Barbados vs. Northern Knights: CLT20 Date, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

The bottom two sides from Group B only have pride to play for in the group's final encounter, with Northern Knights looking to leapfrog Cape Cobras into a creditable third-place finish, and Barbados aiming to secure their first win of the competition after three consecutive defeats.

Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Date: Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Start Time: 3:30 p.m. BST, 8 p.m. Local time

Live on: STAR Sports 1 (India), Ten Sports/PTV Sports (Pakistan), SuperSport (South Africa), Eurosport (UK/Europe), Sky Sports (New Zealand), Network Ten/Fox (Australia), Star Cricket (Sri Lanka), Star Cricket (Bangladesh), ESPN (USA and Caribbean), Willow Cricket (USA)

Weather: With one weather-forced abandonment already at Bangalore, the good news is that the evening start favours this game. Afternoon rain is scheduled to clear by the time the players take the field, according to BBC Weather, with temperatures cooling to 24 degrees Celsius from an afternoon high of 28 degrees.

Overview

Although qualification is out of reach, both sides will be keen to end their debut Champions League Twenty20 campaign with victory in Bangalore.

The winless Tridents, in particular, will be desperate to avoid defeat for the first time after being on the wrong side of a pair of nail-biting encounters against Kings XI Punjab and Cape Cobras before a more prosaic performance last time out against Hobart Hurricanes.

The reality of the Trident's inaugural tilt at the CLT20 has not been as bleak as the table suggests. Despite three defeats from three, they have been highly competitive for the most part. Coach Desmond Haynes feels his side have done West Indian cricket proud, as reported in the Trinidad Express:

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One thing we demonstrated here in this tournament was to show the world that we are good enough and West Indies cricket is on the up. We showed the people around the world, especially here in India, that we can play well. Very few people expected us to be as competitive as we have been. I will repeat, that I believe West Indies cricket, especially in this format is pretty strong.

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After posting a competitive 174/6 in their opening game against KXIP, they appeared to be in with a good chance as spin duo Jeevan Mendis and Ashley Nurse applied the squeeze to the middle order to restrict them to 131/6 in the middle of the 17th over.

The experience of the IPL side proved the difference between the teams, however, as South African David Miller anchored them home, and young Indian Akshar Patel smashed three fours and a six from the penultimate over to leave them requiring just five from the final over, which they got with ease.

Even more heartbreaking for the Tridents was their game against Cape Cobras, which went right down to a super-over. A fine maiden T20 ton from Jonathan Carter, who blasted 111 not out from 68 balls, helped set a target of 175 for the second game in a row. After Mendis pegged the Cobras back after a flying start with a highly effective spell of 4/27 from his allotted overs, the scores ended tied.

A botched run out attempt should have sealed victory on the final ball of the regulation 20 overs, and an impressive super-over from Ravi Rampaul that conceded just one four left the door ajar for the Tridents to claim victory. However, Carter was unable to repeat his heroics with four runs required from the final ball, failing to get hold of a full toss and only managing to scamper two.

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What a display from Jonathan Carter  he celebrates his 100, Latest: 18.6: C Langeveldt to J Carter, 6 runs, 164/7 #COBvBT #CLT20

— CPL T20 (@CPL_T20) September 26, 2014"

Carter fired again in the Tridents' third game, top-scoring with 42 from 34 deliveries, but the rest of the batting was abject as they were bowled out for 113. Only three others made double figures and none more than 18 runs.

The victory for Hobart Hurricanes never really looked in doubt despite a spirited bowling display, and Shoaib Malik steered the Australians home with 10 balls to spare with a composed knock.

The Knights' tale has been an altogether different one with huge highs and demoralising lows. Their campaign started brightly with a run of four consecutive victories, which included a perfect record of three wins in the qualifying group, in the process dumping out reigning champions and IPL heavyweights Mumbai Indians.

Unlike the Tridents, who have impressed mostly off the back of outstanding individual performances from a small clutch of players, their early success was a team effort.

Kane Williamson was undoubtedly the star performer with two fifties in the qualifying stage followed by a stunning unbeaten hundred from 49 balls against Cape Cobras once Group B got underway. But unlike Carter, he has had able support from his fellow batsman.

Daniel Flynn and BJ Watling made half centuries against Lahore Lions when Williamson failed, and Anton Devcich was an effective opening partner, helping the Knights post 83 inside 10 overs against Mumbai before the pair rattled along at 10 an over for 14 overs against the Cobras, with Devcich compiling 67 from 46 balls.

As strong totals were posted, Trent Boult and Tim Southee backed up their in-form batsmen effectively with the new ball in the two victories that were not reduced by rain to 10 overs or fewer.

The potentially explosive Mumbai Indians batting line-up were kept in check as neither bowler went for more than a run per ball, and Southee in particular excelled with three wickets, including danger-men Mike Hussey and Kieron Pollard. More impressive still was they way the seamers blew away Lahore Lions to virtually guarantee passage to the group stage with a combined 5/34 from eight overs, as the Pakistani outfit were all out for 98.

With so much early promise, the Knights will be disappointed to be playing in a dead rubber at the end of the group stage, but they cannot console themselves in the way that the Tridents can with tales of hard-fought, narrow defeats. When the going got tough, the wheels fell off spectacularly.

When Hobart Hurricanes recovered from a slow start to post 178, the Knights would have felt this was within range for their batting line-up, only to find themselves in a mess at 5/3 in the third over before slumping to 92 all out.

They failed emphatically to consign that humiliation to blip status against a formidable KXIP side in the following game. Virender Sehwag and company ran riot in making 215, with the previously reliable Boult and Southee going wicketless at the cost of 93 runs from their eight overs.

In reply, the Kiwi side got off to a far better start in reaching 50/1 in five overs but ended in the same sorry state, collapsing to 95 all out in the 16th over as nobody beyond the top four could muster double figures.

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#NK first 5.4 overs: 58-1 #NK next 9.4 overs: 37-9 #KXIPvNK #CLT20

— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) September 26, 2014"

As the Tridents seek out a maiden CLT20 victory, the Knights will be desperate to ensure that all that early promise and the raft of outstanding individual performances are not overshadowed by a dismal trio of defeats and a collective loss of form at the tail end of the campaign.

Both sides should have enough motivation to make for an intriguing game despite its irrelevance to the later stages of this competition.

Key Players

Barbados Tridents

The Tridents have experience and international pedigree in the bowling ranks in the shape of Rampaul and Mendis, but their batting has been left light in this regard by the defection of skipper Pollard and opener Dwayne Smith to their IPL franchises and Malik to Hobart Hurricanes for the CLT20.

Subsequently, much depends on Jonathan Carter, who announced his talent so spectacularly with the hundred that took his team to the brink of victory against Cape Cobras. Top scorer in their last two games, Carter has only played 40 T20 matches since his first back in 2008 but he appears to be maturing fast, and the Tridents will be looking to him to guide them to a potentially match-winning total.

Northern Knights

Despite being a dead rubber, this game does boast the only two centurions in this year's CLT20 with Kane Williamson preceding Carter in flaying the Cobras attack for a hundred of his own. Though others have got runs for the Kiwi side, Williamson has the ability to lead from the front and clear the ropes early to help rebuild confidence after two shocking batting performances.

It was after Williamson's dismissal for 20 from 15 balls in the sixth over that the Northern Knights imploded against KXIP, and it will be imperative that he bats through to the second half of the innings to give the Knights a platform, ensuring that their fragility does not become exposed once more.

Squads

Barbados Tridents

Rayad Emrit (capt), Jonathan Carter, Elton Chigumbura, Shane Dowrich, James Franklin, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Neil McKenzie, Kyle Mayers, Jeevan Mendis, Dilshan Munaweera, Ashley Nurse, William Perkins, Ravi Rampaul, Raymon Reifer

Northern Knights

Daniel Flynn (capt), Ish Sodhi, Jono Boult, Brad Wilson, Kane Williamson, BJ Watling, Graeme Aldridge, Anton Devcich, Tim Southee, Scott Kuggeleijn, Daryl Mitchell, Daniel Harris, Scott Styris, Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner