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Guyana Amazon Warriors take on St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the fifth game of the 2021 Caribbean Premier League.
The match is scheduled to take place at 10am local time (3pm BST, 7.30pm IST) on Saturday, August 28, 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.
Both sides won their opening matches of the 2021 CPL.
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots scored a healthy 175 for 5 with the bat against Barbados Royals before restricting their opponents to 154 for 7 to pick up a 21-run win.
Guyana Amazon Warriors defeated last season's champions Trinbago Knight Riders by nine runs, scoring 142 for 7 to Trinbago's 133 for 9. It was the Knight Riders' first defeat since 2019.
Last season, Guyana Amazon Warriors took the head to head 2-0, winning by three-wicket and seven-wicket margins.
Shimron Hetmyer scored a half-century for Guyana Amazon Warriors against Trinbago Knight Riders
Shimron Hetmyer was the star for Guyana with the bat against Trinbago Knight Riders, scoring 54 runs from 41 deliveries, including four fours and two sixes, to record the first half-century of the tournament. The West Indian has scored 985 runs in 37 appearances for the Warriors at a strike rate of 134.19.
Odean Smith picked up the player of the match gong in his side's season opener, scoring 24 runs from 15 deliveries and taking 2 for 10 with the ball. However, in Guyana's bowling attack, one player will immediately catch your eyes and that's Imran Tahir. The veteran South African, who is ranked 12th in the T20 Player Index, has 49 CPL wickets to his name from 33 appearances and has a career economy of 5.71 in the tournament. Oh, and his wicket celebration is iconic.
Chris Gayle is the obvious star in the St Kitts & Nevis squad, with 14,108 T20 runs and 109 50+ knocks to his name. However, for entertainment value alone, his teammate Fabian Allen may steal the show.
Allen, who has 28 T20I caps for West Indies, is a gun fielder, destructive middle order batsman and a handy left-arm spinner. In his side's season opener, he scored an unbeaten 17 from just nine balls, took the catch to dismiss Barbados wicketkeeper Shai Hope, and finished with figures of 1 for 12. He's everywhere.
Matches played: 12
Guyana Amazon Warriors wins: 10
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots wins: 2
Yes. The 10am matches at Warner Park will be played behind closed doors, with 50 per cent capacity crowds permitted inside the venue during the evening games.
Highs of 32 degrees Celsius, with sunny spells and cloudy intervals.
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Onfield: Leslie Reifer Jr, Christopher Taylor
TV umpire: Nigel Duguid
Fourth umpire: Deighton Butler
After defeating the defending champions, Guyana Amazon Warriors should edge a close encounter.
Fabian Allen showing his character in the field
Guyana Amazon Warriors are the favourites to win the match according to Oddschecker, with odds of 4/5. St Kitts & Nevis are available at 11/10 to win.
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
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
St Kitts & 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
Full CPL 2021 squad lists: Click here
Guyana Amazon Warriors: Brandon King, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Odean Smith, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Romario Shepherd, Ashmead Nedd, Naveen-ul-Haq, Imran Tahir
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots: Evin Lewis, Devon Thomas, Chris Gayle, Asif Ali, Sherfane Rutherford, Dwayne Bravo, Fabian Allen, Dominic Drakes, Sheldon Cottrell, Paul van Meerkeran, Fawad Ahmed
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