In the second match of 2016 Caribbean Premier League, St Kitts is set to take on Guyana Amazon Warriors on 30th June at Basseterre in St. Kitts. The match has been scheduled to begin at 20:00 local time, 1:00 BST (1 July) and 5:30 IST (1 July).
Preview
South Africa national T20 team captain Faf du Plessis is all set to lead St. Kitts and Nevis patriots for this fourth season of Caribbean Premier League. He has got good record as skipper although hasn’t achieved something big but still will be crucial as batsman and leader in the Patriots team.
Eventually St. Kitts have got some top players in the side. The batting line-up consists of premier twenty20 cricket batsmen like Lendl Simmons and Carlos Brathwaite. Australia’s Brad Hodge will also be a key player in the line-up. Simmons helped West Indies national side in the semifinal of wt20 2016 to beat India while Brathwaite hit 4 sixes in the last over of ICC World Twenty20 final to win second title for nation.
On the other side, last year semi-finalist Guyana Amazon Warriors will look to get good start in this season too. Martin Guptill to captain the side that has got some good players. Dwayne Smith, Chris Lynn, Guptill are the key batsmen for Warriors. Adam Zampa and Sohail Tanvir are the top bowlers in Warriors side.
Squads
St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots
Faf du Plessis (Captain), Lendl Simmons, Carlos Brathwaite, Shamarh Brooks, Tino Best, Nikhil Dutta, Brad Hodge, Alzarri Joseph, Evin Lewis, Samuel Badree, Thisara Perera, Kieran Powell, Jeremiah Louis, Krishmar Santokie, Tabraiz Shamsi, Jonathan Carter, JJ Smuts, Devon Thomas.
Guyana Amazon Warriors
Martin Guptill (Captain), Sohail Tanvir, Devendra Bishoo, Steven Jacobs, Rayad Emrit, Chris Barnwell, Shimron Hetmyer, Ali Khan, Steven Katwaroo, Chris Lynn, Jason Mohammad, Assad Fudadin, Anthony Bramble, Orlando Peters, Dwayne Smith, Veerasammy Permaul, Paul Wintz, Adam Zampa.
Predictions
St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots look better side than Guyana Amazon Warriors and they will be favorite to win the second game of CPL-4. Patriots have got 60 percent winning chances over Warriors.