The Barbados Royals have reached a position from where only wins could take them to the Semi-Finals of the Caribbean Premier League 2021. The men in blue have lost five of their six games and stand at the bottom of the points table. They have lost the last three of their games and hence only wins are the way out and they would have to start doing that from their next game which is against Guyana Amazon Warriors.
The Warriors on the other end have not looked their usual self either, losing three of their six games and languishing in the middle of the table. Nicholas Pooran has looked in good form but hasn’t been consistent. The same has been the problem with most of his teammates, be it Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Hafeez or Shimron Hetmyer.
Thus two teams, with two different problems of their own, Obviously Royals’ being the major cause of concern will face up once again at Basseterre. Remember, in their last meeting, courtesy of Chandrapaul Hemraj’s hundred, Warriors had thrashed the Royals.
Match Number: 20
Date and Time: September 08, 2021, 04:30 am IST, 07:00 pm Local (Sep 07), 11:00 pm IST (Sep 07)
Venue: Warner Park, Basseterre
Broadcast: Star Sports
Live Stream: Fancode
The pitch at Basseterre has been getting slow with each passing day, although some wickets are also showing encouraging stuff like the 200 plus score by St Lucia Kings. Thus to expect what a wicket would do is not an easy job, but one thing issue that if it is going to be a new wicket, chances of which are very high since the game is after a day’s break, then a run-scoring wicket would be a display.
The weather at Warner Park will remain hot and humid with humidity of 76% at the time of the start of the match. The temperatures would remain in the lower thirties with the moderate breeze blowing. A captain winning the toss would look to bowl first.
Johnson Charles, Shai Hope, Smit Patel, Glenn Phillips, Azam Khan (wk), Jason Holder (c), Raymon Reifer, Nyeem Young, Ashley Nurse, Jake Lintott, Oshane Thomas
Chandrapaul Hemraj, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Shimron Hetmyer, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran (c & wk), Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Kevin Sinclair, Gudakesh Motie, Imran Tahir
Wicketkeepers Nicholas Pooran, Azam Khan
Batters Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shimron Hetmye, Johnson Charles, Glenn Phillips
All-rounders Mohammad Hafeez, Jason Holder
Bowlers Romario Shepherd, Imran Tahir, Jake Lintott
Vice-Captain Jason Holder
Captain Mohammad Hafeez