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Caribbean Premier League 2022, Jamaica Tallawahs vs Barbados Royals – Final Match Preview, Team News, Pitch Report and Match Details

The final will be played at Providence stadium in Guyana.

Sep 29, 2022 6:51 pm

Barbados Royals and Jamaica Tallawahs will be battling it out in the final of the CPL 2022 on Friday. The Barbados Royals are coming into this game on the back of an 87-run win over Guyana Amazon Warriors. Riding on a blistering innings by Rahkeem Cornwall, they made a monstrous total of 195 and pummeled the Warriors to win by a big margin of 87 runs.

Jamaica Tallawahs, on the other hand, had to beat Saint Lucia Kings and Guyana Amazon Warriors to reach the summit clash. They would be riding high on confidence and be keen to win their next game as well.

Team News

Jamaica Tallawahs

They had lost five on the way to the final and ended up at fourth place on the points table. The big impact players for them have been Mohammad Amir, Imad Wasim and Mohammad Nabi and they will want them to continue their form come the big game. They have a great bowling lineup and a solid batting line-up to boot.

Barbados Royals

Barbados Royals have been the team to beat this year. They have had a great combination of local and overseas players that have seen them make it to the final. The batting will be dependent of the likes of Kyle Mayers, Rakheem Cornwall and Jason Holder. The bowling lineup looks good with the likes of Mujeeb ur Rahman, Hayden Walsh and Obed McCoy featuring in it. They have won 8 out of 10 games on their road to the final.

Players to watch out for

Jamaica Tallawahs

Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Amir, Imad Wasim.

Barbados Royals

Rakheem Cornwall, Obed Mccoy, Mujeeb ur Rahman.

Probable Playing XI

Jamaica Tallawahs

Brandon King, Kennar Lewis (wk), Shamarh Brooks, Rovman Powell (c), Raymon Reifer, Fabian Allen, Mohammad Nabi, Imad Wasim, Chris Green, Nicholson Gordon, Mohammad Amir.

Barbados Royals

Rahkeem Cornwall, Kyle Mayers (c), Harry Tector, Azam Khan, Najibullah Zadran, Jason Holder, Devon Thomas (wk), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Obed McCoy, Hayden Walsh, Ramon Simmonds.

Pitch Report

The pitch report at the Providence Stadium in Guyana has been a good batting surface and the final will be a high scoring encounter where their will be lots of runs on offer. It should be a high scoring game.