Caribbean Premier League 2022 Final Preview: Jamaica Tallawahs vs Barbados Royals, Probable Playing XI, Pitch Report, Live Streaming

Jamaica Tallawahs and Barbados Royals will lock horns in the final game of the ongoing CPL 2022 in Providence, Guyana. Both teams are the former champions, having won the tournament two times each before. However, this is the first time they will play in the final of the tournament. In the title-winning campaigns of Jamaica in 2013 and 2016, they thrashed Guyana Amazon Warriors on both occasions.

On the other hand, Barbados won the title in 2014 and 2019 and beat Guyana on both occasions. This time around, Guyana failed to qualify for the final. Now, Tallawahs and Royals will fight for the third title for which they are waiting for a long-time. Jamaica has made it to the first final since 2016 while Barbados played their last title clash in 2019. The Blue Brigade (Royals) had a dominant season as they eight out of 10 games in the league stage.

Team News

Jamaica Tallawahs

The Yellow Brigade barely qualified for the semi-final. They only managed to win four games out of 10. Their close rivals in the points table, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won three games. Meanwhile, the team is oozing confidence after entering the playoffs. They are the second team after Trinbago Knight Riders (2017) to qualify for the final after playing the Eliminator.

Tallawahs beat St Lucia Kings in a low-scoring thriller and then thrashed Guyana to reach the final. Talking about the team combination, it is likely to remain the same as teams don't prefer tinkering with the playing XI at this stage of the tournament.

Probable Playing XI: 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

After finishing last in the 2020 and 2021 seasons, the team has stood up and is now in the final. They dominated the group stages and did the same against the Warriors in the playoffs to reach the final. If they manage to win the final, it would go down as one of the fairy-tale stories in the history of the tournament. Talking about the playing XI, they are also unlikely to change.

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

Match Details

CPL 2022 Final - Jamaica Tallawahs vs Barbados Royals

Date & Time – Saturday, 1st October 2022, 4:30 AM(IST)

Venue – Providence, Guyana

Live Broadcast and Streaming – The game can be watched live on Star Sports Network. On the other hand, online streaming will be available on the FanCode app.

Pitch Report

The wicket at the venue has hosted quite a few games in recent times. However, it did produce high-scoring games in the playoffs. It is quite possible that the wicket might get better for batting as the turnaround time is enough between games this time around