Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Trinbago Knight Riders

Venue: Providence Stadium, Guyana

Guyana Amazon Warriors (Playing XI): Glenn Phillips, Mavendra Dindyal, Shai Hope(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Quentin Sampson, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Romario Shepherd, Dwaine Pretorius, Shamar Joseph, Veerasammy Permaul, Imran Tahir(c)

Trinbago Knight Riders (Playing XI): Colin Munro, Sunil Narine, Nicholas Pooran(c), Alex Hales, Kieron Pollard, Justin Greaves, Jyd Goolie, Joshua Da Silva(w), Akeal Hosein, Usman Tariq, Lahiru Kumara

Guyana Amazon Warriors have won the toss and have opted to field

Imran Tahir - We will bowl first. New pitch, we want to see what we can take. Sometimes it spins more in the first innings and we want to take advantage. Another opportunity to represent Guyana; we are the lucky ones representing it and we want to do well. KP has a niggle, Permaul replaces him.

Nic Pooran - We're fine to bat first. New surface, not sure how it'll play, but setting runs on the board could be good. We just reflected on our campaign and assessed things. We're still not out of the tournament. One change: Justin Greaves is in, he replaces Dexter Sween. We're backing our experience, we've done well batting first in Guyana previously and we're not too worried.

We're on a fresh pitch for the last match at Providence. There's about a 16% chance of rain - 64m square either side and 74m down the ground. There are some really dry areas between clumps of grass. The grass becomes visible as you move along, but it's patchy and will make the ball slide. Interesting looking surface, there shouldn't be a lot of bounce and not much spin on offer, reckons Ian Bishop, in his pitch report.

The Patriots losing yesterday gave the Knight Riders a lifeline. But they still have plenty of work to do and then need plenty of luck. Not only will they have to beat the high-flying Warriors, they'll then have to hope that either the Tridents or the Kingsmen slip up in their remaining matches

What happened to Perry

@javed wrote:

What happened to Perry

Khary dropped for Permaul.

He is a trini spinner and trini batsmen know him well, He and Akeal grow up like brothers.

I doubt Permaul can do better

Colin Munro and Alex Hales are at the crease.

Colin Munro is on strike.

Dwaine Pretorius will open the attack

0.3

Dwaine Pretorius to Colin Munro, wide,  Pretorius goes full and wide of off, past Munro's attempted drive and has been wided

0.3

Dwaine Pretorius to Colin Munro, SIX, lovely shot, tad too full and wide of off - it's right in the slot for the left-hander to free his arms, goes through the line and sends it soaring over long-off for a maximum

TKR 7-0(1) CRR:7

Colin Munro 6 (6)

Alex Hales 0 (0)

Dwaine Pretorius 1-0-7-0

Shamar Joseph to Alex Hales, FOUR, tad too straight from Shamar, gentle start and it's onto Hales's pads, he flicks it fine and sends it racing away to the long leg boundary

1.5

Shamar Joseph to Colin Munro, FOUR, streaky and four, on a good length and angling back into the left-hander - Munro came down the pitch and brought the bat down at an angle, skews a thick inside edge and the ball beats backward square leg to his right

1.4

Shamar Joseph to Colin Munro, FOUR, cracking shot, too full and too wide of off - Munro leans across and then crashes the drive square past point, third man is very fine and has no chance

TKR 21-0(2) CRR:10.5

Colin Munro 15 (10)

Alex Hales 5 (2)

Shamar Joseph 1-0-14-0

2.3

Dwaine Pretorius to Alex Hales, FOUR, beautifully played, a little shimmy down the pitch - Hales gets close the ball and then places the drive into the gap wide of cover - the outfield takes care of the rest

TKR 27-0(3) CRR:9

Alex Hales 10 (7)

Colin Munro 16 (11)

Dwaine Pretorius 2-0-13-0

3.3

4

Veerasammy Permaul to Colin Munro, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries for Munro - brings out the switch-hit now, gets down low, reverses the stance and then sweeps itb powerfully past point

3.2

4

Veerasammy Permaul to Colin Munro, FOUR, lovely shot, excellent use of the feet from Munro - comes down the pitch, takes it on the half-volley and then drills the drive wide of mid-off for a boundary