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Jamaica Tallawahs and Trinbago Knight Riders will face off in the 2021 Caribbean Premier League.
The match is scheduled to take place at 2.30pm local time (7.30pm BST, 12am on Monday, September 6 IST) on Sunday, September 5, 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.
Jamaica Tallawahs are struggling for consistency in this season's CPL, alternating between winning and losing in their opening four matches. The Tallawahs set the second-highest score (255) in CPL history to thump Saint Lucia Kings by 120 runs in their season opener before slipping to a 15-run defeat when chasing 162 to beat Barbados Royals. They took revenge on the Royals three days later, defeating them by six wickets, before losing by the same score to St Kitts & Nevis Patriots.
Trinbago Knight Riders produced an exact reverse of Jamaica's form in their opening four matches, losing their first and third matches but winning their second and fourth ones. In their fifth match of their title defence, they tied with Guyana Amazon Warriors, both teams scoring 138 runs, before losing in a Super Over. Trinbago scored 4 for 1 off their allocation, while Guyana scored 6 for 2 off five balls to take the win.
When these two sides met last season, Trinbago Knight Riders won both matches, winning by 19 runs in their first clash and by two wickets in the second.
This match is going to be a battle of the big hitters with Carlos Brathwaite and Andre Russell likely lining up for the Tallawahs and Kieron Pollard captaining Trinbago.
Russell has already demonstrated his powers in this season's CPL, scoring a 14-ball 50 against St Lucia Kings, but has only scored 11 runs in his other three outings, including scoring a duck against Barbados Royals. Brathwaite has scored 56 runs off 44 balls, not a bad return but below his usual boundary-crunching standards. Pollard, however, who is ranked first on the T20 Player Index, has scored a team-leading 123 runs for Trinbago, including one half-century, 10 fours and eight sixes. The 34-year-old is the only player to pass 50 for the Knight Riders; Kennar Lewis has is Jamaica's other half-century-maker.
With the ball, Migael Pretorius is the leading wicket-taker for the Tallawahs, with 10 wickets, but has been expensive (9.62 runs per over). Russell is second on the list, with four. For Trinbago, Ravi Rampaul has taken 13 wickets and bowled with an economy of 7.29, while Isuru Udana is second with eight. Sitting first and second in the wicket-taking charts, the battle between Rampaul and Pretorius could be exciting.
Matches played: 19
Trinbago Knight Riders wins: 10
Jamaica Tallawahs wins: 9
Ravi Rampaul and Migael Pretorius
Yes - 50% of the ground's capacity is to be filled with fans, as per the protocol which sees the evening games played with limited attendance.
Rain could interfere with this match as there is a 43 per cent chance of precipitation. Otherwise, conditions are expected to be fine with temperatures peaking around 31 degrees Celsius.
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On field: Gregory Brathwaite and Zahid Bassarath
TV umpire: Verdayne Smith
Fourth umpire: Denavon Hayles
Too close to call, but if Andre Russell is in the mood, Jamaica can beat anyone.
What are the odds?
Trinbago Knight Riders are the narrow favourites to win this match, with Oddschecker offering odds of 4/5. Jamaica Tallawahs are at 1/1.
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
Jamaica Tallawahs: Rovman Powell, Veerasammy Permaul, Carlos Brathwaite, Qais Ahmad, Chadwick Walton, Jason Mohammed, Andre Russell, Fidel Edwards, Ryan Persaud, Haider Ali, Migael Pretorius, Kenar Lewis, Abhijai Mansingh, Joshua James, Kirk McKenzie, Chris Green, Shamarh Brooks, Imad Wasim
Trinbago Knight Riders: Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Colin Munro, Khary Pierre, Anderson Phillip, Yasir Shah, Ali Khan, Tion Webster, Akeal Hoesin, Lendl Simmons, Jayden Seales, Isuru Udana, Leonardo Julien, Tim Seifert
Full CPL 2021 squad lists: Click here
Jamaica Tallawahs: Chadwick Walton, Kennar Lewis, Haider Ali, Rovman Powell, Shamarh Brooks, Carlos Brathwaite, Andre Russell, Migael Pretorius, Joshua James, Fidel Edwards
Trinbago Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Lendl Simmons, Tion Webster, Colin Munro, Tim Seifert, Keiron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Isuru Udana, Akeal Hosein, Khary Pierre, Ravi Rampaul
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