Team news, latest news, odds, TV and streaming information, form, head-to-head record, prediction, weather forecast and more for the final of the 2021 Caribbean Premier League...
St Lucia Kings will take on St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the 2021 Caribbean Premier League final with both teams searching for their maiden title. St Lucia's best finish came in 2020 when they finished as runners-up to Trinbago Knight Riders. St Kitts reached the final in 2017, also coming unstuck against Trinbago.
The match is scheduled to take place at 10am local time (3pm BST, 7.30pm IST) on Wednesday, September 15, 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 head into this match with winning momentum and plenty of confidence after winning their respective semi-finals. St Lucia Kings scored a mammoth 205 for 4 when put in to bat against Trinbago Knight Riders before bowling the defending champions out for 184 to seal a 21-run win and exact revenge for last year's final defeat. St Kitts chased down 178 inside 18 overs to cruise to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Guyana Amazon Warriors.
Neither side had a particularly stellar group stage. St Kitts were the early pace-setters, winning their first five matches before tailing off in the second half of the competition (one win, four defeats) to finish third. St Lucia won five and lost five in the group stage to finish fourth.
However, when these two sides met in the group stage, St Lucia emerged victorious on both occasions. In the first encounter, the Kings posted a huge 224 for 2 with the bat before bowling St Kitts out for just 124 to seal a 100-run victory. In their second match, St Lucia bowled the Patriots out for 118 before chasing down their target with 26 balls and six wickets to spare.
David Wiese grabbed the headlines for St Lucia in the semi-finals, scoring 34 not out off 21 balls with the bat and taking 5 for 39 with the ball, and the Sussex allrounder could be crucial again in the final. A useful middle-order man, Wiese has scored at a strike rate of 134.84 in his four innings to date, while with the ball, he has taken two five-fors in 13 overs.
Mark Deyal scored 78 (44) in the semi-final to top-score for St Lucia but the decisive players with the bat are likely to be Roston Chase and Tim David. Chase is currently second in the run-scoring charts this season with 403 runs, including four half-centuries, and a strike rate of 149.81. David, meanwhile, has spent the past 12 months establishing a reputation as a finisher and has done so for St Lucia, scoring at a strike rate of 148.63.
For St Kitts, all eyes will be on Evin Lewis, the leading run-scorer in the competition. The 29-year-old, who has scored 420 runs in 10 matches, was on song once again in the semis, scoring an unbeaten 77 from just 39 balls. He has now scored 181 runs from 91 deliveries in his past two outings for St Kitts and the run battle between himself and Chase should be exciting.
Also keep an eye out for Fawad Ahmed, the Patriots' economical Australian spinner. Ahmed has taken nine wickets in his nine matches to date and has a team-leading economy of 6.33.
Head-to-head record
Matches played: 14
St Lucia Kings: 7
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: 5
No result: 2
Unfortunately, no. The 10am matches at Warner Park are played behind closed doors while afternoon and evening matches can have up to a 50 per cent capacity crowd.
David Wiese was the player of the match in St Lucia's semi-final
Temperatures are expected to peak around 30 degrees Celsius but a 63 per cent chance of rain could delay the final.
Click here for the Accuweather forecast.
On field: TBC
TV umpire: TBC
Fourth umpire: TBC
St Lucia have the edge in the head to head and have beaten St Kitts on both occasions in 2021. St Lucia win.
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots are the favourites according to the bookies, with Oddschecker offering odds of 8/11. St Lucia Kings are available at 6/5.
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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
St Lucia Kings: Andre Fletcher, Kesrick Williams, Wahab Riaz, Rakheem Cornwall, Keemo Paul, Javelle Glen, Mark Deyal, Alzarri Joseph, Jeavor Royal, Obed McCoy, Roston Chase, Faf du Plessis, Usman Qadir, Samit Patel, Keron Cottoy, Kadeem Alleyne, Tim David
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
St Lucia Kings: Andre Fletcher, Rahkeem Cornwall, Mark Deyal, Roston Chase, David Wiese, Tim David, Keemo Paul, Kadeem Alleyne, Jeavor Royal, Wahab Riaz, Alzarri Joseph
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Fabian Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Joshua da Silva, Dominic Drakes, Sheldon Cottrell, Naseem Shah, Jon-Russ Jaggesar, Fawad Ahmed
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