Caribbean-T20 League 2024

Match 03: SKN vs TKR

Preview

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots will cross swords with Trinbago Knight Riders for the 3rd Caribbean T20 League 2024 match. The game is scheduled to be played at Warner Park at St Kitts on Sunday, September 1. 

The Patriots played in the tournament's inaugural game against Antigua and Barbuda Falcons. In that game, ABF posted 163 runs for a four-wicket loss. Though Anrich Nortje, Dominic Drakes, Ashmead Nedd and Tabrez Shamsi picked up one wicket each but failed to strongly impact the opponents. SKN, on the other side, chased down the target with just one wicket to spare. Kyle Mayers was the star of the match scoring 39 runs off just 24 deliveries. Despite Shamar Springers’ four-fer, the Patriots won the match by a one-wicket margin.  

The Knights will play their first match of the season. The four-time title winners ought to face tough competition from the Patriots as they will be in great confidence winning the very first match. 

Match Details

Match: SKN vs TKR, Match 03, Caribbean-T20 League 2024

Date: Sunday, September 01, 2024

Time: 04:30 AM

Venue: Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

Pitch and Weather Report

The Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts will host this match. As we have seen in the previous matches played here, the venue is more suitable for the batting side. The pitch is slow and spinners can expect a decent spin here. A score of 180 is tough to chase on this pitch as the surface tends to become slower in the second half of the game. 

The weather is expected to be cloudy with chances of rain. The temperature will range between 31-26 degrees Celsius with the humidity level touching 87 percent.

SKN vs TKR Squads

SKN: Andre Fletcher (c & wk), Kyle Mayers, Rilee Rossouw, Evin Lewis, Tristan Stubbs, Dominic Drakes, Odean Smith, Ryan John, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Ashmead Nedd, Johann Layne, Sherfane Rutherford, Joshua Da Silva, Mikyle Louis, Veerasammy Permaul

TKR: Keacy Carty, Mark Deyal, Andries Gous (wk), Nicholas Pooran (wk), Jason Roy, Dwayne Bravo, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Ali Khan, Terrance Hinds, Akeal Hossein, Josh Little, Jayden Seales, Waqar Salamkheil, Nathan Edward, Shaqkere Parris

SKN vs TKR Probable Playing XIs

SKN: Andre Fletcher (c & wk), Kyle Mayers, Rilee Rossouw, Evin Lewis, Tristan Stubbs, Dominic Drakes, Odean Smith, Ryan John, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Ashmead Nedd

Match Prediction

The four-time champions Trinbago Knights Riders will have a slight advantage being the most successful franchise of the Caribbean T20 League. They may face a tough contest against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, but irrespective of every obstacle, TKR is expected to come out on top at the end of the contest. 

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