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St Kitts and Nevis Patriots face St Lucia Kings in the 15th 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, September 4, 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 defacto hosts St Kitts and Nevis Patriots have reached the mid-way point in the group stage with a perfect record from their five matches.
Dwayne Bravo's side have strung together an imperious run of results with four straight successful chases.
Their dominance was compromised last time out by Barbados Royals, who set 161 to win and reduced them to 98 for 6 in the chase. Dominic Drakes struck 28 before Sheldon Cottrell smacked an unbeaten 20, including maximums in the final two overs to throw his side kicking and screaming over the line.
The newly named Kings have not benefitted from their rebrand after last year's runners-up finish, having collected two wins and a pair of defeats from their opening four matches.
Having been walloped by Jamaica Tallawahs in their first game the Kings have recovered and consigned Guyana Amazon Warriors to a 51-run loss in their last outing.
Roston Chase struck the second-highest individual score of the tournament so far, a 50-ball 85, before leading wicket-taker Ravi Rampaul claimed 4 for 29 as the Warriors were dismissed for 98, the lowest score of the competition.
Sherfane Rutherford is the CPL's highest run-scorer, but he followed back-to-back unbeaten fifties with just one against Royals as he picked out Nyeem Young on the rope.
Indeed, the run of form for the Patriots has caused a degree of bemusement that he hasn't played an international for West Indies for 20 months.
Captain Bravo, who has seen his fair share of dashing Windies batters come and go, has urged his nation not to let Rutherford's talent slip through their fingers.
“Sherfane is up there with (Nicholas) Pooran and Hetty (Shimron Hetmyer) and these guys so we can’t afford to lose him,” he said.
“He’s somebody that’s very [important]. I asked him what number he wanted to bat [in the last game] and he said number five but the way the game progressed, it gave him the opportunity to go in there and play [with] his natural ability."
Few global competitions take place these days without Tim David, whose success at the last Big Bash League for Hobart Hurricanes has opened the door to the franchise circuit.
The Singapore international won deals with Lahore Qalandars and Southern Brave either side of a spell at Surrey in the T20 Blast and One-Day Cup, where he struck two centuries.
Such performances have seen him claim a maiden IPL deal with Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The 25-year-old already has a fifty to his name for the Kings in his opening CPL campaign and is a key component of a stellar middle-order including the in-form Chase.
Matches played: 12
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: 5
St Lucia Kings: 5
No result: 2
Yes, albeit at a limited capacity. Warner Park will see 50% of its seats filled, in line with protocols that will allow for spectators at the evening games.
Another warm and sunny day is in prospect at Warner Park with temperatures hitting 30 degrees Celsius.
Click here for the Accuweather forecast.
On field: Nigel Duguid & Deighton Butler
TV umpire: Christopher Taylor
Fourth umpire: Leslie Reifer, Jnr
The Patriots were pushed hard in their last outing but the Kings lacking the bowling attack to take advantage of any dramatic slip in stands. Make that six in a row.
The Patriots are the big favourites and can be backed at 4/7 on Bet365. The Kings are available at a more favourable 11/8.
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
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
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
Full CPL 2021 squad lists: Click here
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: Devon Thomas (wk), Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Fabian Allen, Ravi Bopara, Sherfane Rutherford, Dwayne Bravo (c), Dominic Drakes, Sheldon Cottrell, Naseem Shah, Paul van Meekeren.
St Lucia Kings: Andre Fletcher (wk), Faf du Plessis (c), Mark Deyal, Roston Chase, Tim David, Samit Patel, Rakheem Cornwall, Jeavor Royal, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy, Wahab Riaz
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