Guyana vs Trinbago Knight Riders CPL T20 2025 Recap

Caribbean Premier LeagueResult

Trinbago Knight Riders

133/7

Providence Stadium, Guyana · Sunday, 21 September 2025

Trinbago Knight Riders won by 3 wicketsPlayer of the match: AJ Hosein

Match preview

Knight Riders edge a low-scoring thriller at Providence to beat the Warriors

Match overview

Trinbago Knight Riders beat Guyana Amazon Warriors by 3 wickets at Providence Stadium on 21 September 2025, wrapping up a tense CPL T20 encounter that was closer than it might have looked on paper. Guyana, who won the toss and chose to bat, posted 130/8. TKR chased it down in what became a nervy finish, reaching 133/7 with wickets falling in the final phase. AJ Hosein took the Player of the Match award. The Warriors remain in contention in the 2025 CPL, but another below-par home total cost them.

The tone was set early: Guyana managed 41 runs in the powerplay but lost 2 wickets, a reasonable but not dominant start. Their middle overs yielded 43/3, and the death produced 46/3. The innings never found a gear that could push beyond 150, let alone the venue's long-run average. TKR, for their part, scored 45/2 through six overs and 66/2 in the middle, arriving at the death needing only 22 with all ten wickets. They lost three trying to get there, turning a formality into a finish worth watching.

Venue and conditions

Providence Stadium has hosted 113 T20 matches and the data tells a broadly even story. The average first-innings score is 170, and the average second-innings score is 146. Neither figure screams batter-friendly, but the differential does suggest that chasing sides face a stiffer task than setting ones: a side chasing 131 should, on numbers, get home fairly comfortably, and TKR did, just about.

The toss has influenced outcomes at Providence more than at many grounds: fielding sides have won the toss 63 per cent of the time, and the chase success rate sits at 49 per cent across all matches. Guyana bucked the trend by batting first after winning the toss, and their below-average total suggests it did not pay off. The powerplay average at the ground is 40 runs; TKR's 45 was fractionally ahead of it, which gave them a small but useful buffer. Death-overs scoring tends to average 38 here; neither side reached that rate in the final phase, pointing to decent bowling under pressure from both camps.

How to watch

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Recent form

Guyana Amazon Warriors came into this fixture in a mixed run of form. Three wins from their previous five matches, including victories over St Lucia Kings (twice) and Barbados Royals, gave them momentum, but back-to-back losses to Antigua and Barbuda Falcons and St Kitts Patriots suggested some inconsistency, particularly against sides prepared to attack. A home match against their most familiar rivals looked a good opportunity to get back on track, but the batting never fired.

Trinbago Knight Riders' recent form was similarly patchy. Two wins over St Lucia Kings and Antigua and Barbuda Falcons gave them confidence, but defeats to Barbados Royals, Guyana, and St Lucia Kings pointed to a side capable of dropping against most opponents on a given night. The wins showed enough to justify expectation; the defeats showed enough to keep any such expectation in check. This result, grinding out a 3-wicket win away from home, is precisely the kind of performance TKR will look to build on as the 2025 CPL progresses.

Talking points

What to look out for

5 angles

Headline angle

Trinbago win by 3 wickets in a tight finish

Chasing 131, Trinbago Knight Riders reached 133/7, losing three wickets in the death overs as the game tightened considerably. Their middle-overs phase was the decisive stretch: 66 runs for just 2 wickets across overs 7 to 15 put them in a position from which they could afford the late wobble.

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Warriors' 130/8 was below the venue average

Providence Stadium's average first-innings score across 113 matches is 170. Guyana's 130/8 fell 40 runs short of that benchmark, and the phase-by-phase breakdown tells the story: 41/2 in the powerplay, 43/3 in the middle and 46/3 at the death, with no single phase producing a decisive acceleration.

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Trinbago's powerplay pace proved critical

TKR scored 45 runs in the powerplay at the cost of 2 wickets, just above the ground's powerplay average of 40 runs. That slight surplus in the first six overs gave the chase room to breathe despite a nervy final few overs.

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AJ Hosein named Player of the Match

AJ Hosein took the Player of the Match award, recognising what appears to have been a pivotal all-round contribution. His recognition in a match TKR won by only 3 wickets underlines how close the contest remained throughout.

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TKR lead the head-to-head series 14-11 across 26 meetings

Trinbago now hold a 14-11 edge over Guyana in 26 CPL meetings. The lead feels modest for what is one of the competition's most regular rivalries, and the Warriors will look to close that gap when the sides meet again.

Context

Key insights

Historical · Not official

Venue par

170

Avg 1st innings score at Providence

113 matches · 2006–2025

Chase success

51%

Chases completed successfully at Providence

113 matches · 2006–2025

Powerplay

40/1.5

Average runs/wickets in overs 1–6 at Providence

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. For editorial context only — not official live match data, not a forecast, and not betting advice. Projections and comparisons above are frozen from the live state and may not match final statistics.

The rivalry

Who could decide it

Guyana Amazon Warriors and Trinbago Knight Riders have met 26 times in CPL history, with TKR holding a 14-11 advantage. No match between the two has ended in a no-result. The head-to-head has been competitive enough that form and conditions tend to matter more than historical weight alone.

Recent meetings

Last 5

2025: Guyana Amazon Warriors won by 3 wickets at Providence Stadium
2025: Trinbago Knight Riders won by 6 wickets at Brian Lara Stadium
2024: Trinbago Knight Riders won by 74 runs at Providence Stadium
2024: Trinbago Knight Riders won by 5 wickets at Queen's Park Oval
2023: Guyana Amazon Warriors won by 9 wickets at Providence Stadium

Key player · Guyana Amazon Warriors

BA King

Brandon King has proven he can be explosive at this venue. His CPL knock of 132* off 72 balls at Providence remains one of the ground's standout T20 innings, and he is exactly the kind of batter who can reset a run-rate quickly if set.

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Guyana Amazon Warriors

SO Hetmyer

Shimron Hetmyer brings the kind of middle-to-lower-order hitting that can change a match in three or four overs. His 125 off 93 balls in an ODI at Providence shows his comfort with this ground's dimensions.

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Trinbago Knight Riders

JNT Seales

Jayden Seales' ability to extract movement with the new ball makes him a threat any time Guyana have top-order batters still to settle. His Test figures of 9/106 across a recent series reflect how difficult he can be when conditions assist.

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Trinbago Knight Riders

DJG Sammy

Daren Sammy's ability to contribute with both bat and ball in T20 cricket gives TKR a genuine lower-order option. In tight run-chases, that kind of depth becomes relevant quickly.

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Angles to watch

Analytical angles worth tracking

Observations from the venue data, recent form and historical trends. Editorial context, not betting advice.

Providence Stadium's chase success rate of 49 per cent across 113 matches makes the toss decision genuinely relevant; markets linked to toss outcomes and first-innings totals may reflect that near-even split.
With the average first-innings score at 170 and Guyana posting only 130, top-batter markets on the batting side could be more informative than outright result lines when totals look likely to be competitive.
AJ Hosein winning Player of the Match in a 3-wicket win suggests all-rounder performance markets can carry value in matches where the margin is tight and contributions are spread across both disciplines.
The death-overs phase proved decisive in both innings here: Guyana took 46/3 and TKR managed only 22/3. In future fixtures at this ground, death-bowling and death-hitting lines may be worth monitoring against the venue baseline of 38 average death runs.

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Questions

Frequently asked

Trinbago Knight Riders won by 3 wickets at Providence Stadium, Guyana. Chasing a target of 131, they reached 133/7 with the match tightening in the final overs.

AJ Hosein was named Player of the Match. He played for Trinbago Knight Riders in a match his side won by 3 wickets.

Across 26 CPL meetings, Trinbago Knight Riders lead 14-11. The most recent match in this fixture saw Guyana win by 3 wickets earlier in the 2025 season, before TKR took this contest by the same margin.

Caribbean Premier League matches are broadcast in the UK on Sky Sports Cricket. Streaming is available via Sky Go and NOW TV for those without a full subscription.

Based on 113 matches at the ground, the average first-innings score is 170 and the average second-innings score is 146. Guyana's total of 130/8 in this match fell well short of the first-innings norm.

TKR scored 45/2 in the powerplay, then put on 66 runs for just 2 wickets in the middle overs to take control. They lost 3 wickets in the death overs but had enough in hand to get over the line at 133/7.

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