The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2025 rolled out one more cracker of a recreation at Warner Park, the place the house facet, St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, held their nerves to edge out Barbados Royals by 12 runs. Full of fireworks from each bat and ball, the match had the whole lot a fan may ask for — fast runs on the high, middle-order fireworks, and a late twist earlier than star all-rounder sealed the night time for the Patriots.
Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder energy St Kitts & Nevis Patriots to a robust complete
Requested to bat first, the Patriots had a stuttering begin with Evin Lewis and Mohammad Rizwan failing to get going. Andre Fletcher (25 off 16) gave a brief burst of power, but it surely was Kyle Mayers who steadied the ship with a assured 42 off 28 balls.
The turning level of the innings got here when Jason Holder walked out — the all-rounder launched a fiery 38 off simply 21 balls, discovering the boundary nearly each over. With Naseem Shah (19 off 11) and Abbas Afridi (16 off 10) chipping in late, the Patriots ensured they completed with a preventing 174/8 on the board.
Barbados Royals’ bowlers had their moments too. Ramon Simmonds impressed with figures of three/26, whereas Daniel Sams used his variations neatly to bag 2/24.
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Holder’s 4-fer ends hopes for Barbados Royals
In reply, the Royals seemed harmful proper from the beginning. Brandon King’s fluent 22 and Quinton de Kock’s fast 15 gave them the push, earlier than Kadeem Alleyne lit up the chase with a cracking 42 off 28 balls. Rovman Powell (21) and Sams (16 off 8) stored the scoreboard ticking, and at one stage, the Royals seemed nicely on monitor to seek out the goal.
However the Patriots stored placing at essential junctures. Holder returned with the ball and turned executioner, dismantling the Royals’ center and decrease order with a sensational 4/14. Naseem and Navin Bidaisee chipped in with two wickets every because the Royals collapsed to 162 in 18.2 overs, simply 12 runs shy of victory.
It was Holder’s night time by and thru. His explosive cameo with the bat set the tone for the Patriots’ complete, and his disciplined, fiery spell with the ball fully broke the Royals’ chase. No shock then that he walked away with the Participant of the Match award.
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