St Kitts vs Jamaica Tallawahs Prediction

Team News

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots mixed it up for the game against Trinbago Knight Riders last time out, with Rassie van der Dussen and Alzarri Joseph replacing Tom Cooper and Hayden Walsh, and Ben King dropping down the batting order. With back-to-back home games on the schedule, the Patriots are likely to have planned to be unchanged.

Key Players

Chris Gayle is the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots' top run scorer this season, with 194 runs from his six innings so far, and a high score of 86. Only he and wicket-keeper-batsman Devon Thomas (174 at an average of 34.80) have passed 100 runs for the Patriots so far.

Evin Lewis found some long overdue runs last time out, meanwhile, scoring 52 from 37 balls to follow up his 28 in the previous game. If the big-hitting opener is back to his best, it will be a big boost for the Patriots.

With the ball, spinners Sandeep Lamichhane and Mahmudullah have been tight - both boasting good economy rates so far - while the rising Nepalese star also has seven wickets, including two against the Tallawahs. 

Sheldon Cottrell is the Patriots' leading wicket-taker, however - he has nine wickets so far, one more than Ben Cutting. Carlos Brathwaite's all-round contribution amounts to 82 runs at a strike rate of 157.69 and seven wickets. 

Team Form

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots have not won since their home fixtures began - their last win coming at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, despite Mohammad Irfan's stunning 2-1 from four overs for the Barbados Tridents.

Having bowled St Lucia Stars out for 69 in 12.3 overs in their previous game, it was two in a row for the Patriots at the time, following their heavy defeat last time they faced the Jamaica Tallawahs.

More recently, however, Chris Gayle's 27-ball 40 was not enough to inspire victory against the Guyana Amazon Warriors - the visitors chasing 169 to win by four wickets off the final ball. The match against St Lucia Stars was washed out, before a heavy defeat to a Colin Munro-inspired Trinbago Knight Riders last time out - the Knight Riders posted 199/4 and, despite Evin Lewis' half-century, the Patriots finished 46 runs short on 153/8.