The 30-year-old West Indies Nationwide Cricket Staff all-rounder Romario Shepherd showcased some unreal power-hitting whereas taking part in for the Guyana Amazon Warriors in Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2025.
Romario Shepherd was a madman and did the unthinkable by registering 22 runs off one ball within the match towards the St Lucia Kings.
Romario Shepherd smashes a surprising fifty vs St Lucia Kings
The thirteenth match of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2025 was performed between Guyana Amazon Warriors and St Lucia Kings on August 26 on the Daren Sammy Nationwide Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia.
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Guyana Amazon Warriors gained the toss and elected to bat first. The choice backfired as they misplaced wickets at common intervals and collapsed to 78/5.
Nonetheless, issues utterly modified for Guyana Amazon Warriors with the arrival of Romario Shepherd within the center. The West Indies powerhouse immediately switched on his beast mode and performed an attacking model of cricket from ball one.
Romario Shepherd launched a brutal assault on St Lucia Kings bowlers and constructed a strong 102-run partnership in 42 balls with Iftikhar Ahmed.
The swashbuckling West Indies all-rounder’s greatest was seen within the fifteenth over, which was bowled by Oshane Thomas as he registered 22 runs in a single authorized supply.
Thomas had a horrible time with the ball as he needed to bowl the third supply 5 instances, beginning with a no-ball. The sequence of scores learn – 1nb, 1w, 7nb, 7nb, 6 – which implies 22 runs have been scored off only one authorized supply. Daren Sammy and David Wiese have been left fuming seeing Thomas being punished.
In the meantime, Shepherd completed his innings with an unbeaten 73 runs off 34 balls, 5 fours and seven sixes to steer his workforce to a complete of 202/6
Watch: Romario Shepherd belts 22 Runs off 1 ball in CPL 2025
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The best way Shepherd performed, among the finest innings I’ve seen – Imran Tahir
Talking after his workforce’s 4-wicket defeat, Guyana Amazon Warriors captain Imran Tahir mentioned that the lack of early wickets damage them badly, however he showered wealthy reward on Romario Shepherd and labelled his knock as among the finest he has seen. He elaborated:
“(What went fallacious) I believe we misplaced early wickets and that was one of many issues I can level out. The best way Shepherd performed, among the finest innings I’ve seen. We knew the pitch is nice. We wished to place runs on the board and defend it. Generally, you must give credit score to the opposition (for enjoying how they did and chasing it).
“It was a superb rating. If we didn’t lose early wickets, we must always have gotten 240-250 (with our mixture). With our bowling, 200, any day, I’d have taken it however we didn’t bowl nicely and generally, you must take it on the chin. Making batters to play to at least one space (and we weren’t in a position to do it), that’s one space (the place we made a mistake).
“(On their subsequent sport towards Trinbago Knight Riders) Will probably be a giant sport. For me, each sport is a giant sport. We aren’t taking anybody without any consideration. Todav was an ideal instance. Very excited and looking out ahead to the problem.”
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