A BELLIGERENT 10-ball 39 with six sixes, a responsible unbeaten 30 from Moeen Ali and a frugal spell of 3-9 from Man–of–the-Match Gudakesh Motie, powered the Guyana Amazon Warriors to a four-wicket win over Hobart Hurricanes last night at Providence.

The win assured the Warriors a place in tomorrow’s final of the Guyana Global Super League against Rangpur Riders.
Scores: (Warriors 128-6 in 16.3 overs) beat (Hurricanes 125 in 16.1 overs)

With the cheerleaders gyrating to pulsating Chutney and Soca music, and the vocal fans dancing in the stands, the atmosphere at Providence was fantastic as the Warriors marched into their first final in their backyard.

Chasing 126 for a win, Johnson Charles (8) lofted Billy Stanlake into the Red Stand but missed a swipe and was bowled in the same over at 8-1.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (7) was lbw to Mohammad Nabi at 17-2 before Moeen Ali (15) was lbw to Nabi at 42-3, and Evin Lewis (7) was lbw to Usama Mir at 42-3.
Shimron Hetmyer got going with five brutal sixes in an expensive over from Fabian Allen, and fans were dancing in the stands.

The left-hander deposited Mir into the glass on the Media Centre before Mir had the last laugh when the West Indies T20 batter was taken on the boundary, sweeping.
Hetmyer’s pugnacious 39 lasted 10 balls and included six sixes. His demise left the Warriors on 82-4.
Sherfane Rutherford (3) did not last long and soon departed with the score on 85-5.

Gudakesh Motie dumped Jackson Bird for six as he and Ali, who batted intelligently to add 36 before Motie (19) was removed with victory five runs away.
Romario Shepherd (6) hit a four to finish the match. With him, was Ali, unbeaten on 30 with two fours and a couple of sixes.
Earlier, Hurricanes elected to bat on a slow pitch and a fast outfield.

Skipper Ben McDermott struck Dwaine Pretorius for a glorious boundary before an inside edge got McDermott a fortuitous four to fine leg in an opening over that leaked 14 runs.
However, Bhanuka Rajapaksa (1) fell to Ali at 14-1 without adding to the score. Ali struck in the same over when Jake Doran was dismissed for a duck, sparking joyous celebrations from another large, partisan crowd.

Pretorius dismantled McDermott’s stumps to leave the Australian side on 28-3. McDermott’s cameo 21 lasted nine balls with five boundaries.
Nikhil Chaudhary hit Shepherd back over his head for six and followed it up with a four in an over that cost 15 runs.
Motie had Chaudhary (21) neatly stumped down the leg side by Gurbaz at 65-4.

The Berbican struck again when he had Macalister Wright (16) lbw as the Hurricanes slipped to 68-5.
It was soon 77-6 when Odean Smith (8) was befuddled and bowled by the 46-year-old Imran Tahir.

Nabi and Allen orchestrated a mini-recovery, adding 35 for the seventh wicket with positive batting under the lights.
But when Nabi (21) was caught and bowled by David Wiese and Usama Mir was run out for a duck, two wickets had tumbled for one run, leaving the Aussies wobbling on the ropes on 113-8.
The ageless Tahir, the tournament’s leading wicket-taker, took his tally to 14 when he removed Allen (28) and, without addition to the score, Motie bowled Bird (1) as the Hurricanes were bowled out in 16.1 overs.

Motie (3-9), Tahir (2-35) and Ali (2-17) conspired to help dismiss the visitors for 125.
Today at 10:00hrs, Central Stags play Dubai Capitals in a game of just academic interest.