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St Kitts & Nevis Patriots open up the 2022 Caribbean Premier League against Jamaica Tallawahs.
The match is scheduled to take place at 7pm local time (GMT-5) on Wednesday, August 31.
This game is due to be staged at Warner Park on St Kitts.
Well, it's the start of the season, so for these teams it's not particularly easy to give you a firm answer.
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots won the 2021 tournament, seeing off St Lucia Kings in the final.
Jamaica Tallawahs ended 2021 in fifth place with four wins from 10 outings, therefore failing to make the knockout rounds.
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots are defending CPL champions [CPL/Getty Images]
How St Kitts deal with Jamaica's overseas spin department will be critical to the overall direction of this match.
Between Chris Green, Sandeep Lamichhane and Imad Wasim, the Tallawahs have tremendous ability and experience throughout the middle overs, where pace off looks to be the favoured approach, though Lamichhane is not expected to feature here.
Should the likes of Evin Lewis, Sherfane Rutherford, Dwayne Bravo and Dominic Drakes take them down, it would set the tone.
For the Patriots, Wanindu Hasaranga is on Asia Cup duty with Sri Lanka. Sheldon Cottrell's fitness is unclear, the seamer having not played a competitive match since February.
Jamaica are without Lamichhane until September 2.
Matches played: 15
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots wins: 7
Jamaica Tallawahs wins: 7
No result: 1
Tickets are still available for this fixture, ranging from $8 to $15. There is also the option of the $100 VIP stand.
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Highs of 28 degrees Celsius around the start of play, with little chance of rain.
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots: Dwayne Bravo, Evin Lewis, Andre Fletcher, Wanindu Hasaranga, Darren Bravo, Sherfane Rutherford, Sheldon Cottrell, Dominic Drakes, Dwaine Pretorius, Dewald Brevis, Izharulhaq Naveed, Joshua Da Silva, Jon-Russ Jaggesar, Keacy Carty, Kelvin Pittman, Jaden Carmichael, Duan Jansen, Akila Dhananjaya
Jamaica Tallawahs: Rovman Powell, Fabian Allen, Brandon King, Kennar Lewis, Shamarh Brooks, Mohammad Amir, Abhijai Mansingh/Sandeep Lamichhane, Imad Wasim, Chris Green, Miguel Pretorius, Raymon Reifer, Jamie Merchant, Amir Jangoo, Shemar Springer, Nicholson Gordon, Kirk McKenzie, Joshua James
Rovman Powell captains Jamaica Tallawahs [CPL/Getty Images]
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots: Evin Lewis, Andre Fletcher, Dewald Brevis, Sherfane Rutherford, Darren Bravo, Dwaine Pretorius, Joshua da Silva, Dominic Drakes, Sheldon Cottrell, Izharulhaq Naveed, Jon-Russ Jaggesar
Jamaica Tallawahs: Brandon King, Kennar Lewis, Amir Jangoo, Fabian Allen, Rovman Powell, Shamarh Brooks, Imad Wasim, Joshua James, Chris Green, Raymon Reifer, Mohammad Amir,
Jamaica Tallawahs are the underdogs at 6/5, with St Kitts & Nevis Patriots available at around 5/6.
Jamaica are better value than their odds suggest, and this should be a tight contest, but the strength in the St Kitts XI feels a little too much. Home win.
BT Sport have the live broadcast rights to the competition in the United Kingdom.
Australia: Fox Sports
New Zealand: SKY Sport NZ
India: FanCode
South Africa: SuperSport
USA: Willow TV
Middle East and North Africa (MENA): OSN Sports Cricket
Caribbean: Coming soon
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