It wasn’t an easy game for the Barbados Royals in their previous encounter when they were facing Jamaica Tallawahs, a team that had scored the second highest CPL total in history with its most feared batter Andre Russell bringing up the fastest CPL fifty ever in that very game. But now, facing the same team, the team from Barbados would be more relaxed having achieved two different feats.
First, they beat the feared Jaimacan unit and second they now have lodged a point on the board and would be looking to build momentum from that point onwards.
The Yellow and Green brigade though would have other ideas as it would be looking to come out of the defeat so as not to fall back into the same web that it had last year, losing all games in which Russell didn’t fire. To separate itself from that over-dependency, the likes of skipper Rovman Powell, Carlos Brathwaite and Shamrah brooks really need to come well along with foreign imports like Haider Ali.
With two teams seeking two different goals from the same game, it is going to be an interesting watch.
Match Number: 10
Date and Time: September 01, 2021, 04:30 am IST, 07:00 pm (August 30), Local, 11:00 pm GMT (August 30)
Venue: Warner Park, Basseterre
Broadcast: Star Sports
Live Stream: Fancode
The pitch hasn’t really had one face so far as it has been slow at times and at other times the ball has just come on to bat nicely. Thus to say that it would be a belter of a wicket would be a bit too hasty for an assumption. But no doubt, it wouldn’t be dead bat and totals around 160 will be competitive. Especially in an evening game, it could be a par total.
The weather at Warner Park will remain hot and humid with humidity being as high as 80%. It would be an evening game and hence even at 80% humidity, the cooling effect of sea wind will give respite from the heat and might also offer early swing for the bowlers.
The temperatures would remain in the lower thirties with the moderate breeze blowing from north to the northeast. A captain winning the toss would look to bowl first without any doubt.
Glenn Phillips, Johnson Charles, Shai Hope (wk), Jason Holder (c), Azam Khan, Kyle Mayers, Thisara Perera, Raymon Reifer, Hayden Walsh, Mohammad Amir, Oshane Thomas
Chadwick Walton (wk), Kennar Lewis, Haider Ali, Rovman Powell (c), Andre Russell, Shamarh Brooks, Carlos Brathwaite, Migael Pretorius, Chris Green, Veerasammy Permaul, Imran Khan
Batters Kennar Lewis, Haider Ali, Glenn Phillips
Bowlers Mohammad Amir, Hayden Walsh Jr, Migael Pretorious
All-rounders Jason Holder, Carlos Brathwaite, Raymon Reifer, Andre Russell
Wicketkeeper Azam Khan
Vice-Captain Glenn Philipps
Captain Andre Russell