Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Barbados Royals Predictions - Hope to secure top-two spot for Warriors

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Shai Hope (416 runs, ave 59.42) tops the Caribbean Premier League runs list.
Quinton de Kock scored 55 off 35 balls against the Knight Riders.
Can Guyana Amazon Warriors beat the Royals to secure a spot in Qualifier 1?

Shai Hope plays square against the Falcons. (credit: Ashley Allen / Getty Images)

Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Barbados Royals Predictions

The Warriors have a powerful all-round squad and are enjoying good form. The Royals are bottom of the table having lost six of their nine matches (two wins) so I’m backing them to take a big beating from the Warriors.

Guyana Amazon Warriors’ Shai Hope has scored 62*, 53, 31, 26 & 44 in his last 5 innings.
Guyana Amazon Warriors’ Quentin Sampson hit five sixes in his 39-ball 76 against the St Lucia Kings.
Barbados Royals’ Quinton de Kock has scored 27, 22 & 55 in his last 5 innings.
Barbados Royals’ Rovman Powell (S/R 188.97, ave 60.00) is 2nd on the CPL Strike Rate list.

Head-to-Head

Guyana Amazon Warriors have won four and lost one of their last five matches against the Barbados Royals, including the last three matches on the bounce.

Guyana Amazon Warriors Form

The Warriors have won three of their last five matches. Their last match was a two-wicket win over the St Lucia Kings which they secured off the last ball of the match.

The Kings posted a competitive score of 185/4 off their 20 overs. Dwaine Pretorius (2/36) was the pick of the Warriors bowlers.

The Warriors were on track for the win at 103/1 after 11 overs thanks to a 66-run stand between Quentin Sampson (76 off 39) and Shai Hope (44 off 34) before they lost six wickets in three-and-a-half overs. Dwaine Pretorius secured the win with a six off the last ball of the match.

Guyana Amazon Warriors Team News

Imran Tahir is the League’s leading wicket taker, having captured 17 wickets at an average of 16.11.

Barbados Royals Form

The Royals have lost three of their last five matches. Their last match was a seven-wicket win over the Knight Riders.

The Knight Riders scored 166/8 off their 20 overs. Chris Green was sensational with the ball for the Royals, returning figures of 4-1-9-3 (econ 2.25).

The Royals got off to a flying start thanks to Quinton de Kock (55 off 35). Sherfane Rutherford (32* off 26) and Rovman Powell (27* off 11) saw the Royals home with one over to spare.

Barbados Royals Team News

The Royals have had a terrible run of form, although their only two wins in this campaign have come in their last three matches.

Verdict

Guyana Amazon Warriors v Barbados Royals

I am backing Guyana Amazon Warriors to win. I am also backing Shai Hope to top score for Guyana Amazon Warriors.

Quinton de Kock is a good bet to top score for the Barbados Royals.

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