SLZ vs GUY Dream11 Match Prediction Cricket St Lucia Zouks vs Guyana Amazon Warriors CPL T20 3 September

SLZ vs GUY Dream11 Prediction: Caribbean Premier League has failed to deliver entertaining cricket so far during this year’s edition. One of the major reasons behind that is the nature of pitches. But as we go closer to the knockout stages, the race for the qualifications is well and truly on. In their quest to book a place in the last 4, Guyana Amazon Warriors will take on St Lucia Zouks today. We will preview the match in our Dream11 fantasy cricket.

St Lucia Zouks are coming into this match after an unexpected win over Barbados Tridents in the last match. Batting first, only Leniko Boucher, Najibullah Zadran and Roston Chase were successful to go into the double figures as all other batsmen struggled to occupy the crease against the Tridents bowlers. As a result, the Zouks were bowled out for a disappointing 92 runs. But in reply, St Lucia Zouks bowlers gave the same treatment to Barbados batting lineup. Slow bowlers exploited the conditions to perfection and never released the pressure by maintaining very good lengths on that surface. With the help of significant contributions from Kesrick Williams and Javelle Glen, St Lucia Zouks defended the total successfully.

Guyana Amazon Warriors had an easy outing against Barbados Tridents yesterday. Bowling first, Naveen-ul-Haq picked up 4 scalps while Chris Green and Kevin Sinclair bowled economical spells to restrict the Tridents to the score of 92 runs. In the chase, opener Brandon King found his form with an unbeaten 51 runs and also shared an important partnership with Nicholas Pooran to complete the formalities. Guyana Amazon Warriors won the match by 8 wickets.

In head-to-head comparisons, Guyana Amazon Warriors are ahead with a lead of 9-5 over St Lucia Zouks. In last 5 matches, Guyana have won 3 games while St Lucia were victorious on 2 occasions. In the first meeting this year, St Lucia Zouks beat the Warriors by 10 runs at the same venue.    

Pitch and Conditions

If we look at the weather radar for today’s match at Tarouba, Isolated thunderstorms are predicted for the whole day. But as we had seen yesterday, we may still get lucky and get a full game of cricket today. The playing surface will be the same from yesterday and some definite assistance for the slower bowlers can be expected along with some extra bounce.

SLZ vs GUY Dream11 Teams Match Details

Fixture name: St Lucia Zouks Vs Guyana Amazon Warriors, Match 24 CPL T20

Competition: CPL T20

Date: 3^rd September 2020

Time: 3:00 AM IST

Stadium: The Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba

Head to Head (Last 5 games)

St Lucia Zouks: 02, Guyana Amazon Warriors: 03, Tie: 00

Points Table Standings

St Lucia Zouks: Played- 7, Won- 5, Lost- 2, Point- 10, Standing- 2nd

Guyana Amazon Warriors: Played- 8, Won- 4, Lost- 4, Points- 8, Standing- 3rd

SLZ vs GUY Dream11 Team Prediction

Let’s take a look at the expected lineups for both the teams in today match prediction.

St Lucia Zouks Squad

Daren Sammy (C), Rahkeem Cornwall, Andre Fletcher, Leniko Boucher (wk), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Kavem Hodge, Roston Chase, Chemar Holder, Kimani Melius, Kesrick Williams, Zahir Khan Pakteen, Obed McCoy, Javelle Glenn, Saad Bin Zafar, Mark Deyal, Scott Kuggeleijn

St Lucia Zouks Team News

• St Lucia Zouks have been excellent so far in the CPL this year. They may want to make a change or two in their playing XI for today’s match.
• Rahkeem Cornwall and Andre Fletcher will be opening the batting for the Zouks again. Leniko Boucher is likely to bat at number 3 position.
• Roston Chase, Najibullah Zadran and Mohammad Nabi will form the Zouks middle order but they are in a precious position with respect to the form of captain Daren Sammy. He has not made a single cricketing contribution till now this year.
• Javelle Glen and Zahir Khan will be their spinners while Scott Kuggeleijn and Kesrick Williams will be taking charge of fast-bowling department in today’s match.

SLZ Playing 11 (Probable)

Rahkeem Cornwall

Andre Fletcher

Leniko Boucher

Roston Chase

Najibullah Zadran

Mohammad Nabi

Javelle Glen

Daren Sammy (C)

Scott Kuggeleijn

Kesrick Williams

Zahir Khan

Guyana Amazon Warriors Squad

Chris Green (C), Brandon King, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shimron Hetmyer, Kevin Sinclair, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ross Taylor, Sherfane Rutherford, Keemo Paul, Kissoodath Magram, Romario Shepherd, Ashmead Nedd, Naveen-ul-Haq, Imran Tahir, Odean Smith, Anthony Bramble, Jessy Singh

Guyana Amazon Warriors Team News

• Guyana Amazon Warriors are expected to field an unchanged playing XI from the yesterday’s match.
• Brandon King has finally found his touch this year with his innings in the last game against Barbados Tridents. Kevin Sinclair has not contributed with the bat so far but he was excellent with the ball in the opportunities he got.
• The middle order of Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer and Ross Taylor is their strongest suit while Romario Shepherd, Chris Green and Keemo Paul have been decent in their all-rounders’ roles.
• They went into yesterday’s game with Imran Tahir, Naveen-ul-Haq and Kissoondath Magram in the bowling department. It will be interesting to see their tactics today though.

GUY Playing 11 (Probable)

Brandon King

Kevin Sinclair

Shimron Hetmyer

Nicholas Pooran (wk)

Ross Taylor

Keemo Paul

Romario Shepherd

Chris Green (C)

Kissoodath Magram

Naveen-ul-Haq

Imran Tahir

SLZ vs GUY Dream 11 Prediction Today Cricket Match

WK: Nicholas Pooran
Batsmen: Shimron Hetmyer, Javelle Glen, Najibullah Zadran
All-rounders: Chris Green, Roston Chase, Mohammad Nabi, Rahkeem Cornwall
Bowlers: Naveen-ul-Haq, Imran Tahir, Scott Kugglejin

Captain Picks

For Small Leagues

• Mohammad Nabi should be the premium choice for the captaincy position for today’s match. This Afghanistan all-rounder has been supreme in both segments of the game in this season. He acts as a finisher with the bat while takes the new ball in bowling scheme of things.
• Nicholas Pooran is coming into his elements slowly as we have seen in the last couple of matches. After hitting an unbeaten ton in the game against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, he again remained not out in the last chase against Barbados Tridents.
• Guyana Amazon Warriors captain Chris Green is enjoying these slow pitches on his return to the T20 cricket with a changed action. He bowled an unbelievable spell yesterday against the Tridents with the figures of 4-2-3-1.

For Grand Leagues

• Najibullah Zadran can be an encouraging option for the grand leagues today. He has shown plenty of promise so far in his T20 career and has the game to tackle Guyana spinners in today’s clash.
• Scott Kuggeleijn has the highest wickets in fast bowlers’ category in this year’s CPL so far. He bowled only 2 overs in the last match but he is expected to play a bigger role at The Brian Lara Stadium for this round of matches as he had some good success here in the first week.
• Naveen-ul-Haq is coming into this match after a 4-wicket haul in the last match against Barbados Tridents. He will be riding high on the confidence and will be looking to seal his place in the playing XI. A logical choice for the grand leagues today.

Who will win SLZ vs GUY Today Match Prediction?

As per our Dream11 predictions, this will be the battlefield between two in-form teams of the competition. St Lucia Zouks are sitting at a comfortable position in the points table but Guyana Amazon Warriors still have some work to do to ensure a qualification. Looking at the formations of both the teams on paper, Guyana Amazon Warriors are slight favourites for today.