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Barbados Royals take on Trinbago Knight Riders in the fourth game of the 2021 Caribbean Premier League.
The match is scheduled to take place at 7pm local time (midnight BST, 4.30am Saturday IST) on Friday, August 26, 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.
After not losing a single game in 2020, Trinbago Knight Riders were defeated in their first outing of this year's competition.
Knight Riders were unable to chase down Guyana Amazon Warriors' total of 142 for 7, scrambling to 133 for 9 to lose by nine runs.
Barbados Royals also suffered a defeat in their first outing of 2021, failing to chase down St Kitts & Nevis Patriots' total of 175 for 5. Jason Holder's side finished on 154 for 7 to lose by 21 runs.
Trinbago Knight Riders lost their CPL opener to Guyana Amazon Warriors
Sunil Narine is among the most accomplished T20 allrounders of all time and he began the tournament in excellent form, taking 2 for 17 from four overs against Guyana.
His fellow spinner Akeal Hosein returned identical figures and on a surface which is only likely to slow as the competition goes on, these two could be crucial to Trinbago's chances.
With the bat, none of the Trinbago line-up got beyond 28 on Thursday and will be desperate for an improved showing on Friday.
Barbados Royals batsman Glenn Phillips is ranked 17th in the T20 Player Index and has a terrific Caribbean Premier League record, having scored 1,323 runs for Jamaica Tallawahs.
Matches played: 17
Barbados Royals wins: 7
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots wins: 10
Yes. 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.
Click here for the Accuweather forecast.
Onfield: Carl Tuckett, Verdayne Smith
TV umpire: Gregory Brathwaite
Fourth umpire: Zahid Bassarath
Despite only winning three matches in 11 outings since the start of 2020 and losing their season opener, Barbados Royals still put 154 runs on the board against St Kitts & Nevis Patriots and may fancy themselves against a Trinbago Knight Riders side reeling from their first defeat since 2019.
Barbados Royals allrounder Jason Holder
Trinbago Knight Riders are favourites to win this clash, with Oddschecker offering 4/6.. Barbados Royals are 11/8.
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
Barbados Royals: Jason Holder, Glenn Phillips, Chris Morris, Raymon Reifer, Kyle Mayers, Oshane Thomas, Ashley Nurse, Shai Hope, Thisara Perera, Justin Greaves, Joshua Bishop, Hayden Walsh Jr, Johnson Charles, Nyeem Young, Mohammad Amir, Azam Khan, Shafiqullah Ghafari, Smit Patel, Jake Lintott
Trinbago Knight Riders: Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Colin Munro, Khary Pierre, Anderson Phillip, Yasir Shah, Ali Khan, Tion Webster, Akeal Hoesin, Lendl Simmons, Jayden Seales, Isuru Udana, Leonardo Julien, Tim Seifert
Full CPL 2021 squad lists: Click here
Barbados Royals: Johnson Charles, Glenn Phillips, Kyle Mayers, Shai Hope, Jason Holder, Azam Khan, Thisara Perera, Hayden Walsh Jr, Jake Lintott, Raymon Reiffer, Oshane Thomas
Trinbago Knight Riders: Lendl Simmons, Sunil Narine, Colin Munro, Tim Seifert, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Kieron Pollard, Isuru Udana, Akeal Hosein, Ravi Rampaul, Jayden Seales
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