Guyana Amazon Warriors v Antigua & Barbuda Falcons: Go low on Falcons runs and consider 30/1 top bat outsider

Guyana Amazon Warriors v Antigua & Barbuda Falcons CPL Tips

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Guyana Amazon Warriors have won six from six. They will finish in the top two and are assured of top spot if they avoid defeat in Providence here with three to play after that.

Complacency is their only obstacle to a second title. But it is a familiar foe. It is not unusual for Guyana to be impressive in the league stage, only to fall at the final hurdle. They have reached eight finals, winning only one.

This could be a dress rehearsal for the final. The Falcons, our outright tip, are also assured of a top-two finish. They beat Trinbago last time out to suggest that the era of dominance between them and GAW may be at an end.

Falcons should be able to adapt to the spin challenge in Providence in the field. In Fabian Allen, Rahkeem Cornwall, Shadab Khan and Sufiyan Muqeem they have 16 overs of spin available. This is just as well. The final in Bridgetown may well be about who plays spin the best as it has also looked like a useful surface for the tweakers. Alzarri Joseph was left out of the XI last time for Falcons in a surprise move.

Guyana are without blaster Rahmanullah Gurbaz who left for Afghanistan duty. That should mean Glenn Phillips slots back in for the opening role. He hasn't really done it with the bat this tournament, though. There is the possibility that, as is tradition, Guyana mess about with their batting order at this stage of the season.

Quentin Sampson, who has opened in the past, would be a candidate for a promotion so Betfair Sportsbook's 7/18.00 that he top scores for his team catches the eye.

With spin to the fore and the Providence pitch potentially stodgy (although it is far better than it used to be), an attritional affair is expected.

Going unders on Falcons total match runs at 151.5 makes sense in what is a step up in class. When the sides met earlier in the season, Falcons were razed for 116 with five wickets falling to spin.

Although Joseph is not expected to play, a late-order top-bat win cannot be ruled out for Falcons. Joseph may fit the bill at 30/131.00 with Betfair Sportsbook.

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