Losing early wickets a concern for GAW – Tahir

The Guyana Amazon Warriors lost their third game of the 2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League. Warriors’ latest defeat came against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at Providence on Sunday when they failed to chase 150 to lose by five runs.
Captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors Imran Tahir continued to call for improvement in the Warriors powerplay. He noted that 150 was a total that should have been chased at Providence.

“Look, to be honest it was a poor performance from us. We’d have taken 150 any day in good batting conditions. Like Rizwan showed he batted right through, appreciate the opposition, they showed more hunger than us. You go for runs in this format, the ball was wet and it wasn’t easy for the spinners.”
“I just wanted to squeeze runs, didn’t look to go for the wickets, that was my job and I didn’t want to use too many variations, but 150 was a chaseable target and we’ve done it many times before. You want to finish earlier, but we’ve lost wickets early and that’s where we need to improve,” Tahir said.
Warriors will return to action on Wednesday, September 10 against Antigua and Barbuda Falcons at Providence, from 19:00h. The home side will be hoping to win their remaining three games and seal a top two finish.

Shai Hope has been the Warriors’ talisman with 346 runs averaging at 86.50. Imran Tahir is the leading wicket-taker with 14 wickets this season. Apart from Tahir, no other bowler from Warriors took more than 10 wickets this season. Gudakesh Motie and Dwaine Pretorius has eight wickets this season.
Meanwhile, Patriots captain Jason Holder credited his team composure to defend a small total in Warriors’ backyard.
“It was a tight game, we have had a few close calls right through, credit to the boys who showed the composure to stay in the game. It was key to understand matchups, the spinners I thought were key, commendable for both Waqar and Navian, it was tough in the end, the ball was wet and I couldn’t nail the yorkers but happy to have left Naseem with some cushion. We’re still in the competition, it’s a slender margin and we need to keep winning, but we need to keep going and doing our best, not just this year, but the next as well,” Holder said.
The teams will rest and train on Tuesday, and action will return on Wednesday at Providence. Warriors sit in fourth with eight points, with four wins and three defeats .