St Lucia Zouks vs. Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel Prediction

Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel humiliated St Lucia Zouks by a hefty margin of nine wickets in the 15^th match of the CPL 2014. The first has emerged as a top team of the tournament by grabbing 10 points from 6 matches while losing just one of them. The latter is unable to win any of the five games they played so far and are still searching for their opening points.

Players to watch

Kevin O’Brien and Evin Lewis were instrumental openers in their previous encounter against the same rivals and posted 129 runs. The first remained unbeaten with 55, Lewis contributed 77 whereas their captain, Dwayne Bravo, and Darren Bravo are in great nick. Samuel Badree, Kevin Cooper and O’Brien are responding well with the ball.

Johnson Charles and Sohail Tanvir registered fifties in their last close match vs. Barbados Tridents that St Lucia Zouks lost by three wickets. The top and middle order batsmen along with their skipper, Darren Sammy, are badly needed to shine. Tino Best, Sohail Tanvir and Ray Jordan have accumulated just three wickets in the event and that reflects their depth in bowling.

Time & Venue

Saturday August 2, 2014 @ 20.00 GMT, 16.00 local at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia.

Weather

The match will be disturbed by rain with the temperatures around 26-29ᵒC.

Toss

St Lucia Zouks would like to bat first subject to winning the toss, in an effort to boost the confidence of their batsmen.

The Pitch

A comfortable strip for batting

Teams

St Lucia Zouks – Darren Sammy (C), Johnson Charles, Henry Davids, Andre Fletcher, Keddy Lesporis, Liam Sebastien, Sohail Tanvir, Tonito Willett, Roelof van der Merwe, Ray Jordan, Tino Best,

Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel – Dwayne Bravo (C), Evin Lewis, Kevin O’Brien, Ross Taylor, Darren Bravo, Nicolas Pooran, Kevon Cooper, Javon Searles, Sulieman Benn, Samuel Badree, Fidel Edwards.

Prediction

Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel will climb up with another two points