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CPL 2020 has entered its business end and the playoff scenarios are becoming narrower. With just just eight matches to go in the league stage of the tournament, two spots are up for grabs. St. Lucia Zouks and run away leader Trinbago Knight Riders have already book their places for the playoffs. 

In Match 24, Guyana Amazon Warriors take on the St Lucia Zouks in a match between 2nd place and 3rd place. The Zouks have 10 points in seven matches so far while the Warriors have eight points in spite of playing a match less than their counterparts. 

The Guyana Amazon Warriors have finally found some rhythm in the tournament as they have won their last two matches. In the previous game against the Barbados Tridents, they reduced the defending champions to 27/8, eventually bowling them out for 92. The batting and bowling seems to have peaked just about at the right time. 

On the other hand, the St Lucia Zouks defended a paltry total of 92 and are already guaranteed to reach the Semi Finals. The bowling has been accurate so far but the batting is still a concern for Zouks especially while batting first. So, can they get it right today and beat Guyana, just as they did earlier in the season?

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Key Players to Watch/Key Stats

  • Roston Chase bowled the last over against the Tridents and defended 9 runs. His match up against southpaws Hetmyer, Pooran will be one to watch out for. Also, Chase was man of the match against Guyana earlier this season (66 off 51 balls).
  • Nicholas Pooran has played two contrasting knocks in the previous two games with a 45-ball century and then a knock of 18 runs in 33 balls. He was promoted ahead of Taylor against the Tridents and it’s interesting to see what will be his position against the Zouks.
  • Brandon King has not had the same success in 2020 as he did in CPL 2019. However, he is coming off an unbeaten half-century vs Barbados. Can he build on it?
  • Naveen Ul Haq was the man of the match against the Tridents with 4 wickets, giving away just 14 runs. He ran through the middle order and will pose a threat to the batting order of the Zouks. 
  • Shimron Hetmyer has scored six consecutive single digit scores now and the Warriors will hope that he strikes form before the playoffs. Can he fire this game?
  • Mohammad Nabi has been a star performer for Zouks with his economical bowling and he will be the key against the star studded Guyana batting line-up. Nabi is the third-highest wicket taker in CPL 2020 with 10.
  • Chris Green took unbelievable figures of 4-2-3-1 vs Barbados yesterday.
  • Scott Kuggeleijn has the second-most wickets in CPL 2020 (11). He took 3/24 vs Guyana earlier this season.
  • Kesrick Williams also has 10 wickets in CPL 2020. He is a genuine wicket taker in T20s, with 126 wickets in 94 matches.
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Stats and Facts

  • Head-to-head: Matches 14, Guyana Amazon Warriors 9 wins, St Lucia Zouks 5 wins.
  • In the previous game of the tournament between these two teams, SLZ won by 10 runs.
  • The two teams have only played one match at Tarouba, which was in the earlier stages of this tournament.

Possible Playing 11

Guyana Amazon Warriors: 1. Brandon King, 2. Kevin Sinclair, 3. Shimron Hetmyer, 4. Ross Taylor, 5. Nicholas Pooran (wk), 6. Keemo Paul, 7. Chris Green (c), 8. Romario Shepherd, 9. Naveen-ul-Haq, 10. Imran Tahir, 11. Ashmead Nedd

St. Lucia Zouks: 1. Andre Fletcher (wk), 2. Rahkeem Cornwall, 3. Mark Deyal, 4. Roston Chase, 5. Najibullah Zadran 6. Mohammad Nabi, 7. Darren Sammy (c), 8. Javelle Glenn, 9. Scott Kuggeleijn, 10. Kesrick Williams, 11. Zahir Khan

Tarouba Pitch and Weather Report

The Tarouba venue has hosted two matches in the 2nd leg of matches at the ground in CPL 2020, and the scores have been contrasting in the two games. In the first game both the teams breached 160 run mark, while the team batting first scored 184. While in the 2nd game, a target of 93 was chased in the 17th over. Overall, the pitch is expected to be slow and helpful for spinners.

In terms of the weather, there is a chance of showers and thunderstorms throughout the day.

Dream11 Prediction

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Match Prediction

St. Lucia Zouks have been one of the surprise packages of the tournament as Darren Sammy-led side have been impressive on the slowish pitches in Trinidad and Tobago. But against GAW which has the potential to whack any bowling attack, the Warriors will start as favourites.

Written by Sarthak Karkhanis. Follow Sarthak on Twitter today.

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Sarthak Karkhanis
Sarthak Karkhanis
Sarthak is a well-established cricket writer and video producer. In addition to writing for CricBlog, Sarthak has worked with Star Sports, ESPNcricinfo, The Quint, and Hotstar.

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