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St Lucia Kings take on Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2022 Caribbean Premier League.
The match is scheduled to take place at 7pm local time (GMT-5) on Saturday, September 10.
This game is due to be staged at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St Lucia.
Well, neither in reality. Between the two teams, they have mustered a single win in seven games. Guyana Amazon Warriors' only point so far has come in a washout, though that ought to have changed on Thursday.
In the driving seat heading into the penultimate over of their clash with St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Shimron Hetmyer's side contrived to lose despite having 38 runs to defend in 12 balls. With 22 needed off the final over, Dwaine Pretorius smashed Romario Shepherd for three successive sixes in a remarkable late flurry. Earlier Hetmyer and Chandrapaul Hemraj had each made 40s, but both were in vain.
Kings, meanwhile, got off the mark by chasing down 164 to inch past Jamaica Tallawahs in a thriller. They found themselsves 39 for 4 and 75 for 5, but largely thanks to Johnson Charles' 64 and lower-order cameos from Tim David, Roshon Primus and David Wiese, they crept over the line with two balls remaining. More recently, however, they have been on the wrong end of a similar game, with Barbados Royals easing to a chase of 170.
Tabraiz Shamsi will be key for Guyana Amazon Warriors [CPL/Getty Images]
It will be fascinating to see how Guyana recover from the shock of their last-gasp defeat and who, if the situation arises once again, Hetmyer turns to at the death. He seemed set on Odean Smith bowling the final over, before handing the ball to Shepherd, so one wonders which way he will go next time.
Otherwise, on surfaces becoming increasingly used and spin-friendly, the treatment of Guyana's spinners will be worth watching, with Imran Tahir, Gudakesh Motie and Tabraiz Shamsi all involved. Faf du Plessis, who captained both Shamsi and Tahir at international level, will be key here.
For St Lucia, Jeavor Royal could return after being replaced by Mark Deyal for the defeat by Barbados Royals. Niroshan Dickwella made his debut for the franchise on Thursday after arriving from the Asia Cup.
Matches played: 17
St Lucia Kings wins: 6
Guyana Amazon Warriors wins: 11
Tickets are still available for this fixture, ranging from $4 to $17.
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Warm and sunny conditions are expected in St Lucia, witth highs of 32 degrees.
St Lucia Kings: Roston Chase, Johnson Charles, Kesrick Williams, Alzarri Joseph, Mark Deyal, Jeavor Royal, Faf du Plessis (arriving September 3), Tim David (arriving September 2), David Wiese (arriving September 3), Scott Kuggeleijn, Matthew Forde, Leroy Lugg, Preston McSween, Larry Edwards, Ackeem Auguste, Rivaldo Clarke, Roshon Primus/Niroshan Dickwella
Guyana Amazon Warriors: Shimron Hetymer, Odean Smith, Romario Shepherd, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Keemo Paul, Gudakesh Motie, Imran Tahir, Tabraiz Shamsi, Colin Ingram, Paul Stirling, Heinrich Klaasen, Shai Hope, Jermaine Blackwood, Veerasammy Permaul, Ronsford Beaton, Matthew Nandu, Junior Sinclair
St Lucia Kings need a big display from Alzarri Joseph [CPL/Getty Images]
St Lucia Kings: Johnson Charles, Niroshan Dickwella, Faf du Plessis, Mark Deyal, Ackeem Auguste, Roston Chase, Tim David, Roshon Primus, David Wiese, Alzarri Joseph, Scott Kuggeleijn
Guyana Amazon Warriors: Paul Stirling, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Heinrich Klaasen, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Keemo Paul, Gudakesh Motie, Tabraiz Shamsi, Imran Tahir
Guyana Amazon Warriors are favourites at 4/5, while St Lucia Kings are at 6/5.
St Lucia's side looks far stronger for its overseas additions on the back of The Hundred and with Niroshan Dickwella now having arrived. St Lucia win.
BT Sport have the live broadcast rights to the competition in the United Kingdom.
Fancode - India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Myanmar and the Maldives
Sky NZ - New Zealand
Willow - USA
SuperSport - South Africa
Fox Sports - Australia
DAZN – Australia, Europe and South East Asia
SportsMax - Pan Caribbean
E-Networks - Guyana
Star Sports – India
CNC3 - Trinidad & Tobago
Etisalat - Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Syria, Tunisa, UAE, Yemen, West Bank, Gaza Strip and Palestine
TVG - Guyana
NCN - Guyana
National Television Network - Guyana
Little Rock Television Station - Guyana
CNS - Antigua and Barbuda
GBN - Grenada
Winners TV - St Lucia
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