Barbados Tridents v Guyana Amazon Warriors CPL Tips
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Monday 14 September, 00:00
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Guyana and Tridents meet in a dead rubber in the final group game. The Warriors are guaranteed to finish top while Tridents left their run to usurp Falcons in second just a bit too late.
Their three-game winning sequence sees them three points off second with this game to play. They won a tight game against Kingsmen on Sunday and the two will meet again in the eliminator on Thursday.
With this contest being largely irrelevant, caution is advised. We don't expect either side to be at full tilt and players with niggles not known about may sit this one out.
What may be guaranteed is another attritional affair with the spin bowlers and those who take pace off controlling the game in Bridgetown.
Jamaica's 150 was a struggle at times with only late, desperate hitting getting them to a respectable score. Tridents needed a flashing blade from Gudakesh Motie to get them over the line.
Chris Green, Allah Ghazanfar and Motie were mean with the ball for Tridents, taking a combined three for 56 off ten. Jamaica bowled only six overs of spin and that was the difference. Hassan Khan and Vitel Lawes were still punitive taking two for 38 off six and Kingsmen will be kicking themselves that they did not have other spin option.
Whenever Guyana are in town one can guarantee an army of spin and this time it's not different. They have at least 12 overs of tweak available through Veerasammy Permaul, Imran Tahir and Mehidy Hasan Miraz. MHM took four wickets last time to knock out Trinbago in Guyana's revenge mission for last season's final defeat.
Although one could argue that we need to be on spin bowlers for the top bowler markets, it should also be said that they look just too competitive now to play.
The best option, then, is to go under 155.5 first-innings runs at 5/61.84 with the Betfair Sportsbook. Tridents' total runs are set at 146.5 so if they bat first we already have a big edge in our favour. Guyana's line is the same as total runs so it is a no brainer to go for the first-dig market.
There have been four matches at Bridgetown this CPL and going under this line has a 100% hit rate. A bit of rain and cloud around on the weather forecast is not unwelcome, either. It doesn't look as though there will be a washout but it's worth knowing that the market is only voided if fewer than 16 overs are bowled.
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