Who will win Guyana Amazon vs Trinbago Knight Riders, CPL 2018 Final?
Guyana Amazon Warriors bid for their first ever CPL title when they face the defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders in the final at the Brian Lara Stadium. The match is scheduled for September 16 and the live action begins at 17:00 local time.
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Toss Prediction
Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss in each of their two previous matches against Trinbago Knight Riders and elect to field first both times - going on to win both games.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Trinbago Knight Riders, CPL 2018 Final.
Guyana Amazon Warriors Team News & Playing 11
GAW Team News
Guyana Amazon Warriors appear to have ten places settled for the CPL final, having only made one change between the two wins against Trinbago Knight Riders at the end of the league stage and in the first qualifier. Romario Shepherd came in for the qualifier, at the expense of Devendra Bishoo, but with spin expected at Tarouba that could be reversed for the final. Veerasammy Permaul is another option, however, as the second spin bowler behind Imran Tahir.
GAW Key Players
Shimron Hetmyer has top-scored in both previous wins against Trinbago Knight Riders, hitting 59 from 30 balls in the final group game and then a more patient 39 from 36 in the qualifier. He is comfortably the Warriors' top scorer in this year's competition, having hit one century and two 50s on his way to 425 runs in 11 innings.
The next highest scorer behind him is Luke Ronchi, on 199, while last year's star man Chadwick Walton has found runs harder to come by in 2018 - he has 166 from his 11 innings and has been pushed down the batting order.
With the ball, Imran Tahir leads the way having claimed 16 wickets from the 11 matches so far, with an average of 16.68 and an economy rate just a fraction above a run a ball. Paceman Sohail Tanvir follows with 12 wickets from 10 matches.
In the qualifier, however, it was Chris Green who starred - he claimed 2-8 from his four overs to restrict Trinbago to 122/7 from their 20 overs.
GAW Team Form
Guyana Amazon Warriors last two matches have both been against Trinbago Knight Riders and they have won both batting second. They finished the league stage with a six-wicket win at Providence thanks to Shimron Hetmyer's half-century - reaching 158/4 in just 14.1 overs. In the qualifier, meanwhile, Chris Green's 2-8 helped restrict Trinbago to 122/7, and Hetmyer's 39 from 36 balls anchored the chase as they won by two wickets with one ball to spare.
They lost their previous game, however, going down by eight wickets against Jamaica Tallawahs despite 54 from Jason Mohammed in a total of 173/6, and that followed another defeat - against Trinbago Knight Riders - when Ali Khan helped bowl them out for just 103 in pursuit of the Colin Munro-inspired 170/7.
The last team Guyana beat that was not Trinbago was Barbados Tridents, back at the end of August, when they blitzed their way to 168/2 from 16.4 overs - Luke Ronchi top scoring with an unbeaten 67 from 40 balls - to win by eight wickets.
Guyana Amazon Warriors Predicted Playing 11
Cameron Delport, Luke Ronchi, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Mohammed, Chadwick Walton, Chris Green, Sherfane Rutherford, Sohail Tanvir, Rayad Emrit, Devendra Bishoo, Imran Tahir
Trinbago Knight Riders Team News & Playing 11
TKR Team News
Anderson Phillip returned in place of Khary Pierre for the qualifier win against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, but after bowling a single over for 17 runs the young paceman may not retain his place for the final. Pierre has taken four wickets in three games against the Amazon Warriors and will surely return if fit. That was otherwise the only change between the two qualifier matches.
TKR Key Players
Colin Munro has been in blistering form with the bat for the second season running in the Caribbean Premier League - this time leading the way with five half-centuries, including 90 in Trinbago Knight Riders' only win against Guyana - on his way to 499 runs from 12 innings.
Trinbago also boast the joint-leading wicket taker in this year's competition too, after Fawad Ahmed's three wickets in the qualifier win against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots took him to 21 from 12 matches. His economy rate of 6.08 is bettered only by Khary Pierre, who has taken four of his eight wickets against the Amazon Warriors and has an overall economy rate of 5.36 runs per over.
Ali Khan is the next highest wicket-taker, meanwhile, having impressed on his way to 15 wickets from 11 matches so far.
Also in the runs, meanwhile, have been the usual suspects - Darren Bravo has scored 349 runs, including two half-centuries, while Brendan McCullum, who top scored against the Patriots, has three half-centuries and 304 runs in total.
Denesh Ramdin has also weighed in with two 50s on his way to 248 from his 11 innings.
TKR Team Form
Trinbago Knight Riders bounced back from back-to-back defeats against the Guyana Amazon Warriors by beating St Kitts and Nevis Patriots last time out to book their place in the final. Brendon McCullum hit 43 from 26 balls in a total of 165/6 and Fawad Ahmed claimed 3-13 from his four overs in a 20-run victory.
They had previously topped the league table, despite their final-game defeat to the Guyana Amazon Warriors, having beaten Barbados Tridents prior to that - Denesh Ramdin scored 51 and Fawad Ahmed claimed another three wickets in a nine-run win at the Queen's Park Oval.
That was part of a six-match winning run at the time, which had also included some excellent bowling in restricting Guyana Amazon Warriors to 103 all out in pursuit of 170/7 and some stunning batting from Darren Bravo, who hit 94 from 36 balls in a total of 218/5 as the Knight Riders beat St Lucia Stars by five wickets.
Trinbago Knight Riders Predicted Playing 11
Colin Munro, Sunil Narine, Brendon McCullum, Colin Ingram, Denesh Ramdin, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Khary Pierre, Kevon Cooper, Fawad Ahmed, Ali Khan
Sep 17, 2018
02:30 IST / 3:00 GMT
Brian Lara Stadium - Tarouba, Trinidad And Tobago
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