Ali’s all-round brilliance seals playoff berth for Amazon Warriors

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Moeen Ali delivered a justified man of the match performance with a vital lower-order knock of 42 from 33 deliveries and figures of 3-9 with the ball (CPL Photo).
Moeen Ali delivered a justified man of the match performance with a vital lower-order knock of 42 from 33 deliveries and figures of 3-9 with the ball (CPL Photo).

– beat Antigua & Barbuda Falcons by 27 runs

Arguably one of their better acquisitions in the first season defending the Republic Bank CPL title, the Guyana Amazon Warriors had Moeen Ali’s all-round excellence to thank for a second successive win on home-turf as they grounded the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons, winning by 27 runs.

The win, another low-scoring contest at the Providence National Stadium in Guyana, also sealed the defending champions berth in the playoffs.

Ali, who led a rescue mission with the bat after Guyana were sent into bat and were in trouble, returned with the ball to snare 3-9 in a man of the match performance to knock the Falcons out of play-off contention.