Justin Greaves and Fakhar Zaman are at the crease. Justin Greaves is on strike. Wiese will open the attack
We have a new opening pair today for the Falcons. Wiese to begin with a slip in place
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Nice windy conditions - 59m and 65 m square boundaries, the straight boundary is 73m, we're playing at the same pitch as the other night. The wind will play its part, the pitch is nice and hard, the bounce will be consistent with the ball coming on nicely. You can play your shots on this wicket and the wind will be a factor, with batters hitting it into the wind from one side, reckons Samuel Badree, in his pitch report.
Chris Green - I'm hoping that I will start winning more tosses as we hit the road, We now know that we'll have to win 5 out of 7 games if we're to qualify. One change, Justin Greaves replaces Hayden Walsh. We know that Brandon King is one of the top-10 batters in the world at the moment and we do lose him,. hopefully we'll have him back at some point in the tournament.
Faf du Plessis - We will chase, no specific reason, new pitch and we'll have a look at the conditions. One change for us, rethink we've the team to challenge for the title. We relied too much on the top-order last time, with Rajapaksha and Seifert in, we have a good middle-order as well.
Teams:
Saint Lucia Kings (Playing XI): Johnson Charles, Faf du Plessis(c), Ackeem Auguste, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Roston Chase, Tim Seifert(w), David Wiese, Khary Pierre, Matthew Forde, Alzarri Joseph, Noor Ahmad
Antigua and Barbuda Falcons (Playing XI): Kofi James, Fakhar Zaman, Sam Billings(w), Jewel Andrew, Imad Wasim, Shamar Springer, Justin Greaves, Chris Green(c), Fabian Allen, Roshon Primus, Mohammad Amir
Saint Lucia Kings have won the toss and have opted to field
The Kings on the other hand recorded a sensational win chasing 200+ despite being reduced to 24/4. So no doubt Faf and Co. will feel very confident going into this contest. Will it be a fresh pitch rolled out today or will it be a used wicket? We will find out soon. The weather radar looks good for cricket.
18:00 Local Time, 22:00 GMT, 03:30 IST: Welcome to the fourth game of the season at this venue. It's been run-chase friendly and unfortunately hosts Falcons have batted first on all three occasions and lost all games. Will the trend change tonight? They do have some personnel change as Brandon King, who was sidelined due to the side strain he picked up during the T20 WC a few months ago has returned to the CPL setup. We will have to see if they play him straightaway because they desperately need to get off the mark.
Squads:
Antigua and Barbuda Falcons Squad: Kofi James, Fakhar Zaman, Sam Billings(w), Jewel Andrew, Imad Wasim, Shamar Springer, Chris Green(c), Fabian Allen, Roshon Primus, Hayden Walsh, Mohammad Amir, Justin Greaves, Jahmar Hamilton, Brandon King, Joshua James, Teddy Bishop, Kelvin Pitman
Saint Lucia Kings Squad: Johnson Charles, Faf du Plessis(c), Ackeem Auguste, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Roston Chase, Tim Seifert(w), David Wiese, Mikkel Govia, Alzarri Joseph, Matthew Forde, Noor Ahmad, McKenny Clarke, Sadrack Descarte, Johann Jeremiah, Khari Campbell, Aaron Jones, Khary Pierre