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Caribbean Premier League — match preview

Barbados Tridents v Saint Lucia Kings

Kensington Oval, Barbados | 6 Sept 2026T20

Ground trends — Kensington Oval, Barbados

  • Six-friendly: 13.6 sixes per match vs 10.9 globally
  • Bat first advantage: 59% win rate batting first vs 41% chasing

In-play & trading angles

  • Defendable totalA first-innings score of 150+ is defended 70% of the time here. Once a side posts it, the fielding team is live in-play — the market often overrates the chase.
  • Chasing is hard hereChasing sides win only 41% at this ground. A batting-first team stays value even at level par — don't back the chase too early.
  • Toss mattersTeams batting first win 59% here (vs 41% chasing). Back the side that wins the toss and bats.

Average runs in the last five overs at Kensington Oval, Barbados are 7.5, 8.9, 8.6, 9.2, 9.3 — about 43.5 runs in the closing quarter (70 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 innings158 (8 rpo)
Median 1st innings164
Chase success rate41%
Bat first win rate59%
Toss winner win rate58%
Avg powerplay (1st inns)44.5/1.6
Boundaries per match21.2 fours, 13.6 sixes
Highest chase / lowest defended223 / 127

Based on 70 men's T20 matches at this ground.

Team trends

Barbados Tridents

Overall58-77 · 43%
Recent form
WWLLL
Batting first47.5% (80)
Chasing37% (54)
At this ground51.3% (39)

Saint Lucia Kings

Overall58-77 · 43%
Recent form
WLLWW
Batting first41.7% (72)
Chasing47.5% (59)
At this ground25% (8)

Head-to-head (last 24 CPL meetings): Barbados Tridents 14, Saint Lucia Kings 10.

Teams

Barbados Tridents

  • · Recently failed to defend 217 v St Kitts and Nevis Patriots; failed to defend 127 v Trinbago Knight Riders; fell short chasing 155 v Antigua and Barbuda Falcons (last 3 matches)
  • · Averaging 170.4 with the bat (5 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 174.4 — 155 bowling first, 179.3 bowling second (5 matches in 2026)

Saint Lucia Kings

  • · Recently defended 211 v Trinbago Knight Riders; chased 169 v Jamaica Kingsmen; failed to defend 151 v Guyana Amazon Warriors (last 3 matches)
  • · Averaging 156.7 with the bat (139.8 at home, 199 away) (7 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 159.3 — 148 bowling first, 167.8 bowling second (7 matches in 2026)
  • · Poor overall record at Kensington Oval, Barbados: 2-6 (8 matches)

Players

Barbados Tridents

Quinton de Kockbat
  • · 213 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 42.6, striking at 167.7 (5 inns, 127 balls)
  • · Low score of 11, best of 106 (5 inns, 127 balls)
  • · 2.8 sixes per innings (14 total) (5 inns, 127 balls)
  • · Strikes at 135.9 against Saint Lucia Kings in the CPL, 8.6% above the league average, averaging 14.5 (64 balls faced)
Sherfane Eviston Rutherfordbat
  • · 149 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 37.25, striking at 158.5 (5 inns, 94 balls)
  • · Low score of 0, best of 61 (5 inns, 94 balls)
  • · 1.8 sixes per innings (9 total) (5 inns, 94 balls)
  • · Strikes at 119.4 against Saint Lucia Kings in the CPL, 4.6% below the league average, averaging 19 (175 balls faced)
Mujeeb Ur Rahmanbowl
  • · 6 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 9.4 runs per over (5 inns, 120 balls)
  • · 1.2 wickets per innings (5 inns, 120 balls)
Christopher James Greenbowl
  • · 3 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 7.1 runs per over (5 inns, 114 balls)
  • · 0.6 wickets per innings (5 inns, 114 balls)

Saint Lucia Kings

K Pooranbat
  • · 193 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 48.25, striking at 173.9 (5 inns, 111 balls)
  • · Low score of 14, best of 81 (5 inns, 111 balls)
  • · 2 sixes per innings (10 total) (5 inns, 111 balls)
Tim Louis Seifertbat
  • · 117 runs in 2 innings in 2026 at an average of 117, striking at 158.1 (2 inns, 74 balls)
  • · 2.5 sixes per innings (5 total) (2 inns, 74 balls)
  • · Strikes at 110.9 against Barbados Tridents in the CPL, 11.4% below the league average, averaging 20.33 (110 balls faced)
Morawakage Maheesh Theekshanabowl
  • · 7 wickets in 7 innings in 2026 at 7.6 runs per over (7 inns, 163 balls)
  • · 1 wickets per innings (7 inns, 163 balls)
Roston Lamar Chasebowl
  • · 10 wickets in 7 innings in 2026 at 5.9 runs per over (7 inns, 162 balls)
  • · 1.43 wickets per innings (7 inns, 162 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.