Who Will Win St Kitts vs Jamaica Eliminator, CPL 2018?
The Eliminator of the Caribbean Premier League 2018 will see Jamaica Tallawahs take on St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. The loser of this match will be eliminated while the winner will face the loser of Qualifier 1. The match is scheduled to be played on September 12 at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. Live action starts at 6 PM local time.
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Toss Prediction
The side bowling first has won more often than the side batting first at the Providence Stadium in recent times. Toss, therefore, is going to play an important role here and whichever team wins it on Wednesday is more likely to field first.
Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Jamaica Tallawahs vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots Eliminator, CPL 2018...
Jamaica Tallawahs Team News & Playing 11
JT Team News
New Zealand leg-spinner Ish Sodhi has replaced his Australian counterpart Adam Zampa who has returned home to play domestic cricket. There were three more changes for Jamaica Tallawahs in their last game against Guyana Amazon Warriors - Ross Taylor, Steven Jacobs and Samuel Badree were brought in for Kennar Lewis, Steven Taylor and Krishmar Santokie. The Tallawahs registered a convincing victory in that match and so they may not tinker with the winning combination.
JT Key Players
Jamaica Tallawahs have a formidable batting line-up but the key men are going to be Glenn Phillips, Rovman Powell and Ross Taylor. Phillips is currently third on the list of top run-scorers this CPL. Powell is having a strike-rate of 162 and has three half-centuries to his name. Powell had blasted a 40-ball 84 in his last knock against the Patriots and is coming off 55 not-out against the Warriors. Taylor too smashed an unbeaten fifty both in that game as well as in the first reverse encounter earlier in the season. Oshane Thomas and Andre Russell with 15 and 14 wickets respectively have been the pick of the bowlers for Jamaica and the onus will be on these two to take wickets and exert pressure on the Patriots. Ish Sodhi and Samuel Badree could also do well here with the wicket expected to offer some support for the spinners.
JT Recent Form
Jamaica Tallawahs defeated Guyana Amazon Warriors by eight wickets in their last game to finish third on the CPL 2018 points table with 12 points. They won six and lost four out of their ten league fixtures. Prior to their encounter against the Warriors, they beat Barbados Tridents by five wickets before facing a seven-wicket loss to St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in a rain-truncated contest. The Tallawahs have been brilliant with the bat in their last four matches.
Jamaica Tallawahs Predicted Playing 11
Glenn Phillips (wk), Johnson Charles, Ross Taylor, Rovman Powell, David Miller, Andre Russell (c), Colin de Grandhomme, Ish Sodhi, Steven Jacobs, Samuel Badree, Oshane Thomas
St Kitts & Nevis Team News & Playing 11
SNP Team News
Devon Thomas, Carlos Brathwaite and Sheldon Cottrell were all rested for the previous match against Barbados Tridents and they are likely to return at the expense of Ibrahim Khaleel, Jeremiah Louis and Anton Devcich. None of their players were reported to be injured at the time of writing and we do not expect any further changes in their side for this Eliminator.
SNP Key Players
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots will bank on their opening pair of Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis to take them off to a brisk start. Gayle has been their leading run-getter this CPL and the team will be hoping that he fires for them along with Lewis who has had a rather cold season so far. Rassie van der Dussen scored 45* in the most recent encounter against the Tallawahs and he is another key figure at the top of the order. Ben Cutting, Sheldon Cottrell and Carlos Brathwaite have been the go-to bowlers for the Patriots. Cutting has taken the most wickets for them this season - 10 in 9 matches - and the Australian seamer will be their biggest hope with the ball. Cottrell too has bowled well and it will be crucial that he strikes early in the innings. Tabraiz Shamsi who claimed the best figures of 4-0-16-2 in the last game can also be effective on this spin-friendly track.
SNP Recent Form
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots have finished the league stage as the fourth placed team on the points table with five wins and four losses from ten matches. After facing defeats against Guyana Amazon Warriors and Trinbago Knight Riders and an abandoned game against St Lucia Stars, the Patriots bounced back into the tournament with back-to-back wins over Jamaica Tallawahs and Barbados Tridents respectively. In their last match, they narrowly managed to chase the Tridents' total of 168 to win by two wickets.
St Kitts & Nevis Predicted Playing 11
Chris Gayle (c), Evin Lewis, Rassie van der Dussen, Mahmudullah, Devon Thomas (wk), Carlos Brathwaite, Fabian Allen, Ben Cutting, Sheldon Cottrell, Alzarri Joseph, Tabraiz Shamsi
Sep 13, 2018
03:30 IST / 2:00 GMT
Providence Stadium - Providence, Guyana
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