placed him among the top wicket-takers this season, Tahir expressed confidence not just in himself but in the entire GAW bowling attack.
“I’m just pleased that it’s helping the team, and I hope that I carry on with the same form. Like I said, Guyana is the place where, you know, as a spinner, you want to play and try to take as many wickets as you can. Obviously for that, you know that I have to put in a lot of hard work, but Motie is also bowling well, so that’s going to make a lot of the bowlers’ jobs easy,” Tahir stated.
He added, “As a bowling group we are very confident that we’re going to show our ability in Guyana again.”
The Guyana Amazon Warriors will be back in action today when they take on the Trinbago Knight Riders at the National Stadium from 19:00h.
The 2025 CPL action officially bowls off in Guyana earlier in the day, with the Amazon Warriors Women opening their Massy WCPL campaign against the Knight Riders Women at 14:00hrs.