Match overview
Antigua And Barbuda Falcons beat St Kitts Patriots by 7 wickets at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound on 24 August 2025. The Patriots were restricted to 133/9, a total that left the Falcons a straightforward chase. Antigua closed it out at 137/3, with wickets to spare and the result never seriously in doubt after the powerplay. Shakib Al Hasan took the Player of the Match award.
The match was one-sided in a way the scoreline makes clear. Patriots lost 5 wickets for 38 runs in the death overs, which killed off any chance of posting a competitive total. Falcons responded with a powerplay of 45/1 against the venue average of 32, and from that point the equation only got simpler. Three wickets fell in the middle overs but none in the final phase, finishing on 31 runs from the death at 0 wickets.
This was the fourth meeting between the two sides. Falcons had lost the most recent encounter to the Patriots earlier in the same CPL 2025 season. The win here squares the all-time record at 2-2.
Venue and conditions
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium has hosted 70 T20 matches. The average first-innings score across those games is 203, and the average second-innings score is 193. Both totals are considerably higher than what either side produced here, which suggests conditions on 24 August 2025 were playing more slowly than the ground's long-run average.
The venue's toss-field rate sits at 66%, meaning teams winning the toss here choose to bowl roughly two thirds of the time. Antigua and Barbuda Falcons won the toss and followed that pattern, fielding first. Chasers have gone on to win 59% of matches at this ground, so the decision carries historical support. The average powerplay score of 32 runs is a useful benchmark: the Falcons cleared it comfortably in their chase whilst the Patriots matched it almost exactly with 31/1, suggesting their top order never found an early foothold.
Death-overs bowling tends to be decisive at North Sound. The average death return is 29 runs per innings. Patriots' bowlers held the Falcons to 31 in the final phase, roughly on par. Patriots' own batters, however, gave up 5 wickets in that phase for 38 runs, a collapse that turned a par total into an under-par one.
How to watch
CPL 2025 matches are broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports Cricket. Live streaming is available through Sky Go for existing subscribers, with NOW TV's day or month passes offering an option for those without a full package. Match times for Caribbean fixtures typically fall in the early-to-mid evening UK time, so the 24 August fixture would have aired broadly in the evening window.
Highlights and match replays are often made available on the Sky Sports website and app after the live broadcast concludes. For the latest broadcast schedule across the remainder of CPL 2025, the Sky Sports website is the most reliable source for confirmed UK air times.
Recent form
St Kitts Patriots arrived at this fixture with a mixed run of results in CPL 2025. Their five most recent results show two wins, against Barbados Royals and Antigua And Barbuda Falcons, alongside three losses to St Lucia Kings, Trinbago Knight Riders, and Guyana Amazon Warriors. A form line of W-L-L-L-W does not indicate a team with consistent momentum, and the collapse in the death overs here was consistent with a batting unit that has shown vulnerability in this CPL season.
Antigua And Barbuda Falcons had their own inconsistencies coming in. Their last five results included victories over Trinbago Knight Riders and Barbados Royals but defeats to Guyana Amazon Warriors (twice) and St Kitts Patriots. The win here over the Patriots represents back-to-back competitive results in terms of performance, if not the full sequence. With the head-to-head now level at 2-2, the next meeting between these two sides will carry genuine weight in any CPL standings context.
