On the seventh game of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2025, the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons met the Trinbago Knight Riders at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua. The touring captain, Nicholas Pooran, won the toss and decided to do the most-anticipated job of bowling first. 

The home side decided to leave out Allah Ghazanfar from the playing eleven as Usama Mir, the Pakistan spinner, gets his chance. For the Knight Riders, they made a couple of changes. Darren Bravo and Nathan Edwards came into the eleven while Terrance Hinds and Joshua Da Silva got out of the side.

Antigua and Barbuda Falcons post 167/6 thanks to late firepower

The home side didn’t make a great start in the first innings, losing three wickets inside the first nine overs for just 55 runs. They were soon reduced to 77/5 in the 14th over, with the Knight Riders’ spinner showing their dominance with a change of pace and line and length.

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The captain, Imad Wasim, smashed a fine knock of unbeaten 39 runs in 27 balls at a strike rate of 144.44 with the help of one six and a couple of boundaries. Fabian Allen also creamed a fine knock of 45 runs in just 20 balls at a strike rate of 225, shouldering on three boundaries and as many sixes to post 167/6 in their allotted 20 overs.

Trinbago Knight Riders fail in chase by eight runs

Colin Munro, who smashed a fine century in their opening clash, continued the dominance and drilled 44 runs in 18 balls at a strike rate of 244.44, with the help of eight boundaries and one six. Both Alex Hales and Pooran struggled while the required run rate slowly increased and put pressure on the visitors.

Kieron Pollard, the former captain, drilled an unbeaten knock of 43 runs in 28 balls at a strike rate of over 150 with the help of three boundaries and four sixes. But it wasn’t enough to save them from the eight-run defeat.

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