Match details
Tournament: Caribbean Premier League 2019
Venue: Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet
Date: September 26, 2019
Time: 03:30 a.m. IST
Preview:
St Lucia Zouks will lock horns with Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 22nd game of the 2019 Caribbean Premier League on their home ground. In 12 encounters between the two teams in CPL history, the Warriors have won eight and rest to the Zouks. In the previous encounter between the two sides, the second game of the season, the Shoaib Malik led team defeated the Zouks by 13 runs.
Weather report: The weather doesn't look clear at Gros Islet on Thursday, with clouds hanging around, meaning the DLS method could come into play if the rain comes.
Pitch Report: The average 1st inning score is around 160 however, batting second could ease some job due to dew factor, however, the pitch has something for spinners so you can expect them to bag a few wickets.
Probable Playing XI:
St Lucia Zouks:
Zouks won their second game of this season while defending, it should be more evident that they can retain their same playing XI against the Warriors. However, the team should be expecting some more contribution from Colin de Grandhomme and Andre McCarthy in the middle-order.
Andre Fletcher (WK), Rahkeem Cornwall, Colin Ingram, Colin de Grandhomme, Andre McCarthy, Christopher Barnwell, Darren Sammy (C), Hardus Viljoen, Jeavor Royal, Kesrick Williams, Fawad Ahmed
Guyana Amazon Warriors:
With six-in-six, Warriors are the only team
Match details
Tournament: Caribbean Premier League 2019
Venue: Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet
Date: September 26, 2019
Time: 03:30 a.m. IST
Preview:
St Lucia Zouks will lock horns with Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 22nd game of the 2019 Caribbean Premier League on their home ground. In 12 encounters between the two teams in CPL history, the Warriors have won eight and rest to the Zouks. In the previous encounter between the two sides, the second game of the season, the Shoaib Malik led team defeated the Zouks by 13 runs.
Weather report: The weather doesn't look clear at Gros Islet on Thursday, with clouds hanging around, meaning the DLS method could come into play if the rain comes.
Pitch Report: The average 1st inning score is around 160 however, batting second could ease some job due to dew factor, however, the pitch has something for spinners so you can expect them to bag a few wickets.
Probable Playing XI:
St Lucia Zouks:
Zouks won their second game of this season while defending, it should be more evident that they can retain their same playing XI against the Warriors. However, the team should be expecting some more contribution from Colin de Grandhomme and Andre McCarthy in the middle-order.
Andre Fletcher (WK), Rahkeem Cornwall, Colin Ingram, Colin de Grandhomme, Andre McCarthy, Christopher Barnwell, Darren Sammy (C), Hardus Viljoen, Jeavor Royal, Kesrick Williams, Fawad Ahmed
Guyana Amazon Warriors:
With six-in-six, Warriors are the only team in CPL 2019 who are still undefeated so far, sitting comfortably at the top of the table. We do not expect Warriors to tweak their winning combinations when the entire team is doing their job perfectly.
Brandon King, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shimron Hetmyer, Shoaib Malik (C), Nicholas Pooran (WK), Sherfane Rutherford, Keemo Paul, Chris Green, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Imran Tahir
Top Picks:
Wicket-keeper: Nicholas Pooran (9.5 credits)
Arguably the best wicket-keeper batsman to choose from the list, though runs are not flowing from his bat. He's managed to get 99 runs in four innings at a strike-rate of 167.79. He would be eager to put some big runs on board and can be expected at any time.
Batsman: Brandon King (8.5 credits)
The leading light of Warriors' campaign with the bat where he smashed 194 runs in six matches at an average of 38.80 and an incredible strike-rate of 148.09, with two half-centuries so far. Warriors would be hoping for another big performance.
All-rounder: Rahkeem Cornwall (9.5 credits)
Cornwall has been the leading run-scorer for the Zouks, scoring 178 runs at a strike-rate of 219.75 most of them came while opening the innings. However, he hasn't been among the wicket takers with the ball, claiming just one wicket so far.
Bowler: Imran Tahir (9.5 credits)
The right-arm leggie showed an instant impact with the ball where in just three matches he claimed six wickets at an economy of just 5.00, averaging only 12.0 runs per wicket. Seeing his control and consistency with the ball is why you shouldn't ignore him for this game.
Captain options: Imran Tahir, Brandon King
Dream11 team:
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