Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
St Lucia Zouks
Barbados Tridents
St Lucia Zouks
Barbados Tridents
Man of the Match: Mohammad Nabi
Can St Lucia Zouks open their account against the defending champions Barbados Tridents?
We predict that Barbados Tridents will defeat St Lucia Zouks!
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St Lucia Zouks and Barbados Tridents will lock horns on Thursday in yet another exciting game of the Caribbean Premier League 2020. Jason Holder led Barbados Tridents look much stronger on paper. Last year, Tridents won five league matches and defeated Guyana Amazon Warriors in the final. The defending champions already won their opening game, while St Lucia Zouks lost their initial match to Jamaica Tallawahs. Overall records of SLZ have not been impressive in CPL. Last year, St Lucia Zouks had won just 3 games. Daren Sammy’s SLZ will look to challenge the Tridents on Thursday, but that won’t be a piece of cake.
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St Lucia Zouks lost their first game of the tournament against Jamaica Tallawahs on Wednesday. After finishing the previous season of CPL as a second-worst performing team, this kind of start was not what they needed. The second game for them is going to be much tougher as they face two-time champions Barbados Tridents.
In the Wednesday game, Zouks were asked to bat first as Tallawahs won the toss. Zouks scored 158 runs thanks to Roston Chase’s 52 runs (42 balls, 4 fours, 2 sixes). Their bowlers however could not contain opponent’s Glenn Phillips before it was too late, despite getting rid of the other top-order batsman early in the power-play. Also, they hardly had any answer to Asif Ali’s blistering strokes. The side eventually lost the game by five wickets before the end of the 19th over.
Rahkeem Cornwall is the leading run-scorer for Zouks with 227 runs in his previous 10 games, followed by the wicket-keeper Andre Fletcher (198 runs in 10 games). Kesrick Williams (13 wickets in the last 10 games) is the key bowler for the side. All-rounder Mohammad Nabi can turn any match with his all-round skills.
Key Players: Rahkeem Cornwall, Andre Fletcher, Mohammad Nabi
Obed McCoy, Saad Bin Zafar, Mark Deyal, Daren Sammy, ADS Fletcher, Kesrick Williams, Scott Kuggeleijn, Roston Chase, Rahkeem Cornwall, N Zadran, Mohammad Nabi
Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
R Chase | 52 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 123.81 |
N Zadran | 25 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 119.05 |
A Fletcher | 22 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 104.76 |
Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ |
K Williams | 4.0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 8 |
S Kuggeleijn | 4.0 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 10.5 |
O McCoy | 3.5 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7.3 |
Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
K Williams | 4.0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 8 |
S Kuggeleijn | 4.0 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 10.5 |
O McCoy | 3.5 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7.3 |
Barbados Tridents started their CPL 2020 campaign by defeating St Kitts and Nevis Patriots with a narrow margin of 6 runs. After losing the toss and batting first, the top-order stumbled soon. Kyle Mayers (37 runs) and the skipper Jason Holder (38 runs) in the middle stabilized the innings, adding thirty-odd runs, both with strike rates above 170. Twenty-plus scores by Mitchell Santner and Rashid Khan proved very handy in the end, as their winning margin was mere 6 runs. Santner was awarded the player of the match awarded for his 20 off 18 and 2 wickets in his 4 overs, giving just 18 runs.
The bowling unit of Barbados Tridents has been outstanding. Hayden Walsh (18 wickets in last 8 matches) is the prime bowlers for Tridents. Johnson Charles is the key batsman for BT. He scored 308 runs in just 10 innings with strike rate touching 120.
Key Players: Hayden Walsh, Mitchell Santner, Rashid Khan
Mitchell Santner, Johnson Charles, Ashley Nurse, Hayden Walsh Jr, Kyle Mayers, Jonathan Carter, Raymon Reifer, Rashid Khan, Corey Anderson, Shai Hope, Jason Holder
Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J Holder | 38 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 172.73 |
K Mayers | 37 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 185 |
R Khan | 26 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 130 |
Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ |
M Santner | 4.0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 4.5 |
R Khan | 4.0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 6.75 |
K Mayers | 2.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 11.5 |
Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Santner | 4.0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 4.5 |
R Khan | 4.0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 6.75 |
K Mayers | 2.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 11.5 |
Hr | Temp | Rain | W. speed | W. direction | Clouds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
00h | 33 | 0 mm. | 0.51 k/h | From: ESE | 75% |
03h | 28 | 0 mm. | 4.79 k/h | From: SE | 93% |
06h | 22 | 0.74 mm. | 4.9 k/h | From: SE | 90% |
09h | 17 | 2.37 mm. | 5.92 k/h | From: SE | 53% |
12h | 16 | 0.44 mm. | 5.96 k/h | From: SE | 44% |
15h | 18 | 0 mm. | 6.45 k/h | From: SE | 78% |
18h | 18 | 0 mm. | 7.6 k/h | From: SSE | 81% |
21h | 13 | 0.57 mm. | 6.66 k/h | From: SE | 99% |
On the match day, the weather at Trinidad is expected to be variable cloudiness with a shower or thunderstorm. The daytime temperature can reach 31°c while nighttime minimum temperature will be around 25°c. Precipitation of 7.2 mm is expected.
The venue for this match is Brian Lara Cricket Academy. It is a multi-purpose stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago. It hosted all three CPL finals since 2017.
So far, 11 CPL matches are played here, out of which 5 times the teams batting first have won, while 6 times the teams chasing the targets have won. In the three games played in this tournament, the captains have invariable opted to field first. The surface is overall good for batting and targets under 150 or even 160 are not easy ones to defend here.
It is recommended to field first after winning the toss.
Barbados Tridents is a strong team, the mix of experienced and young players, best suited for Twenty-20 format. The two-time CPL champions BT is a formidable side for any team, while St Lucia Zouks do not have enough statistics in their favour. Head to head record is greatly in favour of the Tridents.
We predict that Barbados Tridents will defeat St Lucia Zouks!
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