Match overview
Guyana Amazon Warriors beat St Lucia Kings by 14 runs at Providence Stadium on 17 September 2025 in the Caribbean Premier League. Batting first after St Lucia Kings won the toss and chose to field, the Warriors posted 157 all out. The Kings' chase never recovered from a powerplay that produced only 37 runs and cost three wickets. They were eventually dismissed for 143, with G Motie earning the Player of the Match award. The Warriors' victory extends their head-to-head lead over the Kings to 7 wins from 13 meetings, and marks their second win over St Lucia in this year's competition.
The Warriors' innings followed a familiar T20 pattern: a solid powerplay of 45 for 1, a productive middle phase of 62 for 4, and then a late burst of 50 for 5 in the death overs. Providence's average death-overs contribution across 113 T20 matches is 38 runs, so the Warriors' 50 in that phase pushed them meaningfully beyond par. The total of 157, though below the ground's average first-innings score of 170, proved sufficient on a pitch that tightened during the second innings.
Venue and conditions
Providence Stadium has hosted 113 T20 matches and built a clear statistical profile. The average first-innings score is 170, while the average second-innings score drops to 146. That 24-run differential is significant: it reflects a ground where batting conditions change across the course of a match, most likely through dew or a pitch that slows under lights. The Warriors scored 157 batting first, below the venue average, but close enough to the second-innings mean to suggest the target would test the Kings.
The powerplay is where matches at Providence are often shaped. The ground's average powerplay score is 40 runs. The Warriors cleared that with 45; the Kings fell below it with 37, losing three wickets in the process. Once you're three down in six overs chasing 158, the asking rate climbs and the batting depth is exposed before it should be. The death-overs phase tends to produce around 38 runs at this ground; the Kings managed 43 for 2 in that phase, a strong finish, but not enough given the damage already done in the middle overs where they lost 5 for 63.
Toss winners at Providence field 63% of the time, and the Kings followed that pattern. The chase success rate is effectively a coin flip at 49%, so the structural advantage of fielding first is minimal. On this occasion, the data played out accordingly.
How to watch
CPL 2025 coverage for UK viewers is available on Sky Sports Cricket, with live streaming through Sky Go and NOW TV. Sky's Caribbean Premier League rights cover all fixtures in the tournament, so the Warriors and Kings' remaining matches can be followed through those same platforms. Check Sky Sports' scheduling pages for specific broadcast times, which are typically listed in British Summer Time during the CPL season.
Recent form
Guyana Amazon Warriors came into this match with a mixed run: three wins and two losses from their last five CPL outings in 2025. The wins came against Barbados Royals, St Lucia Kings, and Trinbago Knight Riders; the losses to Antigua and Barbuda Falcons and St Kitts Patriots. Winning two of their last two at home against the Kings and Royals suggests the Warriors were building some momentum at Providence heading into this fixture.
St Lucia Kings arrived in contrasting circumstances. They had won three of their previous five matches, beating Trinbago Knight Riders, Antigua and Barbuda Falcons, and St Kitts Patriots, but lost their two most recent games before this one: to the Warriors and to Barbados Royals. That back-to-back defeat sequence, combined with a chase that fell apart at Providence, leaves the Kings with ground to make up in the standings. Both sides will meet the rest of the CPL field before the competition concludes, and the Warriors' second win over the Kings in 2025 gives them a psychological edge going into any potential play-off meeting.
