On the back of a morale-boosting victory, Barbados Royals look to make amends against St Lucia Kings when the teams meet on Saturday.
The Royals are in the driver’s seat in the head-to-head record, be it all-time (13 victories in 21 meetings) or at home (five wins in six outings). And given that we have won three of the last five matches, Rovman Powell and Co. will be hoping to maintain and improve the current momentum.
Match Details
CPL 2023, Match 16: Barbados Royals vs St Lucia Kings
Kensington Oval, Barbados
September 2, 8:00 PM local time, 4:30 AM IST (September 3)
What to expect:
Rahkeem Cornwall and Kyle Mayers finding their rhythm at the top, the electric support of the Bajans, an all-round show from Barbados’ favourite son Jason Holder and a united effort from the Royals to end the Kings’ four-game unbeaten streak.
Venue check:
|
Metrics |
Matches |
Bat 1st Win |
Bat 2nd Win |
Avg 1st Inns Score |
Avg Winning Score |
Toss Win - Bat |
Toss Win - Field |
Avg 6s/Inns |
|
Overall |
86 |
48 |
35 |
150/7 |
165/6 |
43 |
43 |
5.7 |
|
Last 10 Matches |
10 |
7 |
2 |
168/6 |
179/6 |
3 |
7 |
8 |
While the numbers state that batting first is ideal on the Kensington wicket, the challenging and tricky nature of the pitch will call for the toss-winning captain to bowl first. The benefit of knowing a good target will appeal to the team chasing and set the pace for an entertaining game.
Player Battle
|
Batter |
Bowler |
Innings |
Runs |
Wickets |
Strike Rate |
|
Kyle Mayers |
Alzarri Joseph |
5 |
62 |
2 |
163.2 |
The Kyle Mayers vs Alzarri Joseph battle will be one of the main highlights of the BR vs SLK match tonight. Joseph dismissed Mayers for 16 in the most recent meeting, but given his record of 219 runs against the Kings in CPL, the Royals all-rounder will look to use Alzarri Joseph as a springboard for his resurgence with the bat in the 2023 edition.
Royal to watch
Jason Holder continues to impress with the bat and ball in the CPL, and currently co-leads the wickets charts. The Barbados star has 217 runs and 38 wickets in 30 T20 outings at the Kensington Oval and will hope to pivot his team to build on their new-found winning run.
Milestone corner
- Qais Ahmad is two away from 150 T20 wickets
- Laurie Evans is 40 runs short of 5500 T20 runs
- Jason Holder needs 76 Runs to reach 2000 T20 runs in T20s
- Rovman Powell is 76 away from 1500 runs in the CPL