GAW
Guyana Amazon Warriors
STZ
St Lucia Zouks
Our Pick Guyana Amazon Warriors are favourites to win
Guyana Amazon Warriors and St Lucia Zouks face-off in the second Caribbean Premier League semi-final when they meet at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba. The match, on September 8, gets underway at 17:30 local time.
Both teams won six of their ten group stage matches, beating each other once apiece, but Guyana arrive in the semi-finals in the better form. Including their win against the Zouks, they ended the league phase with four straight wins after some excellent bowling and good batting.
St Lucia Zouks did sign off from the group stage with a win, however – beating Jamaica Tallawahs by 11 runs in their final game as they successfully defended 145/6. This is only the second time the St Lucia franchise has ever reached the play-offs.
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Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and fielded first when these teams last met and bowling first certainly seems the best option.
A cloudy evening awaits, but the storms forecast earlier in the day should have blown over. The chance of rain is given at 24 per cent.
The Brian Lara Cricket Academy has been a good wicket for everyone. It is well balanced.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Guyana Amazon Warriors vs St Lucia Zouks, Caribbean Premier League 2020.
Guyana Amazon Warriors had Chandrapaul Hemraj back up the order last time out, but Kevin Sinclair’s impressive bowling means he has forced his way into this team and move into the lower order with the bat.
Guyana Amazon Warriors finished the season in excellent form, with four straight wins. That includes two dominant victories against Barbados Tridents. Last time out, Imran Tahir took 3-12 to post the pick of some excellent bowling figures when they restricted the Tridents to 89/9. Shimron Hetmyer then led them to a six-wicket win.
Brandon King, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shimron Hetmyer, Sherfane Rutherforrd, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ross Taylor, Kevin Sinclair, Chris Green (c), Romario Shepherd, Imran Tahir, Naveen-ul-Haq
Rahkeem Cornwall and Mark Deyal opened the batting together last time out and could be at the top of the order again this time. Roston Chase was back up the order and could stay there for this game too. Scott Kuggeleijn will return after being rested.
St Lucia Zouks got back to winning ways with an excellent comeback with the ball last time out. They posted 145/6 from their 20 overs, which looked below par when Jamaica stormed to 84 without loss in the 12th over. The Zouks hit back though, with Zahir Khan and Javelle Glen each taking three wickets to choke the chase. St Lucia won by 11 runs.
Rahkeem Cornwall, Mark Deyal, Andre Fletcher (wk), Najibullah Zadran, Roston Chase, Mohammad Nabi, Darren Sammy (c), Scott Kuggeleijn, Kesrick Williams, Javelle Glen, Zahir Khan
Both teams have beaten the other once so far in CPL 2020. St Lucia Zouks won the first by ten runs, after Roston Chase hit 66 with the bat in a total of 144/7. Scott Kuggeleijn took 3-24 to bowl them to victory in the reply. Last time out, however, the Zouks could only manage 109/7 and Shimron Hetmyer’s half-century ensured a comfortable chase.
| Matches Played | GAW Won | STZ Won | Tie | No Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Guyana Amazon Warriors are big favourites to win this semi-final.
Wicket-keeper
Andre Fletcher is nine credits but has slipped to number three in the Zouks’ batting order and perhaps lacks the big stand-out score in this innings. Nicholas Pooran is ten credits and has an unbeaten century to his name this season.
Batsmen
Shimron Hetmyer is 9.5 credits and Brandon King can be backed at 8.5 credits. Hetmyer is in excellent form while it is so hard to write King off at that price after what he produced last season. Javelle Glen was key with the ball for Guyana last time out and is top value at eight credits.
All-rounders
Glen’s value means Mohammad Nabi and Roston Chase can both be picked up despite their prices. That can be further balanced given new Guyana star Kevin Sinclair is just eight credits.
Bowlers
Scott Kuggeleijn and Imran Tahir both cost 9.5 credits but, if you have saved credits previously, you can afford both. Romario Shepherd is just eight credits and was man of the match in Guyana’s last match, while Naveen-ul-Haq has hit some good form of late too.
Captain/Vice-captain
Consistency is so key for Dream 11 and Scott Kuggeleijn and Imran Tahir have both been consistent wicket takers. Both are key with the ball, both are in good form and Tahir followed by Kuggeleijn could be good captain/vice-captain picks.
Batsmen:Shimron Hetmyer, Brandon King, Javelle Glen
All Rounder:Mohammad Nabi, Roston Chase, Kevin Sinclair
Wicket Keeper:Nicholas Pooran
Bowler:Scott Kuggeleijn (vc), Imran Tahir (c), Romario Shepherd, Naveen-ul-Haq
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