The bottom-placed Saint Lucia Kings (SLK) will be under tremendous pressure when they take on the fourth placed Guyana Amazon Warriors (GUY) in the match number 13 of the ongoing Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2021 tournament, at the Warner’s Park on Thursday.
Saint Lucia Kings are at the last position in the CPL 2021 points table with two defeats and one victory so far in the three matches that they have played, earning only two points so far in the court tournament with a negative rate of -2.367. On the other hand, their opponents on Thursday night, Guyana Amazon Warriors have a couple of victories and as many defeats from the four matches that they have played, which gives them a net run rate of -0.097 and four points to show.
This is the first instance in the CPL 2000 tournament when these two teams are facing off. SLK will have to be cautious of the firepower that is there in Guyana Amazon Warriors ranks as the likes of Shimron Hetmyer and Mohammad Hafeez have been firing on all cylinders.
Hetmyer has so far scored 137 runs in four matches with two fifties, which puts him at the third spot so far in the list of most run-scorers in the tournament. On the other hand, Hafeez is not too far behind with 132 runs in four matches, which includes one fifty, which puts him in fifth position. With the ball, GUY have two very successful bowlers in Romario Shepherd and Imran Tahir.
For the SLK side, Andre Fletcher is their biggest hope with the bat having scored 118 runs in three matches with one half-century. The team will also be dependent on Kesrick Williams and Roston Chase to get wickets, as these two have so far bagged four wickets apiece in the tournament.
Head-to-Head
Played: 16
SLK won: 6
GUY won: 10
NR: –
CPL 2020 Recap
- Saint Lucia Kings won the semi-final against Guyana Amazon Warriors by 10 wickets. SLK bowled out GUY for only 55 in 13.4 overs and chased the small target in only 4.3 overs.
- Shimron Hetmyer scored an unbeaten 56 to help GUY beat SLK (formerly Saint Lucia Zouks) by 7 wickets in the Match No 24 of the tournament.
- In the Match No 10 of CPL 2021, SLK defeated GUY by 10 runs with Roston Chase being the top scorer with 66 runs.
CPL 2021 Stats
Most runs: SLK – Andre Fletcher (118 runs); GUY – Shimron Hetmyer (137 runs)
Most wickets: SLK – Kesrick Williams (4 wickets); GUY – Romario Shepherd (6 wickets)
Most sixes: SLK – Andre Fletcher (7 sixes); GUY – Shimron Hetmyer (5 sixes)
Most fours: SLK – Tim David (11 fours); GUY – Mohammad Hafeez (12 fours)
Most catches: SLK – Faf du Plessis (2 catches); GUY – Brandon King (3 catches)
Teams (likely XIs):
Saint Lucia Kings (SLK): Rahkeem Cornwall, Andre Fletcher (wk), Faf du Plessis (c), Roston Chase, Tim David, Keemo Paul, Mark Deyal, Samit Patel, Wahab Riaz, Alzarri Joseph, Kesrick Williams
Guyana Amazon Warriors (GUY): Mohammad Hafeez, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Nicholas Pooran (c&wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Brandon King, Shoaib Malik, Odean Smith, Naveen-ul-Haq, Imran Tahir, Romario Shepherd, Ashmead Nedd
Devarchit Varma is a cricket writer and journalist with an experience of more than a decade, having worked at Hindustan Times (newspaper) and CricketCountry (website). Along with covering international and domestic cricket, he has also interviewed several current and former top players such as Rohit Sharma, Steve Smith, Dale Steyn, Michael Hussey, Jacques Kallis, Brendon McCullum, Shane Watson, Lasith Malinga and many more. He has also worked in other beats as a journalist in Bollywood (Reliance BigOye) and IT (SiliconIndia) industries.
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