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Warriors out to deny Red Steel direct route to Final

Tue, Jul 21, '15

 

Caribbean Premier League

With St Lucia Zouks and St Kitts & Nevis Patriots out of the Hero CPL title race, it means that defending Champions Barbados Tridents, Jamaica Tallawahs, T&T Red Steel and last year’s runner-up Guyana Amazons Warriors have all qualified for the semi-finals set for Trinidad from Thursday.
The Tridents sit at the top of the points table with 12 from 10 matches, while the Tallawahs finished fourth with 9 points from 10 games but all of that could change tonight at Providence Stadium when the Red Steel and the Warriors go head to head in the final preliminary round game from 18:00hrs.
The Warriors are on 9 points from 9 games and although they cannot take the top place they are out to deny the Red Steel a victory which would take them to 13 points and a direct route the 2015 final.
A win for the Warriors tonight will take them to second place due to superior net run rate and the Tridents will advance to their second consecutive final in the three year history of the CPL. Rain is forecast for today but a washed out game will not hurt the Warriors since a point will take them to 10 points and third in the standings.