Who will win St Kitts & Nevis vs Guyana Amazon (CPL)?
Guyana Amazon Warriors and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots start their 2018 Caribbean Premier League campaigns against each other at the Providence Stadium. The match is scheduled for August 9 and the live action begins at 18:00 local time.
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Guyana Amazon Warriors Team News & Playing 11
GAW Team News
Afghan legspinner Rashid Khan will be a big miss for Guyana Amazon Warriors, who have turned to veteran Imran Tahir to replace him this year. Shoaib Malik will captain the team, having moved from Barbados Tridents.
GAW Key Players
Imran Tahir has flown out to the Caribbean on the back of some excellent performances in the English t20 Blast, where he twice claimed four-wicket hauls and took 15 wickets in eight games in all.
He joins a spin bowling attack that already boasts Sohail Tanvir, the leading wicket taker in last year's competition with 17 in 12 games, at an average of 18.52. That includes his phenomenal five wickets for three runs (from his full four overs) in the win in Barbados - a spell which included 22 dot balls.
Chadwick Walton was the leading run scorer in last year's CPL with 458 runs, and he will partner Luke Ronchi - who was a late arrival last time out - for the full competition this year. Ronchi was a key man as Islamabad United won the Pakistan Super League earlier in 2018, top scoring with 435 runs - including five half-centuries.
He failed to fire in the recent Global T20 Canada, but fellow Guyana batsman Sherfane Rutherford starts the new Caribbean Premier League campaign on the back of scoring 134* in the play-offs of the competition for the CWI B Team against Vancouver. Also in good form with the bat is Shimron Hetmyer, who scored 207 runs in the three ODIs against Bangladesh last month.
GAW Team Form
Guyana Amazon Warriors finished fourth in the league stage of last season's Caribbean Premier League, with five wins and five defeats from their ten games - the win against Barbados Tridents, where they bowled the hosts out for 59 in a 99-run victory - proved crucial as they finished two points clear of the Bajans.
In the play-offs, Rashid Khan took a hat-trick to help restrict Jamaica Tallawahs to 168/8, before Luke Ronchi's 33-ball 70 helped fire the Warriors to a five-wicket win.
That set-up a qualifier against Trinbago Knight Riders, but their score of 159/6 proved under-par - Colin Munro leading the Knight Riders home with two overs to spare.
Guyana Amazon Warriors Predicted Playing 11
Chadwick Walton, Luke Ronchi, Sohail Tanvir, Shoaib Malik, Sherfane Rutherford, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Mohammed, Devendra Bishoo, Rayad Emrit, Roshon Primus, Imran Tahir
St Kitts & Nevis Team News & Playing 11
SNP Team News
Mohammad Nabi’s unavailability has seen the Patriots turn to another associate nation’s rising star – teenage Nepalese legspinner Sandeep Lamichhane. He is only available for half of the tournament and so will almost definitely start the first game. Evin Lewis’ poor form with the bat is unlikely to see the Patriots break up their opening pair of Lewis and captain Chris Gayle. Indeed, this could be Lewis’ chance to play his way back into form.
SNP Key Players
Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis were in explosive form at the top of the order in last season’s competition, scoring 375 and 355 runs respectively – Gayle edging Lewis with four half-centuries to his opening partner’s three.
Lewis form has dried up a little lately, but he did hit 58 against the ICC World XI at the end of May and opened the Global T20 Canada with 96 against Toronto. Gayle, on the other hand, arrives fresh from scoring 73 for West Indies in the final ODI against Bangladesh.
With Mohammad Nabi unavailable, Sandeep Lamichhane will be a crucial part of their bowling attack in the early part of the tournament. He took 3/41 in his most recent match – Nepal’s dramatic one-run win in an ODI against the Netherlands. The Nepalese spinner also took eight wickets in five games in the Global T20 Canada.
West Indies’ World T20 hero Carlos Braithwaite is another key part of the bowling attack, alongside his big-hitting with the bat. Fresh from a stint with Kent, he took nine wickets in his five games in the English t20 Blast.
SNP Team Form
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots finished second in last year’s Caribbean Premier League – the same position they finished in the league stage. The Patriots won six of their ten games, losing three and seeing one rained off.
In the play-offs, however, they beat table-topping Trinbago Knight Riders as Chris Gayle hit an unbeaten half-century as the Patriots posted 149/7. In reply, the Knight Riders succumbed to Sheldon Cottrell’s 3-17 and economical bowling throughout the team as they finished 111 all out.
The Knight Riders eventually set up a re-match in the final, but the Patriots could not repeat their performance. Carlos Braithwaite’s late hitting helped them to 135/6 but the Knight Riders chased it down with an over to spare.
St Kitts & Nevis Predicted Playing 11
Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Brandon King, Mahmadullah, Tom Cooper, Devon Thomas, Carlos Braithwaite, Ben Cutting, Sheldon Cottrell, Sandeep Lamichanne, Jeremiah Louis
Aug 10, 2018
03:30 IST / 2:00 GMT
Providence Stadium - Providence, Guyana
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