SLK vs BR Match Prediction

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SLK vs BR Match Prediction

St Lucia Kings To Win the Match, 2.12

The St Lucia Kings will face off against the Barbados Royals in a top-of-the-table clash on Saturday in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League. The match will be played at the Providence Stadium in Guyana.

St. Lucia Kings vs Barbados Royals Head-to-Head record

The two teams have faced each other in 22 matches to date. Barbados Royals won 13 of those games, while St Lucia won 9.

St. Lucia Kings vs Barbados Royals Live-streaming and Broadcast

This match will be live-streamed on the FanCode App. One can also watch it live on the Star Sports Network.

SLK vs BR Team Previews

St. Lucia Kings

After suffering a couple of losses in the previous week, the St. Lucia Kings have bounced back smartly and are coming into this contest on the back of consecutive wins. As a result, they have climbed to second place on the points table.

Openers Johnson Charles and Faf du Plessis have been pretty consistent at the top of the order. They will need to give the team yet another good start here as they face a formidable opponent. Johnson has been particularly impressive and is the leading run-scorer for his team.

The middle order has some talented batsmen like Tim Siefert and Bhanuka Rajapaksa, while all-rounders David Weise and Roston Chase add depth to the batting. However, they lacked consistency so far. Coming to the bowling, Noor Ahmad has been the pick of the bowlers so far, picking up 10 wickets.

He has received good support from Khary Pierre, who picked up 3 wickets in the previous game. The seam attack has been a bit underwhelming with the likes of Alzarri Joseph and Shadrack Descarte yet to play to their full potential.

Barbados Royals

The Royals are the most consistent team this season. With just one loss in 6 matches, they are sitting pretty at the top of the points table.

Quinton de Kock is in red-hot form with the bat and has scored 367 runs so far, making him the leading run-scorer of this season. However, the batting around him has lacked consistency and that is something that the team will look to work on before the start of this match.

That said, there is no dearth of talent in the Royals squad which has batsmen like Rovman Powell, Alick Athanaze, Kadeem Alleyne, and David Miller. The bowling has been one of the biggest highlights of the Barbados team. Obed McCoy is the leading wicket-taker for the team and has picked up 9 wickets so far.

He has received excellent support from Jason Holder and Naveen Ul-Haq, who have picked up 7 wickets each. The spin attack will be led by Maheesh Theekshana and will be supported by Rahkeem Cornwall. The latter picked up a fifer in his last match.

SLK vs BR Toss Prediction

The team winning the toss will likely opt to bowl first. 

Pitch and Conditions

The pitch at the Providence Stadium in Guyana is well-balanced. The average first-inning score here last season was around 160, which is a par score. The quicker bowlers will get some help when the ball is new but as it gets older, the batsmen will be able to play their shots.

The pitch settles down a bit during the second inning.

The weather is likely to be clear with temperatures of over 30 degrees. 

SLK vs BR Betting Tips

Both teams have played well so far and there is no clear favorite to win here. Seeing the records, we feel that the St. Lucia Kings have a slight edge in this contest. Barbados Royals are overtly dependent on Quinton de Kock to score runs and should he fail to do so, the batting could face a collapse. That said, the Royals have a strong bowling line-up and we are in for a close match.

Bet on the St. Lucia Kings to win.