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Guyana Amazon Warriors lock horns with Barbados Tridents at Tarouba on Thursday, as the struggling defending champions will push their case to seal the final Semi Final spot in CPL 2020.
With a win over the St Lucia Zouks on Wednesday, Guyana, the CPL 2019 runners-up, are now guaranteed to finish in the top four, joining Trinbago Knight Riders and St Lucia Zouks. Keemo Paul, Imran Tahir and Naveen Ul Haq were economical and also among the wickets as they restricted the Darren Sammy-led side to 109-7. Hetmyer’s half century in the chase, meant that the Warriors completed the target with a little more than six overs to spare.
The two teams met on Tuesday when GAW triumphed over the Barbados side in convincing fashion as they restricted them to 92 after reducing them to 27/8. In the end, they chased it down with ease, thanks to a 49-ball-51 by Brandon King. The Tridents have really struggled in CPL 2020, only winning a couple out of their 8 games so far. They need to win both their remaining games to have any chance of finishing in the top four and edge the Tallawahs for the 4th place. It’s now or never.
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Key Players to Watch/Key Stats
- Brandon King scored an unbeaten 51 against the Tridents earlier this week. Overall, he has 278 runs vs Barbados at an average of 139.00. He will be the key for the Warriors at the top of the order.
- Shimron Hetmyer finally ended his streak of single digit scores with a half century against the Zouks. With just a game to go before the Semi Finals, GAW will be happy that the southpaw has finally struck form.
- Nicholas Pooran is the third-highest run-scorer in CPL 2020 (234).
- Naveen Ul Haq was impressive with a four-wicket haul in the previous game between these two sides and poses a serious threat to the fragile Tridents batting line-up
- Jason Holder has been poor with his batting contributions in CPL 2020 and he needs to step up in the final two games to enhance the qualification chances of the defending champions.
- Rashid Khan was expected to be a star performer in this year’s edition. The leg spinner has been decent lately but has lacked the support from his bowlers.
Stats and Facts
- Head to Head: Matches 15, GAW 10 wins, BT 5 wins.
- Hetmyer (235) and Pooran (234) are the 2nd and 3rd highest leading run getters respectively in CPL 2020. Only one run separates them so far.
- Tahir is the second-highest wicket taker so far with 12 wickets in nine matches.
Possible Playing 11
Guyana Amazon Warriors: 1. Brandon King, 2. Chandrapaul Hetmaj, 3. Shimron Hetmyer, 4. Ross Taylor, 5. Nicholas Pooran (wk), 6. Keemo Paul, 7. Chris Green (c), 8. Romario Shepherd, 9. Kevin Sinclair, 10. Naveen-ul-Haq, 11. Imran Tahir
Barbados Tridents: 1. Johnson Charles, 2. Shai Hope (wk), 3. Kyle Mayers, 4. Jason Holder (c), 5. Corey Anderson/Jonathan Carter, 6. Rashid Khan, 7. Ashley Nurse, 8. Mitchell Santner, 9. Raymon Reifer 10. Nyeem Young, 11. Hayden Walsh Jr.
Tarouba Pitch and Weather Report
The Tarouba pitch has been slow and assisting spinners. 120 has only been breached thrice in eight innings of the 2nd leg so far, with TKR contributing to two of these. There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms throughout the day.
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Match Prediction
The Tridents have been mediocre in the last three games, while the Warriors are peaking at the right time. It can be considered an upset if the result is anything else than a Warriors win.
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Written by Sarthak Karkhanis. Follow Sarthak on Twitter today.
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