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Barbados Warriors take on St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the 14th game of the 2021 Caribbean Premier League.
The match is scheduled to take place at 7pm local time (12am BST, 4.30am IST) on Thursday, September 2, 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.
The Patriots will certainly come into this game brimming with confidence. With four wins out of their opening four games, they extended their perfect record on September 1 against the Jamaica Tallawahs and protect their early lead in the standings, after hunting down a target of 166 with some 14 balls left over.
Things have been worse for the Royals, however. With four games played, they have just one win on the board, against the Tallawahs - who got their revenge in the return game just three days later. Indeed, most recently the Jamaica-based side were able to chase down the Royals' total with 14 balls left - due to some poor bowling after Mohammad Amir limped off with an injury.
Who to watch?
St Kitts and Nevis will know that the Royals' bowling unit is currently creaky, and whether or not Amir will be able to bowl in this fixture remains currently unclear. Sherfane Rutherford, the number four, has now recorded two consecutive half-centuries, the most recent coming yesterday against the the Tallawahs - doing so in 26 balls, meaning he recorded a strike rate just shy of 200.
The Royals have their own firepower with the bat too, however, and an important innings from Azam Khan last time out cannot go unappreciated. Batting at number six, Khan came into the crease with two of his previous batsmen dismissed for nought, recording a steady half-century with eight boundaries to bring about a defendable total.
With the ball, Joshua Bishop took three wickets against Jamaica Tallahwahs and was the Royals' only real shining light with the ball. His spell saw off three of their top four, and even included one maiden over. The Patriots will be looking to do their damage with the ball through Dominic Drakes, the 23-year-old left arm seamer advertising himself for the national selectors once more. He took three wickets against Guyana Amazon Warriors and will be keen on recording similar numbers.
Matches played: 13
Barbados Royals: 4
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: 9
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.
It should be a warm but cloudy evening in Basseterre - but the rain is expected to stay away.
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On field: Zahid Bassarath and Verdayne Smith
TV umpire: Gregory Brathwaite
Fourth umpire: Carl Tuckett
The Royals are under real pressure to find a win and are facing the only team who took three wins out of their first games. The potential loss of Mohammad Amir only adds to their issues, and the Patriots will be keen to take advantage. Patriots win.
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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
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: Evin Lewis, Fabian Allen, Devon Thomas, Jon-Russ Jaggesar, Sheldon Cottrell, Dominic Drakes, Sherfane Rutherford, Chris Gayle, Rayad Emrit, Joshua da Silva, Colin Archibald, Dwayne Bravo, Mikyle Louis, Paul van Neekeren, Ravi Bopara, Fawad Ahmed, Asif Ali, Naseem Shah
Full CPL 2021 squad lists: Click here
Barbados Royals: Johnson Charles, Shai Hope, Kyle Mayers, Glenn Phillips, Jason Holder, Azam Khan, Raymon Reifer, Hayden Walsh, Joshua Bishop, Mohammad Amir
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: Evin Lewis, Devon Thomas, Asif Ali, Sherfane Rutherford, Dwayne Bravo, Fabian Allen, Joshua Da Silva, Dominic Drakes, Jon-Russ Jaggesar, Paul van Meekeren, Fawad Ahmed
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