Venue: Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Barbados Tridents (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Brandon King, Zachary Carter, Sherfane Rutherford, Kevlon Anderson, Rivaldo Clarke, Daniel Sams, Chris Green(c), Gudakesh Motie, Ramon Simmonds, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Saint Lucia Kings (Playing XI): Johann Jeremiah, Ackeem Auguste, Jewel Andrew(w), Roston Chase(c), Charith Asalanka, Matthew Forde, Amari Goodridge, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Khari Campbell, Joshua Bishop, Maheesh Theekshana

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

Roston Chase - We will bowl first. Our message is to control the powerplay, then we an restrict them to a low total. This game is a bit more fast paced, bit more match-ups. Two changes for us today

Chris Green - It's important to start the tournament well. We were ahead until Rovman and Russell hit back. I'm used to lose tosses, but our balance is good. Hopefully we'll bat well and then use the wind to our advantage. We've got a good core, the young ones have led from the front and allowed the older guys to show their experience. Hopefully, that'l continue. Same team for us.

We had a bit of rain in the last match, but it's only 20% tonight. It's the same pitch once again - 61m and 64m square boundaries, the straight boundary is at 73m. One half has less grass, the other half has more grass. There'll be a bit of bounce and seam, but it should be good for batting. As a bowler, you can use the short ball to good effect, reckons Daren Ganga, in his pitch report

Cricket commentary | Saint Lucia Kings vs Barbados Tridents, 9th Match, Caribbean Premier League 2026

Rain

19:02 Local Time, 23:02 GMT, 04:32 IST: The players are out in the middle and we're ready to start - as we wait for the first rain, rain has swept across the ground. Just looks like a passing shower though and we'll continue? No, the groundstaff spring into action. The stumps are taken down and the players walk off

Rain pelting

19:15 Local Time, 23:15 GMT, 04:45 IST: It has started to pour now. Daren Ganga at the pitch report reckoned that chances of rain was only around 20%, but it's a heavy downpour at the moment. We could have a significant delay

@Narper

The rain is falling incessantly and the covers remain firmly in place. Fans have moved up the aisles to get under the shade and it looks like we're in for an extended break

19:45 Local Time, 23:45 GMT, 05:15 IST: Better news - rain has stopped and the covers are coming off once again

@Narper

he clearly did not check an official weather site

20:00 Local Time, 00:00 GMT, 05:30 IST: All the covers have been removed, the supersopper is doing the rounds with a rope and the stumps have been put back in place. Heading towards a resumption shortly as the onfield umpires come out for an inspection

@Narper

The final stages of the mopping operations are underway. The Super Sopper is taking a few final laps around the ground while the umpires are out there as well. The players are warming up on the sidelines so we are getting closer to a restart

It'll be a 18-over game with the powerplay period being 5.2 overs.

3 bowlers can bowl 4 overs while 2 can bowl 3 each

Brandon King and Zachary Carter are at the crease.

Brandon King is on strike.

Khari Campbell will open the attack

0.1

Khari Campbell to Brandon King, wide, a loose start from Campbell, short and well down leg, past King's pull and has been wided