Jamaica Tallawahs vs St Lucia Kings Betting Tips 10/09/2021

16:34, 9 Sep 2021

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16:34, 9 Sep 2021

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The 24th fixture of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2021 sees Jamaica Tallawahs take on St Lucia Kings at Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts on Friday morning. The match is scheduled to begin at 4:30am IST.

Teams Status

Jamaica Tallawahs

Jamaica Tallawahs snapped a run of three straight defeats in their last match with league leaders St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. Without that upset win, the Tallawahs’ hopes for a semi-finals berth would have been dwindling to say the least.

No one man can be credited for that win. In batting, Jamaica got runs from multiple sources, although Shamarh Brooks top scored with 43.

With the ball, too, it was a balanced effort, although Migael Pretorius shone the brightest with three wickets to his name.

Tallawahs’ major headache is the form (or lack thereof) of their Pakistani import, Haider Ali, whose combined output of last six innings is 22 runs. The Tallawahs should have cut him out a while ago but the fact that he still finds a spot on their roster speaks volumes of the lack of talent on their roster.

St Lucia Kings

With league leaders St Kitts and Nevis’ net run rate in the negative, there is a good chance that St Lucia could dethrone them and become the new leaders, if things go their way in this match and elsewhere.

With eights points to their name after seven outings, the Kings are placed third in the standings and have a good chance of going through to the semi-finals.

Their recent story is quite the opposite to Jamaica’s. Where Jamaica snapped their three-match slide in their last game, St Lucia saw their three-match winning spree come to an end the last time they were in action, which was against Guyana.

The target set was not a massive one – 152 – but the Kings still fell 17 runs short as their batsmen had a rare underwhelming outing.

What do the Sportsbook Say

Brand	Jamaica Tallawahs	St Lucia Kings
	1.784	1.91
	1.784	1.91
	2.05	1.72

Jamaica are the favourites despite their problems. Both MelBet and 22Bet have Jamaica priced at 1.784 and St Lucia at 1.91. But Betway has St Lucia as the favs and has priced them at 1.72 compared to Jamaica at 2.05.

Tipster’s Angle

Tip: St Lucia to win @ 1.91

This is a value play. The better team with the better recent form has been installed as the underdogs, probably because when these two met earlier in the tournament, Jamaica triumphed by 120 runs. That was before though. Today, St Lucia look a different side, which is why the play here is to back them for a victory with 22Bet at odds of 1.91.

Tip: Faf du Plessis Total Runs Over (22.5) @ 1.832

Faf du Plessis has had a few quite games after his scintillating century a few games ago. He’s had a few starts but not gone berserk like he did during that game. Our expectation of him is to mere score more than 22.5 runs at odds of 1.832. The play can be found on 22Bet.

Conclusion

Jamaica did thrash St Lucia last time they faced each other but see that result as an anomaly rather than routine. We expect the Kings to avenge that defeat.