The Caribbean Premier League kicks off this Wednesday at St Kitts with the Jamaica Tallawahs vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots encounter. Six teams will be battling it out for a month for the CPL 2022 title. The 34-match tournament will be played across four venues in the Caribbean. St Kitts is one of the four venues and will be hosting the initial 7 games of CPL 2022, hence, in this article, we will be discussing the Pitch Report and the T20 Records of the Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre.
After St Kitts, the tournament will be moving to the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium at St Lucia where the next 8 games will be played.
St Kitts T20 Records
Teams chasing a total have had great success here, at St Kitts. Out of the 12 T20Is played here, 8 have been won chasing while only on two occasions the teams batting first have ended on the winning side. The average first and second innings scores at the Warner Park Stadium are 125 and 104 respectively, which are both fairly low.
| Total matches | 12 |
| Matches won batting first | 2 |
| Matches won bowling first | 8 |
| Average 1st Inns scores | 125 |
| Average 2nd Inns scores | 104 |
| Highest total recorded | 182/6 (20 Ov) by ENG vs WI |
| Lowest total recorded | 45/10 (11.5 Ov) by WI vs ENG |
| Highest score chased | 165/3 (19 Ov) by IND vs WI |
| Lowest score defended | 112/3 (15 Ov) by WI vs AFG |
Warner Park Basseterre St Kitts Pitch Report
The pitch at St Kitts is a bowling-friendly surface where not many high-scoring games are seen generally. The pacers benefit largely from the pitch in the initial stages of the match as there is good movement off the pitch. The pitch is gripping, hence the ball comes to slow onto the bat which makes it even more difficult for the batters. The use of slower ones and cutters by the pacers is a common sight here. The spinners as well tend to receive some degrees of spin here, hence the middle overs would be crucial.
Although the bowlers will be benefitting from the pitch for the most of the match, it will get easier to bat on towards the end of the innings. Therefore, keeping wickets in hand for the last five overs would be the key here for the batters. Chasing has been easier at St Kitts, hence, any side would look to bowl first after winning the toss here.