DEFENDING champions Jamaica will seek a fifth- straight win in the 2013 Regional Super50 competition when they battle rivals Trinidad & Tobago at Sabina Park in Kingston.

The match is scheduled for a 9:30 am start today.

The Jamaicans, led by 31-year-old skipper Tamar Lambert, currently lead the Super50 standings with 19 points after registering four wins — including three bonus incentives — from as many matches.

The Denesh Ramdin-captained Trinidad & Tobago team is also perfect in four outings, but has 17 points.

Both Jamaica and Trinidad have already qualified for the semi-final stage, but neither camp is expected to yield an inch in today’s mouthwatering clash.

The teams met in the four-day competition over the weekend, with the Jamaicans coming out winners by 93 runs.

Meanwhile, Jamaica had to replace all-rounder Yannick Elliott — due to him suffering a stroke earlier this week — in their 13-member squad.

Elliott, 26, has played three 50-overs and two Twenty20 matches for Jamaica and grabbed 2-49 in a recent win over the Leeward Islands at Sabina.

Jamaica’s coach Junior Bennett wished Elliott a speedy recovery, but in looking ahead to the match, he said it should be a very “competitive” encounter.

“It should be very competitive… this Trinidad team is a quality one, and they tend to play well in this version. They lost the recent four-day game, so definitely they will come hard at us.

“We have been better in 50-over matches so far this season. The batting has been better in the Super50, and now I’m looking for a good all-round game from the players. Once we do that there is no reason we can’t get a winning result,” Bennett told the Jamaica Observer yesterday.

The Trinidadians made two changes from their four-day 13-man squad. Off-spinning all-rounder Sherwin Ganga and another all-rounder Teshawn Castro replace spinners Amit Jaggernauth and Kavesh Kantasingh.

Ramdin, 28, told reporters after the four-day loss on Monday that Trinidad & Tobago fell short in the batting department, despite several of them getting starts.

“Overall, we didn’t bat well enough even though some batsmen had good starts and there were some little partnerships. We will look to play better cricket in the Super50 game,” he said.