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Johnson Charles powers St Lucia Zouks to 9-wicket win over Guyana Amazon Warriors in CPL 2016, Match 23

St Lucia Zouks move to third place in the CPL 2016 table with 8 points from 7 games played.

Johnson Charles played a brilliant innings to guide St Lucia Zouks to an easy win © Getty Images (File Photo)
Johnson Charles played a brilliant innings to guide St Lucia Zouks to an easy win © Getty Images (File Photo)

St Lucia Zouks (SLZ) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) by 9 wickets and 23 balls to spare in Caribbean Premier League (CPL), Match 23 at St Lucia. Johnson Charles was the star for the Zouks, who struck 94 off 52 opening the innings, helping his side chase down a target of 160 with ease. With this win Zouks go to third in the CPL 2016 table with 8 points in 7 matches played. The Warriors on the other hand have 10 points from their 8 matches played.  It was the Zouks, who had won the toss and elected to bowl first. They managed to restrict the Warriors to 159 for 5 with Dwayne Smith and Chris Lynn scoring 56 and 86 respectively. Full Cricket Updates, SLZ vs GAW, CPL 2016, Match 23 at St. Lucia

Lynn and Smith put on exactly 100 for the second wicket. After that, nobody managed to make any significant contributions. Shane Watson was brilliant in the final over of the innings, picking up two wickets and giving away just a run. With that, the Zouks had all the momentum going into the break.

Andre Fletcher was dismissed early, but Watson and Charles ensured that there were no more hiccups along the way as their unbeaten 151-run stand for the second wicket was good enough to seal the match. Sohail Tanvir was the sole wicket-taker for the Warriors, but finished with figures of 1 for 47 in his four overs. Charles was adjudged the man of the match for his brilliant effort.

Brief Scores:

Guyana Amazon Warriors 159 for 5 in 20 Overs (Dwayne Smith 56, Chris Lynn 86; Jerome Taylor 2 for 26, Shane Watson 2 for 27) lost to St Lucia Zouks 162 for 1 in 16.1 Overs (Johnson Charles 94*, Shane Watson 57*; Sohail Tanvir 1 for 47) by 9 wickets

Man of the match: Johnson Charles

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