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St Kitts and Nevis Patriots face Trinbago Knight Riders in the penultimate round of Caribbean Premier League group stage action.
The match is scheduled to take place at 7pm local time (12am BST, 4.30am IST on Sunday, September 12) on Saturday, September 11, 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.
It's first versus second in this penultimate round clash. Both sides have won five and lost three of their eight matches to date, with Trinbago Knight Riders topping the table on net run rate. Trinbago and St Kitts are two points clear of Jamaica Tallawahs, St Lucia Kings, and Guyana Amazon Warriors with two matches remaining.
Trinbago have won four of their past five matches, only dropping points against Guyana Amazon Warriors who defeated the defending champions in a Super Over. In their most recent outing, the Knight Riders restricted Barbados Royals to just 93 for 9 before chasing down the victory with 19 balls, and six wickets, to spare.
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, by contrast, won their opening five matches before suffering two successive defeats at the hands of St Lucia Kings to see their winning momentum derailed. They have now lost three matches in a row, most recently suffering a 22-run defeat at the hands of Jamaica Tallawahs.
Ravi Rampaul is the leading wicket-taker in the CPL to date, with 17 wickets in eight appearances, and has earned a call-up to West Indies' World Cup squad off the back of his performances. 11 of his wickets have come in his past five outings, with best figures of 4 for 29, but he was wicketless against Barbados Royals last time out. Also keep an eye on his teammate Akeal Hosein, who's economy of 4.25 is the best of any player to have bowled more than 10 over in the tournament.
For St Kitts, Fabian Allen has proven himself to be a nuisance with bat and ball this season, scoring 117 runs at a strike rate of 139.28 and taking seven wickets. With his side's top-order, which includes Evin Lewis and Chris Gayle, struggling for consistency this year, expect Allen to play a big part in procedings despite batting below number five.
Matches played: 16
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: 4
Trinbago Knight Riders: 12
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.
Trinbago Knight Riders bowler Akeal Hosein
A 50 per cent chase of rain in Basseterre with temperatures hovering around the high twenties.
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On field: Christopher Taylor & Deighton Butler
TV umpire: Leslie Reifer Jr
Fourth umpire: Nigel Duguid
Trinbago Knight Riders have winning momentum on their side and should win.
The Knight Riders are the favourites to win this fixture, with Oddschecker offering odds of 4/6. St Kitts & Nevis Patriots are available at 6/5.
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
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
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: Evin Lewis, Devon Thomas, Chris Gayle, Joshua da Silva, Ravi Bopara, Dominic Drakes, Fabian Allen, Andre McCarthy, Paul van Meekeren, Jon-Russ Jaggesar
Trinbago Knight Riders: Lendl Simmons, Tion Webster, Colin Munro, Darren Bravo, Tim Seifert, Akeal Hosein, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Khary Pierre, Jayden Seales, Ravi Rampaul
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