Match details
Tournament: Caribbean Premier League 2019
Venue: Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
Date: September 08, 2019
Time: 09:30 p.m. IST
Preview:
The defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders will continue their run of home fixtures when they host St Lucia Zouks in Port of Spain on Sunday. The Knight Riders picked up where they left off, beating St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in their opener followed by a 22-run home victory over Jamaica Tallawahs a day before.
On the other hand, St Lucia Zouks are coming into this match after suffering a defeat in their first game against Guyana Amazon Warriors by 13 runs. The Zouks still have a few players are still not available for the franchise so it is a similar lineup for this game.
Looking at the head to head matches both teams played 12 matches where Trinbago Knight Riders won nine and St Lucia Zouks won two while the match ended in no result once.
Weather report:
The weather forecast for the match is set to be mostly sunny in the Port of Spain with just a few clouds around.
Pitch report:
The condition of the pitch is good with consistent bounce has made good bowling wicket but, with the fast outfield, a well-timed shot will race to the boundary.
Injuries:
Trinbago Knight Riders
- Colin Munro is with the New Zealand team will be flying over to the Caribbean from Sri Lanka and is expected to miss his third match for the Knight Riders.
- Dwayne
Match details
Tournament: Caribbean Premier League 2019
Venue: Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
Date: September 08, 2019
Time: 09:30 p.m. IST
Preview:
The defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders will continue their run of home fixtures when they host St Lucia Zouks in Port of Spain on Sunday. The Knight Riders picked up where they left off, beating St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in their opener followed by a 22-run home victory over Jamaica Tallawahs a day before.
On the other hand, St Lucia Zouks are coming into this match after suffering a defeat in their first game against Guyana Amazon Warriors by 13 runs. The Zouks still have a few players are still not available for the franchise so it is a similar lineup for this game.
Looking at the head to head matches both teams played 12 matches where Trinbago Knight Riders won nine and St Lucia Zouks won two while the match ended in no result once.
Weather report:
The weather forecast for the match is set to be mostly sunny in the Port of Spain with just a few clouds around.
Pitch report:
The condition of the pitch is good with consistent bounce has made good bowling wicket but, with the fast outfield, a well-timed shot will race to the boundary.
Injuries:
Trinbago Knight Riders
- Colin Munro is with the New Zealand team will be flying over to the Caribbean from Sri Lanka and is expected to miss his third match for the Knight Riders.
- Dwayne Bravo is not expected to play this match with a fractured left hand.
St Lucia Zouks
- Cameron Delport is not available as he is staying in England to help Essex Eagles reach the T20 Blast final.
- Colin de Grandhomme and Hardus Viljoen are not yet available for the franchise as well.
Probable Playing XI:
Trinbago Knight Riders:
The defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders are still undefeated in CPL 2019 moreover, their top-order batsmen except for Lendl Simmons, rest Tion Webster, and Sunil Narine smashed 66 and 46 respectively in the last match meanwhile, in the middle-order Jimmy Neesham and Kieron Pollard could finish off the job with the ease. While with the ball, Mohammad Hasnain and Khary Pierre have the job of providing early breakthroughs.
Predicted XI: Lendl Simmons, Tion Webster, Sunil Narine, Jimmy Neesham, Denesh Ramdin (WK), Kieron Pollard (C), Seekkuge Prasanna, Khary Pierre, Mohammad Hasnain, Ali Khan, Javon Searles
St Lucia Zouks:
St Lucia Zouks' middle-order is the main concern for them other than Thisara Perera and Daren Sammy they don't have big match-winners meanwhile, Andre Fletcher and Rahkeem Cornwall at the top-order along with the experienced Najibullah Zadran could give some scope scoring runs. While looking at their bowling attack Kesrick Williams and Obed McCoy will have a huge role providing early breakthrough along with leg spinner Fawad Ahmed.
Predicted XI: Andre Fletcher (WK), Rahkeem Cornwall, Andre McCarthy, Najibullah Zadran, Christopher Barnwell, Thisara Perera, Darren Sammy (C), Kesrick Williams, Obed McCoy, Krishmar Santokie, Fawad Ahmed
Top Picks:
Wicket-keeper: Andre Fletcher (9.5 credits)
The experienced wicket-keeper batsman managed to score just eight runs in CPL 2019 opener, however, one bad inning cannot justify the player in CPL 2018 season Fletcher scored 252 runs with an average of 31.5 at a strike-rate of 121.2 in nine innings we can expect a big inning from him anytime soon.
Batsman: Kieron Pollard (9.5 credits)
The middle-order batsman, who is known for playing an explosive inning in the death overs moreover, Skipper proved his worth by scoring 47 and 33 runs in both matches which helped Knight Riders to continue their unbeaten streak in CPL 2019.
All-rounder: Jimmy Neesham (9.5 credits)
Neesham, who was the man of the match in the first game, after scoring 33 runs and taking three wickets moreover, he didn't stop there a day before Neesham picked another two wickets with the ball against Jamaica Tallawahs as well but couldn't score with the bat. While looking at his form a big match-winning knock can be expected once again
Bowler: Mohammad Hasnain (8.5 credits)
The 19-year-old fast bowler, who picked three wickets in the opener for Knight Riders but went wicket-less a day before against Jamaica Tallawahs. Moreover, as the conditions support the pacers Hasnain could be more effective against St Lucia Zouks batsmen.
Captain options: Sunil Narine, Jimmy Neesham, Kieron Pollard
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