Caribbean Premier League — match preview

Saint Lucia Kings v Guyana Amazon Warriors

Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia | 19 Aug 2026, 19:00T20

Result: Guyana Amazon Warriors won chasing

Match winner odds

Saint Lucia Kings
38% implied · best @ Betfair
2.52
Guyana Amazon Warriors
62% implied · best @ Betway
1.55

Best price across 11 bookmakers at the time of writing. Live market odds, not advice.

Ground trends — Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

  • Six-friendly: 15.5 sixes per match vs 10.9 globally
  • Chase advantage: 60% win rate chasing vs 40% batting first

In-play & trading angles

  • Defendable totalA first-innings score of 220+ is defended 100% 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 60% here. The side bowling first holds value; the par score plays lower than it looks.
  • Chase edgeGuyana Amazon Warriors chase better than Saint Lucia Kings (68.4% vs 46.6% in the CPL). If Guyana Amazon Warriors are chasing, they hold value deeper than the scoreboard suggests.

Average runs in the last five overs at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia are 7.9, 8.7, 8.7, 9, 9 — about 43.3 runs in the closing quarter (65 men's T20 matches). Runs lines below that, with batting in hand, are the overs angle.

Full ground stats

Avg 1st innings166 (8.38 rpo)
Median 1st innings165
Chase success rate60%
Bat first win rate40%
Toss winner win rate49%
Avg powerplay (1st inns)47.5/1.6
Boundaries per match22.5 fours, 15.5 sixes
Highest chase / lowest defended221 / 145

Based on 65 men's T20 matches at this ground.

Team trends

Saint Lucia Kings

Overall56-76 · 42.4%
Recent form
LWLWL
Batting first41.4% (70)
Chasing46.6% (58)
At this ground42.9% (42)

Guyana Amazon Warriors

Overall88-58 · 60.3%
Recent form
WWWLW
Batting first52.2% (69)
Chasing68.4% (76)
At this ground44.4% (9)

Head-to-head (last 27 CPL meetings): Saint Lucia Kings 11, Guyana Amazon Warriors 16.

Teams

Saint Lucia Kings

  • · Won 1 of 3 at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia this season (3 matches at the ground)
  • · Recently fell short chasing 177 v Barbados Tridents; chased 98 v Antigua and Barbuda Falcons; failed to defend 155 v St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (last 3 matches)
  • · Averaging 141 with the bat (4 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 153.5 — 137.5 bowling first, 169.5 bowling second (4 matches in 2026)

Guyana Amazon Warriors

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

Key matchups

S Hope vs R Chase18/11 · SR 164 · 1w

S Hope has dominated R Chase — SR 164 off 11 balls

M Forde vs I Tahir20/9 · SR 222 · 0w

M Forde has dominated I Tahir — SR 222 off 9 balls

S Hope vs M Forde6/11 · SR 55 · 0w

6 runs off 11 balls, 0 dismissals

S Hetmyer vs R Chase22/19 · SR 116 · 0w

22 runs off 19 balls, 0 dismissals

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

Players

Saint Lucia Kings

Andries Gustav Stephanus Gousbat
  • · 93 runs in 3 innings in 2026 at an average of 31, striking at 145.3 (3 inns, 64 balls)
  • · Low score of 4, best of 82 (3 inns, 64 balls)
  • · 2 sixes per innings (6 total) (3 inns, 64 balls)
Ackeem Wayne Jarrell Augustebat
  • · 87 runs in 4 innings in 2026 at an average of 21.75, striking at 138.1 (4 inns, 63 balls)
  • · Low score of 0, best of 63 (4 inns, 63 balls)
  • · 1.5 sixes per innings (6 total) (4 inns, 63 balls)
  • · Strikes at 156.1 against Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL, 25.2% above the league average, averaging 27.83 (107 balls faced)
Morawakage Maheesh Theekshanabowl
  • · 4 wickets in 4 innings in 2026 at 5.9 runs per over (4 inns, 96 balls)
  • · 1 wickets per innings (4 inns, 96 balls)
Roston Lamar Chasebowl
  • · 7 wickets in 4 innings in 2026 at 5.4 runs per over (4 inns, 96 balls)
  • · 1.75 wickets per innings (4 inns, 96 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 127.6 against Saint Lucia Kings in the CPL, 2.3% above the league average, averaging 29.27 (344 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.