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Reigning champions Guyana Amazon Warriors are just one win away from booking their spot in another final after finishing top of the table across the league stage, but Saint Lucia Kings will have something to say about that.
DATE & TIME: Wednesday October 3rd 2024 – USA PT – 4:00pm / USA ET – 7:00pm / Thursday October 4th 2024 – UK – 12:00am
VENUE: Guyana National Stadium, Providence
WEATHER: Grey and cloudy with light winds and temperatures reaching 28c.
HOW TO WATCH: USA – Willow & Willow Extra / UK – TNT Sports
HOW TO GET TICKETS FOR THE CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE: Click here for the latest ticket information for Guyana Amazon Warriors Men vs Saint Lucia Kings Men
GUYANA AMAZON WARRIORS FORM: DONE ENOUGH DESPITE DEFEAT VS TRINBAGO
Despite Guyana Amazon Warriors being on the end of a thumping in their final league stage fixture, it didn’t stop them from finishing top of the table due to their net-run-rate, which was strong enough to keep the Warriors at the summit despite the hit.
SAINT LUCIA KINGS FORM: SOLID SECOND PLACE FOR KINGS
Saint Lucia Kings also finished the campaign with a seven-win-record from ten matches played, but their inferior net-run-rate compared to Guyana meant that they had to settle for second-place. After losing twice to the Warriors across the league stage, they’ll need to pull off something special here.
GUYANA AMAZON WARRIORS BETTING ANALYSIS
Guyana Amazon Warriors’ spin-bowling star Gudakesh Motie has taken 16 wickets over the course of the league stage and his variations will be so important here against a strong Kings batting line-up. Back the slow left-armer to pick up another 2+ wickets across the first qualifier via the ‘Bowler Milestones’ market.
SAINT LUCIA KINGS BETTING ANALYSIS
A key piece for Saint Lucia Kings has been Johnson Charles, who is enjoying an excellent tournament with the bat. Only two batters have performed better than Charles across the competition as it stands and his 366 runs at an average of 40.66 has been pivotal in getting the Kings into the top two. Backing him to carry that form into the play-offs and top score for Saint Lucia in this qualifier has to be favoured.
GUYANA AMAZON WARRIORS VS SAINT LUCIA KINGS EXPERT PREDICTION
As we saw with Barbados Royals against Trinbago Knight Riders in the eliminator, play-off cricket represents a totally clean slate in the Caribbean Premier League and anything can happen. Poor form across the league stage can be rectified and Saint Lucia Kings need to take advantage of that. But Guyana Amazon Warriors have had their number across the entire competition so far. Beating them twice already, Guyana will come into this one in the zone after being dealt a warning blow by Trinbago in their most recent game. In the end, Guyana should prove too good for Saint Lucia.
GUYANA AMAZON WARRIORS VS SAINT LUCIA KINGS TOP TIP: GUYANA AMAZON WARRIORS TO WIN