The third encounter of the 13th edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2025 saw Antigua and Barbuda Falcons and Barbados Royals locking horns with each other at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua. The home side won the toss and decided to bowl first. 

Antigua went with an unchanged eleven, while it was the opening clash for the Barbados Royals, who were under the leadership of Rovman Powell. Quinton de Kock and Brandon King were the openers, as they had Daniel Sams and Mujeeb Ur Rahman as the two overseas players.

Barbados Royals limp their way to 151/6

The Royals didn’t have a great start inside the power play, apart from de Kock. The South African opening batter drilled 57 runs in 43 balls at a strike rate of 126.67, with the help of five boundaries and one six. The top order and middle order didn’t contribute much apart from their captain.

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Powell remained unbeaten on 51 runs in 24 balls at a strike rate of 212.50, shouldering on three boundaries and five sixes. At 16.3, they were limping at 110/4 before Powell’s knock fired them to 151/6 mark in their allotted 20 overs. Jayden Seales and Obed McCoy picked up two wickets each, while Imad Wasim and Allah Ghazanfar also got themselves into the wickets column.

Antigua and Barbuda Falcons struggle to complete chase by six wickets

Most of the home batters got starts but couldn’t stretch themselves to a big score apart from Karima Gore, who remained unbeaten on 64 runs in 53 balls with the help of three boundaries and two sixes at a strike rate of over 120 till the end of the game.

Jewel Andrew, the wicket-keeper batter, dashed 28 runs in 25 balls with three boundaries and one six at a strike rate of 112. They made it look like a tough chase, but they finally completed that by six wickets with two balls to spare.

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