CARIBBEAN T20 LEAGUE 2021: MATCH 3, JAMAICA VS. SAINT LUCIA | PREDICTION, PLAYING 11 AND FANTASY CRICKET TIPS
Preview
Jamaica will take on last season’s runners-up Saint Lucia in the third match of the Caribbean T20 League 2021 at the Warner Park in St. Kitts on Friday morning.
This will be the first game of the season for these sides and both will be eager to start the season with a win. Jamaica won 3 out of their 10 matches and lost out to Trinbago in the semifinals last year. They have players like Andre Russell, Haider Ali and Chris Green and will be confident of making a good run in this tournament.
On the other hand, St Lucia had their best season last year, finishing as runners-up to Trinbago. Faf du Plessis is the captain for this season and has players like Andre Fletcher, Rahkeem Cornwall and Wahab Riaz in his squad.
Match Details
- Game: Jamaica vs. Saint Lucia, Match 3
- Venue: Warner Park, St. Kitts
- Date & Time: Aug. 27, 2021, at 7:30 PM IST/10 AM Local
Probable Playing XI:
Jamaica
- Chadwick Walton (WK), Kennar Lewis, Haider Ali, Jason Mohammed, Rovman Powell (C), Andre Russell, Chris Green, Migael Pretorius, Veerasammy Permaul, Qais Ahmed, Fidel Edwards
Saint Lucia
- Rahkeem Cornwall, Andre Fletcher (WK), Faf du Plessis (C), Roston Chase, Mark Deyal, Tim David, Wahab Riaz, Keemo Paul, Obed McCoy, Kesrick Williams, Usman Qadir
Weather Report
- The weather is expected to be mostly fair in Basseterre, with some cloud cover during the match. The temperature will be around 30 degrees during the game.
Pitch Report
- The pitch at Warner Park is generally a good playing surface. The batters are likely to enjoy their time as the ball comes onto the bat quite easily. The surface has a new-ball bounce and will assist the bowlers early on. Moreover, pacers have been more successful at this venue than spinners and are likely to take more wickets here. The average first-innings score in the last five T20s played here has been 158 runs.
Toss
- The team batting first at this venue has won both of the matches played here this season. So expect the team that wins the toss to opt to bat first and have a better chance of winning. A first-innings score of around 170 runs can be a competitive one on this surface.
Top Fantasy Picks
Wicketkeeper
- Andre Fletcher will be the preferred wicketkeeper on the team. He is currently not in the best of forms, scoring just 127 runs in nine matches with a high score of 35. Last season, he scored 211 runs at an average of 21.10 and a strike rate of 127.87.
Batters
- Haider Ali will be the opener for Jamaica in this match. He has been in good form recently, with 189 runs in his last five matches, including a high score of 91. Overall, he has scored 1017 runs in 49 T20s at a strike rate of 146.12.
- Faf du Plessis was ruled out of the second leg of the Pak T20 League and the Hundred due to concussion, but is fit to play here. He had an excellent first leg of the Indian T20 League 2021, scoring 320 runs at an average of 64 and a strike rate of 145.45, including 4 half centuries.
All-Rounders
- Andre Russell is a monster-hitter and can change the course of a match almost single-handedly. He has been in decent form, with 107 runs and 6 wickets in the 5-match T20 series against Australia. Last season, he scored 222 runs in eight innings and picked up 3 wickets too.
- Rahkeem Cornwall has opened the innings several times for Saint Lucia. He had a good last season, scoring 182 runs in 10 matches at a strike rate of 141.08 and picking up 2 wickets too. He has not played T20 cricket for a while and might be a little rusty at the beginning.
Bowlers
- Fidel Edwards recently made a come-back into the West Indies T20I squad against South Africa and Australia, picking up 3 wickets in four matches. Last season, he took 9 wickets at an economy rate of 7.66 and best figures of 3/30.
- Obed McCoy will be the key bowler from St Lucia for this match. He has taken 18 T20I wickets this year at an economy rate of 7.14, with best figures of 4/22. He is a thinking bowler and has pace variations to take wickets regularly.
Howzat Dream Team
- Wicketkeeper: A Fletcher
- Batters: H Ali, F du Plessis, T David
- All-rounders: J Mohammad, A Russell, R Cornwall
- Bowlers: F Edwards, Q Ahmed, O McCoy, W Riaz
- Captain: F du Plessis/R Cornwall
- Vice Captain: A Russell/H Ali
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