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Jamaica Tallawahs take on St Lucia Kings in the third game of the 2021 Caribbean Premier League.
The match is scheduled to take place at 10am local time (3pm BST, 7.30pm IST) on Friday, August 27, 2021.
Full CPL 2021 fixture list: Click here
Every game in the 2021 Caribbean Premier League is being held at Warner Park on St Kitts, in an effort to minimise the Covid-19 risk to the tournament.
Well, it's the start of the season, so for these teams it's not particularly easy to give you a firm answer.
Jamaica Tallawahs were beaten semi-finalists last year, having come fourth in the group stages.
St Lucia Kings - then the Zouks - were beaten finalists in 2020 (no shame in that, given they came acropper against a devastating and unbeaten Trinbago Knight Riders outfit.
They finished third in the group stage of the competition, with six wins from their 10 matches.
Rahkeem Cornwall of St Lucia Kings
Andre Russell - the No.1 player in the T20 Player Index rankings - is the man to watch in whichever league he plays, let alone this one, where he is a vital part of his home team.
To fill the void left by Sandeep Lamichhane and Mujeeb ur Rahman, Jamaica have invested in Chris Green and Qais Ahmad, both of whom have played previously for Guyana Amazon Warriors.
Pakistan batsman Haider Ali is highly regarded and comes as an upgrade on Asif Ali, who averaged just 14.75 last year in a batting order that found the going tough.
Faf du Plessis has taken over as St Lucia Kings captain, though he missed The Hundred after failing to recover adequately from a concussion he had sustained two months ago in the Pakistan Super League. He replaces Darren Sammy in the role who, for all his leadership skills, struggled to contribute with either bat or ball.
In Samit Patel and Tim David, St Lucia have invested in overseas players in pretty good touch: Patel had an excellent campaign in The Hundred, while Singapore international David had a tremendous competition with Surrey in the Royal London Cup.
Keemo Paul looks a wily addition to the squad; he has joined from Guyana Amazon Warriors, while Alzarri Joseph has also signed on. The pair of West Indies internationals should theoretically improve Kings’ seam attack that benefited from 17 wickets for Scott Kuggeleijn last year. He is not returning this time around.
Imad Wasim signed for Jamaica Tallawahs on the eve of the CPL, and adds tremendous T20 know-how to their ranks.
Matches played: 17
Jamaica Tallawahs wins: 13
St Lucia Kings wins: 2
No result: 2
No. The 10am matches at Warner Park will be played behind closed doors, with 50 per cent capacity crowds permitted inside the venue during the evening games.
Highs of 32 degrees Celsius, with a 25 per cent chance of rain.
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Onfield: Deighton Butler, Christopher Taylor
TV umpire: Nigel Duguid
Fourth umpire: Lesley Reifer Jnr
Jamaica Tallawahs look like they are in for a tough year, but their opener against St Lucia Kings gives them a good chance of starting quickly. Jamaica win. Just.
Andre Russell of Jamaica Tallawahs
Jamaica Tallawahs are 11/5 to win while St Lucia Kings are 2/1, according to Oddschecker.
CPL TEAM GUIDES
BT Sport have the live broadcast rights to the competition in the United Kingdom and will be showing all 33 matches on their platforms.
For UK streamers, BT Sport will have all of the action available online and on the BT Sport app. A 30-day monthly pass is available for £25, providing access to every BT channel and the app. EE customers can access every channel for a £20 per month add-on to their phone contract.
Where can I watch elsewhere in the world?
Australia: Fox Sports
New Zealand: Sky Sport NZ
India: FanCode
South Africa: SuperSport
USA: Willow TV
Middle East: Etisalat
Pan-Caribbean: SportsMax (Except Trinidad & Guyana)
Trinidad: CNC3
Barbados: CBC
St Lucia: Helen TV
Antigua & Barbuda: CNS
Guyana: E- Networks
Grenada: GBN
Jamaica Tallawahs: Rovman Powell, Veerasammy Permaul, Carlos Brathwaite, Qais Ahmad, Chadwick Walton, Jason Mohammed, Andre Russell, Fidel Edwards, Ryan Persaud, Haider Ali, Migael Pretorius, Kenar Lewis, Abhijai Mansingh, Joshua James, Kirk McKenzie, Chris Green, Shamarh Brooks, Imad Wasim
St Lucia Kings: Andre Fletcher, Kesrick Williams, Wahab Riaz, Rakheem Cornwall, Keemo Paul, Javelle Glen, Mark Deyal, Alzarri Joseph, Jeavor Royal, Obed McCoy, Roston Chase, Faf du Plessis, Usman Qadir, Samit Patel, Keron Cottoy, Kadeem Alleyne, Tim David
Full CPL 2021 squad lists: Click here
Jamaica Tallawahs: Rovman Powell, Chadwick Walton, Shamarh Brooks, Andre Russell, Haider Ali, Ryan Persaud, Veerasammy Permaul, Imad Wasim, Qais Ahmad, Migael Pretorius, Fidel Edwards
St Lucia Kings: Tim David, Andre Fletcher, Faf du Plessis, Rahkeem Cornwall, Mark Deyal, Roston Chase, Obed McCoy, Usman Qadir, Wahab Riaz, Kesrick Williams, Alzarri Joseph
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