Motie to du Plessis, FOUR, to third man

Motie to Charles, 1 run, Charles switches his stance to play the switch hit but he fires it to his left. He can only drive it towards mid-on

Motie to Charles, no run

Motie to du Plessis, 1 run, loopy full ball outside off, du Plessis eases it to mid-off to get off the mark

Motie to du Plessis, no run, coming in with the arm and on a length, punched to mid-on

Motie to du Plessis, no run

du Plessis and Charles are at the crease. du Plessis is on strike. Motie will open the attack

The players and the umpires make their way out to the middle. Motie to begin with the new ball.

Pitch Report: Talking about the dimensions, the square boundaries are 64m and 65m and the straight boundary is 71m. This is the same pitch that was used in the last game. One of the key things will be how the spinners operate. How the batters negotiate the spinners will be important, reckons Samuel Badree

Tahir: There was a bit of rain around earlier, so happy to bowl first.

Faf du Plessis:

Teams:

Guyana Amazon Warriors (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Raymon Reifer, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Moeen Ali, Keemo Paul, Romario Shepherd, Dwaine Pretorius, Gudakesh Motie, Shamar Joseph, Imran Tahir(c)

Saint Lucia Kings (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis(c), Johnson Charles, Ackeem Auguste, Roston Chase, Tim Seifert(w), David Wiese, Matthew Forde, Alzarri Joseph, Noor Ahmad, Johann Jeremiah, Khary Pierre

Saint Lucia Kings have won the toss and have opted to field

The Kings, on the other hand, have also had a brilliant league stage and finished at the second position on the table. The Kings had won five games on the trot before being humbled by the Warriors in their last game at this very venue. They were also defeated comprehensively by the Warriors in both their league games and that’s a chink in their armour. Can the Kings fire on all cylinders and take their revenge? Or will the Warriors reach two consecutive finals in a row? There was a floodlight failure at this venue last night which took almost two hours away from the Eliminator. Let’s hope the artificial lights are in good shape for tonight’s game. Stick around for the toss and team lineups...

18:00 Local Time, 22:00 GMT, 03:30 IST: We are into the business end of the tournament and it’s time to gear up for Qualifier 1. The Warriors will square off against the Kings in Guyana and it promises to be a blockbuster. Both these teams have a safety cushion considering that the team that loses this game will have another shot at reaching the finals. The winner of this game will directly qualify for the finals. The Warriors were the most impressive team in the league stage and finished at the top of the tree courtesy their superior run-rate. They did face a reality check in their last game where they were handed a drubbing by the Knight Riders but they will hope that it was one bad day at office. The most crucial thing though was that the Warriors went past the cut-off score of 104 against TKR to finish in the top-two. The hosts have functioned as a well-oiled unit throughout most parts of the competition and will be charged up for tonight’s game.

Squads:

Saint Lucia Kings Squad: Faf du Plessis(c), Johnson Charles, Ackeem Auguste, Roston Chase, Aaron Jones, Tim Seifert(w), David Wiese, Sadrack Descarte, Alzarri Joseph, Noor Ahmad, Khary Pierre, Matthew Forde, McKenny Clarke, Johann Jeremiah, Mikkel Govia, Khari Campbell, Bhanuka Rajapaksa

Guyana Amazon Warriors Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Kevlon Anderson, Shai Hope(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul, Moeen Ali, Romario Shepherd, Dwaine Pretorius, Gudakesh Motie, Imran Tahir(c), Shamar Joseph, Azam Khan, Junior Sinclair, Ronaldo Alimohamed, Raymon Reifer, Matthew Nandu, Kevin Sinclair, Tim Robinson