Guyana Amazon Warriors vs St Lucia Zouks, Caribbean Premier League T20 2020, Today Match Prediction 24 Aug 2020

gaw vs sz Match Prediction & Analysis

Caribbean Premier League is off to grand start and we are coming to the end of first round of matches with this match. This will the last match to be played in Brian Lara Stadium in the first phase of the league. Both teams came back strongly after their loss in the opening game to win back the next two matches on a trot.  Both teams defended the target successfully against their respective opponents last night. We can expect a mouthwatering contest between two in-form teams looking for hat-trick of wins.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Guyana Amazon Warriors Preview

Guyana Amazon Warriors collapsed from 56/0 to 118/10 last night against The Jamaica Tallawahs. Chanderpaul Hemraj (21 runs), Brandon King (29 runs), and Ross Taylor (21 runs) were the only players to cross the 20-run mark. Shimron Hetmyer suffered a failure after 2 fifties while Nicholas Pooran and Shane Rutherford are yet to make a mark in their batting.

The spin trio of Imran Tahir, Chris Green, and Ashmedd Nedd lead their bowling attack successfully to defend the target with combined figures of 11-3-46-4. All the bowlers contributed with wickets as they reduced the opposition to 59/7 in 16 overs before Russell` s assault.

Top players to bet on:

Chanderpaul Hemraj – Chanderpaul Hemraj scored 21 runs off 17 balls in the 56-run opening partnership and looked comfortable in this treacherous pitch. He can also be a handy spinner in this helpful conditions.

Chris Green – Chris Green opened the bowling attack and took 2 wickets inside the 3rd over to put the opposition on back-foot with his match figures of 3-1-10-2. He was also impressive with his bowling tactics by attacking with three spinners upfront.

Guyana Amazon Warriors Predicted Playing XI:

Brandon King, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shimron Hetmyer, Ross Taylor, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Keemo Paul, Chris Green (c), Naveen-ul-Haq, Ashmead Nedd, Imran Tahir

Guyana Amazon Warriors Actual Playing XI:

Ross Taylor, Shimron Hetmyer, Brandon King, Imran Tahir, Nicholas Pooran, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Sherfane Rutherford, Christopher Green, Ashmead Nedd, Keemo Paul, Odean Smith

St Lucia Zouks Preview

St. Lucia Zouks were off to a flier scoring 73/0 in 7 overs with Mark Deyal (30 runs) and Andre Fletcher (46 runs) in full flow after Rakheem Cornwall was retired hurt.  Afghan duo of Najibullah Zadran (28 runs) and Moahmmed Nabi (35 runs) build on the platform to take their team to a good total of 172/6 in 20 overs.

The off-spinning duo of Mohammed Nabi and Roston Chase strangled the opposition despite pacers giving runs early on and ended with combined figures of 8-0-29-4. Scott Kuggleijn came back to clean the lower order to claim 4 wickets in the process. Obed McCoy and Kesrick Williams went for far too many runs in the match.

Top players to bet on:

Mohammed Nabi – Mohammed Nabi batted superbly to score 35 runs off 22 balls to finish the innings on a high and then bowled effectively in the powerplay overs with figures of 4-0-17-1.

Roston Chase – Roston Chase has been a surprise package for the team with his ability to contribute with the bat and ball. He had superb bowling figures of 4-0-12-3 and kept the team in hunt in the middle overs.   

St Lucia Zouks Predicted Playing XI:

Rahkeem Cornwall, Andre Fletcher (wk), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Daren Sammy (c), Roston Chase, Mark Deyal, Scott Kuggeleijn, Kesrick Williams, Obed McCoy, Saad Bin Zafar/Zakir Khan

St Lucia Zouks Actual Playing XI:

Mark Deyal, Daren Sammy, ADS Fletcher, Kesrick Williams, Kimani Melius, Scott Kuggeleijn, Roston Chase, Chemar Holder, Javelle Glen, N Zadran, Mohammad Nabi

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Trinidad has 80% chances of rain on the match day and we expect rain to be an unwanted guest in this match. Few overs might be reduced due to weather interruptions.  

Venue Details

The pitch is beginning to deteriorate and batsmen are finding it hard to face the spinners. The last match at this venue gave a combined tally of just 220 runs with spinners taking 11 of the total 17 wickets. We can expect an average score of just 120-140 runs on this match.  

Toss: To Bat

The pitch is expected to slow down as the match progresses and batting first will be best option here. But the rain during the start of the match will tilt the captains to bat second keeping DLS equation in mind.