Match overview
St Kitts Patriots beat Guyana Amazon Warriors by 5 runs at Providence Stadium, Guyana, on 7 September 2025 in a Caribbean Premier League T20 fixture. Batting first, St Kitts posted 149/6, a total built largely on a strong death-overs phase of 49 runs for 1 wicket after early wobbles left them at 34/3 after the powerplay. Guyana's chase started briskly. 41 runs for 1 wicket in the powerplay. But four wickets in the middle overs slowed progress to 59 runs from overs 7 to 15, and the Warriors finished on 144/8. Mohammad Rizwan was named Player of the Match.
The result is notable for its context. Guyana Amazon Warriors came in as the dominant side historically, winning 14 of the previous 21 meetings between the two teams. Their last five matches had all gone in Guyana's favour, some by substantial margins. St Kitts, meanwhile, had lost four of their five most recent CPL outings in 2025. Against that backdrop, a five-run win away from home carries real weight, even if 149/6 was below the venue average.
Guyana's death-overs performance proved the difference. They needed 44 runs from the final five overs and lost 3 wickets in the process. Providence Stadium averages 38 runs in the death phase across 113 T20 matches, so the Warriors were ahead of that benchmark. But not by enough.
Venue and conditions
Providence Stadium has hosted 113 T20 matches and provides reliable data on what tends to happen here. The average first-innings score is 170, which made St Kitts' 149/6 a below-par effort. Second-innings scores average 146, so Guyana's 144/8 was marginally short of that benchmark too. Neither innings was particularly fluent by ground standards.
The toss matters at this venue, in the sense that teams winning it overwhelmingly prefer to field: the field-first rate after winning the toss is 63 per cent. Guyana followed that instinct on Sunday. Whether it helps is less clear. The chasing success rate across all 113 matches sits at 49 per cent, making Providence essentially a coin-flip venue for second-innings sides. The average powerplay score across both innings is 40 runs, and both teams came close to that figure in this game.
Pitch behaviour here tends to produce moderate scores in the first innings and competitive second-innings chases. The death overs see an average of 38 runs, which means any team crossing 40-plus in that phase is already ahead of expected. St Kitts managed 49 in the death batting first; Guyana managed 44 chasing. The Patriots' superior death-batting phase was the margin of the match.
How to watch
CPL fixtures are broadcast in the UK on Sky Sports Cricket, with live streaming available via Sky Go and NOW TV for subscribers. The CPL runs through September, and Sky typically carries the majority of the tournament's fixtures. Check the Sky Sports schedule for specific timings, as matches in the Caribbean play in the afternoon local time and generally begin in the early evening UK time.
For those following without a TV subscription, ball-by-ball scoring and highlights are often available through the CPL's own digital platforms and ESPNcricinfo.
Recent form
St Kitts Patriots came into this fixture having lost four of their last five CPL matches in 2025, with defeats against Trinbago Knight Riders, St Lucia Kings (twice) and Antigua and Barbuda Falcons. Their only win in that run came against Barbados Royals. The win over Guyana will lift them in the standings, though their overall CPL form remains inconsistent.
Guyana Amazon Warriors had a more mixed recent record than their head-to-head dominance might suggest: wins over Trinbago Knight Riders, Barbados Royals and Antigua and Barbuda Falcons were offset by losses to Trinbago and St Lucia Kings. Guyana had won three of their last five coming in, so neither side was in runaway form. The next fixture in the 2025 CPL season will determine whether St Kitts can build on this result or whether it proves an isolated win against a side they have rarely beaten.
