St Lucia Zouks vs Barbados Tridents 21 Sep 2019 17th t20 Match Prediction 21 Sep 2019

The match number 17 is between two teams hovering at the bottom half of the points table, Barbados Tridents and St Lucia Zouks. Both teams managed a solitary win from their 4 and 3 matches played respectively and both are coming from defeats in their previous games.
Tridents faced Tallawahs in Jamaica who was playing their third matches consecutively on their home ground. Having lost all the matches the Tallawahs came out with a new plan. With their bowling being the weaker link, Tallawahs opted to bowl and they gave a new look to their bowling line up dropping all senior players. Hales’s little cameos continued as looked good for his 2 sixes before he gifted his wicket to Worker. Worker struck again to remove Charles and for the first time in this season, Tallawahs conceded less than 50 in the powerplay.

Duminy held things at one end but wickets were falling regularly as they were reduced to 60/4 when skipper Holder failed to read a wrong-un from Zahir Khan for a golden duck. Lewis picked his second to dismiss carter and they were 71/5 from 12 overs. Ashley nurse gave the much-needed impetus with a quickfire 33 from 14 balls. Wickets of Duminy and Nurse in successive deliveries left their team in a spot of bother. Zahir Khan returned to spin his web on the tail and ended with 3/20 as Tridents managed to reach 140-run mark. Gayle and Phillips made short work of the target, scoring 48 in 5 overs. Holder pegged back by dismissing both openers in same over and Walsh did the same to reduce them to 68/4. Walton and Glen took care of the chase as late wickets did not help Tridents cause and were defeated comfortably.

Meanwhile Zouks in their previous game against St Kitts, batting first got strangled themselves in the left-arm spin of Jordan. From 30 for 3, Grandhomme counter-attacked for his 17-ball 30. When he followed Perera to the hut, the score was 78/6. Viljoin added some crucial runs with skipper Sammy and the tail with his 28 and managed to make his team reach a below-par score of 138. The early wicket of Thomas did not create any threats as Lewis and Evans plundered 56 from first 5. Hafeez joined Lewis after Evans as Lewis deposited Zoulks to all parts taking the team total to 118 by just the 11th over. Lewis wicket and rain were just delaying the inevitable as St Kitts stomped to victory.

Mostly sunny and dry weather with a passing shower is expected in St Lucia. It is going to be a hard time for the bowlers with the small boundary and lightning outfield as four 200 scores were posted last year with an average score of 190. 

 The pitch at St Lucia is on the slower side and provides assistance for the spinners.

Teams chasing the target had an edge of 3-1 over the teams batting first in the matches held in the previous edition.