Warriors at home

good form and hopefully secure his maiden T20 century.

Malik has also found a liking to the pitch with the ball and will also provide stability in the middle period, usually anchoring his side to the back end of the match. Pollard, despite his recent slump in form, has single handedly taken matches away from teams with both bat and ball. Similarly, Sammy has had a few good knocks and has proven to be economical with the ball.

Meanwhile, the bowling department of the Stars is star-studded with charismatic Williams along with overseas players, left arm seamer Mitchell McClenaghan, leg break bowler Qais Ahmad and Mohammed Sami can be a lot to deal with.

But the pitch at Providence has historically been favourable to the spinners, Warriors have stocked heavily in that department with the likes of Malik, Jason Mohammed and Chris Green with their off spin and Imran Tahir with his leg break.

The bench strength of their team also is jam-packed with variations in the bowling department with left arm orthodox Veerasammy Permaul and leg break bowler Devindra Bishoo missing the first match.

The first ball will bowl off from 16:00hrs.

GUYANA AMAZON WARRIORS: Sohail Tanvir, Shoaib Malik, Chadwick Walton, Chris Green, Rayad Emrit, Imran Tahir, Jason Mohammed, Luke Ronchi, Veerasammy Permaul, Roshon Primus, Shimron Hetmyer, Devendra Bishoo, Gajanand Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Keemo Paul, Saurabh Netravalkar and Akshaya Persaud.

ST. LUCIA STARS: Lendl Simmons, Kieron Pollard, David Warner, Darren Sammy, Andre Fletcher, Mitch McCleneghan, Kesrick Williams, Niroshan Dickwella, Rakheem Cornwall, Qias Ahmad, Kaveem Hodge, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Dasun Shanaka, Christopher Lamont, Obed McCoy, Jaskaran Malholtra and Odean Smith.