Barbados Tridents' stuttering defense of their Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title finally ended as they again failed to make three figures against a well-balanced Guyana Amazon Warriors attack in the ongoing edition of the T20 league.

Early boundaries from Chandrapaul Hemraj meant Shimron Hetmyer and Ross Taylor could take the team home in cruise control and the Amazon Warriors ended the league stage on a roll with four wins from four at the Brian Lara Stadium on Thursday.
Earlier, Romario Shepherd provided Amazon Warriors -- who opted to bowl -- with a promising start with two wickets in two balls. Johnson Charles (10) chipped tamely to Taylor at point, but there was nothing tame about the dismissal of pinch-hitter Rashid Khan as a fierce pull was brilliantly caught by Brandon King who ran 20 yards to his left from deep square leg and dived full-length.

Opener Justin Greaves survived the hat-trick ball and then closed the over with a four. Shamarh Brooks hit a four off Imran Tahir but fell softly to Chris Green, albeit with Taylor taking a good catch at short midwicket, and the Tridents ended the powerplay at 28/3. That became 28/4 the very next ball when Tahir bowled Greaves, beating him all ends up with a googly.

Kyle Mayers launched a straight six off Kevin Sinclair but was undone by wrist-spin again, skying a Tahir googly to give Hemraj an easy catch at mid-off. The implosion continued as Tridents captain Jason Holder gifted Green a catch at midwicket off the second ball after the drinks break and a second poor batting effort in a row by the Tridents against the Amazon Warriors left them reeling at 39/6 after 11 overs.