St Kitts & Nevis Patriots will take on Guyana Amazon Warriors in match no. 2 of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2016 at the Basseterre in St Kitts on Thursday. Patriots finished at the bottom of the table in the last of the CPL whereas, the Warriors made it to the final four.
This is going to be an interesting contest as both teams have made some interesting buys during the CPL 2016 auction earlier this year.
The Patriots joined the CPL last year but they were rather ordinary in their maiden season as they finished last. If they want to make a statement in CPL 2016, they will have to play good all-round cricket.
Click here for the complete schedule of CPL 2016.
It will take a herculean effort from the Patriots to stun the Guyana Amazon Warriors on Thursday. But one never knows, as cricket is a funny game.
Fans witnessed how St Lucia Zouks outplayed the defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders on Wednesday in Port of Spain. So anything can happen when Patriots and Warriors square off in Basseterre.
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Patriots skipper Faf du Plessis will make his debut in CPL on Thursday. He is one of the better players in the shortest format of the game and he would want to lead his side from the front with the bat and on the field, as he is a brilliant fielder also.
Patriots also have a number of experienced T20 campaigners in their squad and Du Plessis will want them to come in handy in this edition of the CPL.
Meanwhile, Guyana Amazon Warriors, who will be led by Martin Guptill, have talented cricketers like Adam Zampa, Sohail Tanvir, Dwayne Smith and Chris Lynn. One can expect an evenly-matched contest when these two sides take the field on Thursday.
Squads:
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: Faf Du Plessis (C), Lendl Simmons, Samuel Badree, Brad Hodge, Thisara Perera, Jonathan Carter, Krishmar Santokie, Evin Lewis, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kieran Powell, Jon-Jon Smuts, Devon Thomas, Sharmarh Brooks, Tino Best, Jeremiah Louis, Carlos Brathwaite, Nikhil Dutta, Alzarri Joseph.
Guyana Amazon Warriors: Martin Guptill (C), Sohail Tanvir, Dwayne Smith, Chris Lynn, Rayad Emrit, Adam Zampa, Jason Mohammed, Christopher Barnwell, Veerasammy Permaul, Orlando Peters, Assad Fudadin , Anthony Bramble, Paul Wintz, Steven Jacobs, Stephen Katwaroo, Devendra Bishoo, Muhammad Ahsan Ali Khan, Shimron Hetmyer.
Where to watch live:
Match no. 2 of CPL 2016 between St Kitts & Nevis Patriots and Guyana Amazon Warriors is scheduled to start from 8 p.m. local time (5:30 a.m. IST, 1:00 a.m. BST) start. Below are the live streaming and TV options (Note: IST am timings are next day):
India: Sony Six and Sony Six HD. Live Streaming: SonyLiv.
UK: BT Sport. Live Streaming: BT Sport Live Streaming.
USA: ESPN 3. Live Streaming: Watch Espn.
Australia: Fox Sports. Live Streaming: Foxtel Play.
New Zealand: Sommet Sports.
Barbados: Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation.
Trinidad: Caribbean Communications Network, TV 6, CNC 3 .
Nevis: Caribbean Cable Networks.
Guyana: National Communications Network, TVG.
St Kitts: ZIZ Broadcasting Corp.
St Lucia: Helen Television System, St Lucia Cable Vision.
Jamaica: TVJ.
