Caribbean Premier League — match preview

Antigua and Barbuda Falcons v Guyana Amazon Warriors

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua | 23 Aug 2026T20

Result: Guyana Amazon Warriors won chasing

Ground trends — Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

  • Chase advantage: 62% win rate chasing vs 38% batting first

In-play & trading angles

  • Defendable totalA first-innings score of 170+ is defended 86% of the time here. Once a side posts it, the fielding team is live in-play — the market often overrates the chase.
  • Chasing is favouredChasing sides win 62% here. The side bowling first holds value; the par score plays lower than it looks.
  • Wickets come earlyAn average of 1.8 wickets fall in the powerplay here. Early strikes are the norm — fade the panic if a side loses a couple up top.

Average runs in the last five overs at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua are 7.4, 7.8, 8, 8.1, 8.6 — about 39.9 runs in the closing quarter (29 men's T20 matches). Runs lines below that, with batting in hand, are the overs angle.

Full ground stats

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Avg 1st innings141 (7.15 rpo)
Median 1st innings150
Chase success rate62%
Bat first win rate38%
Toss winner win rate52%
Avg powerplay (1st inns)39.8/1.8
Boundaries per match20.1 fours, 11.4 sixes
Highest chase / lowest defended173 / 120

Based on 29 men's T20 matches at this ground.

Team trends

Antigua and Barbuda Falcons

Overall8-14 · 36.4%
Recent form
WWLLL
Batting first16.7% (12)
Chasing60% (10)
At this ground44.4% (9)

Guyana Amazon Warriors

Overall88-58 · 60.3%
Recent form
WWWLW
Batting first52.2% (69)
Chasing68.4% (76)
At this ground100% (3)

Head-to-head (last 4 CPL meetings): Antigua and Barbuda Falcons 1, Guyana Amazon Warriors 3.

Teams

Antigua and Barbuda Falcons

  • · Recently failed to defend 98 v Saint Lucia Kings; fell short chasing 187 v Saint Lucia Kings (last 2 matches)
  • · Averaging 140.5 with the bat (2 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 120.5 — 187 bowling first, 54 bowling second (2 matches in 2026)
  • · Wins 60% chasing vs 16.7% the other way (12 bat-first / 10 chasing)

Guyana Amazon Warriors

  • · Wins 68.4% chasing vs 52.2% the other way (69 bat-first / 76 chasing)

Key matchups

R Shepherd vs S Springer32/13 · SR 246 · 1w

R Shepherd has dominated S Springer — SR 246 off 13 balls

S Hope vs U Mir21/11 · SR 191 · 1w

S Hope has dominated U Mir — SR 191 off 11 balls

S Hetmyer vs J Seales12/8 · SR 150 · 1w

12 runs off 8 balls, 1 dismissal

A Jangoo vs D Pretorius5/9 · SR 56 · 0w

5 runs off 9 balls, 0 dismissals

S Hope vs J Seales19/13 · SR 146 · 1w

19 runs off 13 balls, 1 dismissal

From these two sides' historical CPL meetings — a guide to duels that may recur.

Players

Antigua and Barbuda Falcons

Rahkeem Rashawn Shane Cornwallbat
  • · 53 runs in 2 innings in 2026 at an average of 26.5, striking at 176.7 (2 inns, 30 balls)
  • · 2.5 sixes per innings (5 total) (2 inns, 30 balls)
  • · Strikes at 144.8 against Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL, 16.1% above the league average, averaging 21.38 (192 balls faced)
Evin Lewisbat
  • · 49 runs in 2 innings in 2026 at an average of 24.5, striking at 169 (2 inns, 29 balls)
  • · 2.5 sixes per innings (5 total) (2 inns, 29 balls)
  • · Strikes at 125.1 against Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL, 0.3% above the league average, averaging 25.53 (347 balls faced)
Jayden Nigel Tristen Sealesbowl
  • · 1 wickets in 2 innings in 2026 at 8.7 runs per over (2 inns, 36 balls)
Alzarri Shaheim Josephbowl
  • · 4 wickets in 2 innings in 2026 at 8.3 runs per over (2 inns, 36 balls)

Guyana Amazon Warriors

Shai Diego Hopebat
  • · 56 runs in 1 innings in 2026 at an average of 56, striking at 136.6 (1 inns, 41 balls)
  • · 4 sixes per innings (4 total) (1 inns, 41 balls)
  • · Strikes at 135.5 against Antigua and Barbuda Falcons in the CPL, 8.7% above the league average, averaging 41 (121 balls faced)
Mohammad Nabibowl
  • · 4 wickets in 1 innings in 2026 at 5.5 runs per over (1 inns, 24 balls)
Imran Tahirbowl
  • · 2 wickets in 1 innings in 2026 at 6.5 runs per over (1 inns, 24 balls)

Stats are computed from ball-by-ball data and show their sample sizes. Ground figures cover every men's T20 played there, not CPL alone.