Team news, latest news, odds, TV and streaming information, form, head-to-head record, prediction, weather forecast and more for the next game in the Caribbean Premier League...
Barbados Royals face Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 20th match of the 2021 Caribbean Premier League.
The match is scheduled to take place at 7pm local time (12am BST, 4.30am IST) on Tuesday, September 7, 2021.
Full CPL 2021 fixture list: Click here
Every game in the 2021 Caribbean Premier League is being held at Warner Park on St Kitts, in an effort to minimise the Covid-19 risk to the tournament.
Guyana Amazon Warriors have won three and lost three of their six CPL matches to date. The five-time runners-up started their 2021 campaign with a nine-run victory over defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders before suffering back to back defeats against St Kitts & Nevis Patriots. They have won two of their past three outings, including a tense Super Over victory over the Knight Riders in their fourth match of the season.
Barbados Royals, by contrast, have only won one of their six matches, defeating Jamaica Tallawahs by 15 runs on August 28. They are currently on a three-match losing streak.
When these two sides met on September 4, Guyana won by nine wickets, with Chandrapaul Hemraj scoring 105 not out off 56 balls to help his side chase 130 inside 17 overs.
Who to watch?
Imran Tahir has impressed with the ball for Guyana, taking nine wickets and bowling with an economy of 6.00. He caused chaos in the reverse fixture, removing Johnson Charles, Smit Patel and Glenn Phillips in the space of six balls to reduce the Royals to 28 for 3. Ranked 12th in the T20 Player Index, the South Africa international is second only to Romario Shepherd (11) for wickets taken in the Guyana squad.
With the bat, Hemraj was the obvious star last time out, scoring 105 not out off 56 balls, including 14 fours and five sixes. It was the 28-year-old's first T20 century and just his third 50+ knock. The question now is can he replicate this form in the rest of the group stage?
For Barbados, both runs and wickets have been hard to come by. Pakistani wrecking ball Azam Khan top-scored in the reverse fixture, scoring 28 runs from 26 balls in an uncharacteristically slow innings. However, the 23-year-old is currently his side's leading scorer with 157 runs and has been scoring at a strike rate of 137.71. If he can hit those heights on Tuesday, he may change the outcome of the match.
Matches played: 18
Barbados Royals: 5
Guyana Amazon Warriors: 13
Yes, albeit at a limited capacity. Warner Park will see 50% of its seats filled, in line with protocols which which allow for spectators at the evening games.
Chandrapaul Hemraj celebrates his century against the Royals
Conditions are forecast to be fine with sunny intervals and temperatures peaking around 31 degrees Celsius.
Click here for the Accuweather forecast.
On field: Carl Tuckett and Verdayne Smith
TV umpire: Zahid Bassarath
Fourth umpire: Gregory Brathwaite
Guyana Amazon Warriors dominated their previous meeting and should do so again.
Guyana Amazon Warriors are the favourites to win this match with Oddschecker offering odds of 8/13. Barbados Royals are available at 7/5.
CPL TEAM GUIDES
BT Sport have the live broadcast rights to the competition in the United Kingdom and will be showing all 33 matches on their platforms.
For UK streamers, BT Sport will have all of the action available online and on the BT Sport app. A 30-day monthly pass is available for £25, providing access to every BT channel and the app. EE customers can access every channel for a £20 per month add-on to their phone contract.
Where can I watch elsewhere in the world?
Australia: Fox Sports
New Zealand: Sky Sport NZ
India: FanCode
South Africa: SuperSport
USA: Willow TV
Middle East: Etisalat
Pan-Caribbean: SportsMax (Except Trinidad & Guyana)
Trinidad: CNC3
Barbados: CBC
St Lucia: Helen TV
Antigua & Barbuda: CNS
Guyana: E- Networks
Grenada: GBN
Barbados Royals: Jason Holder, Glenn Phillips, Chris Morris, Raymon Reifer, Kyle Mayers, Oshane Thomas, Ashley Nurse, Shai Hope, Thisara Perera, Justin Greaves, Joshua Bishop, Hayden Walsh Jr, Johnson Charles, Nyeem Young, Mohammad Amir, Azam Khan, Shafiqullah Ghafari, Smit Patel, Jake Lintott
Guyana Amazon Warriors: Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Nicholas Pooran, Brandon King, Odean Smith, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Anthony Bramble, Imran Tahir, Kevin Sinclair, Ashmead Nedd, Naveen Ul Haq, Nial Smith, Gudakesh Motie, Waqar Salamkheil
Full CPL 2021 squad lists: Click here
Barbados Royals: Johnson Charles, Shai Hope, Smit Patel, Glenn Phillips, Raymon Reifer, Azam Khan, Jason Holder, Nyeem Young, Ashley Nurse, Jake Lintott, Oshane Thomas
Guyana Amazon Warriors: Brandon King, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shaoib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Gudakesh Motie, Kevie Sinclair, Imran Tahir
Welcome to www.thecricketer.com - the online home of the world’s oldest cricket magazine. Breaking news, interviews, opinion and cricket goodness from every corner of our beautiful sport, from village green to national arena.