Caribbean Premier League — match preview

Trinbago Knight Riders v Saint Lucia Kings

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 26 Aug 2026, 19:00T20

Match winner odds

Trinbago Knight Riders

62% implied · best @ Betfair

1.53

Saint Lucia Kings

38% implied · best @ LiveScore Bet

2.50

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

Ground trends — Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Six-friendly: 13.3 sixes per match vs 10.9 globally
Strong toss advantage: Toss winner wins 62% of matches

In-play & trading angles

Defendable totalA first-innings score of 170+ is defended 73% 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 56% here. The side bowling first holds value; the par score plays lower than it looks.
Chase edgeTrinbago Knight Riders chase better than Saint Lucia Kings (68.8% vs 47.5% in the CPL). If Trinbago Knight Riders are chasing, they hold value deeper than the scoreboard suggests.

Average runs in the last five overs at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain are 7.7, 8.1, 8.9, 9.3, 10.1 — about 44.1 runs in the closing quarter (55 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 innings151 (7.65 rpo)

Median 1st innings150

Chase success rate56%

Bat first win rate44%

Toss winner win rate62%

Avg powerplay (1st inns)40/1.7

Boundaries per match19.4 fours, 13.3 sixes

Highest chase / lowest defended225 / 92

Based on 55 men's T20 matches at this ground.

Team trends

Trinbago Knight Riders

Overall91-59 · 60.7%

Recent form

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Batting first53.7% (67)

Chasing68.8% (80)

At this ground66.7% (42)

Saint Lucia Kings

Overall57-77 · 42.5%

Recent form

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Batting first40.8% (71)

Chasing47.5% (59)

At this ground44.4% (9)

Head-to-head (last 27 CPL meetings): Trinbago Knight Riders 19, Saint Lucia Kings 8.

Teams

Trinbago Knight Riders

· Recently failed to defend 165 v Antigua and Barbuda Falcons; failed to defend 182 v Jamaica Kingsmen (last 2 matches)
· Averaging 173.5 with the bat (2 matches in 2026)
· Conceding an average of 175.5 (2 matches in 2026)
· Wins 68.8% chasing vs 53.7% the other way (67 bat-first / 80 chasing)
· Strong overall record at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain: 28-14 (42 matches)
· Leads the H2H vs Saint Lucia Kings 19-8 (27 meetings)

Saint Lucia Kings

· Recently chased 169 v Jamaica Kingsmen; failed to defend 151 v Guyana Amazon Warriors; fell short chasing 177 v Barbados Tridents (last 3 matches)
· Averaging 147.7 with the bat (6 matches in 2026)
· Conceding an average of 156.7 — 148 bowling first, 165.3 bowling second (6 matches in 2026)
· Trails the H2H vs Trinbago Knight Riders 8-19 (27 meetings)

Key matchups

N Pooran vs R Chase8/13 · SR 62 · 2w

Chase has troubled N Pooran — 2 dismissals at SR 62

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

Players

Trinbago Knight Riders

Nicholas Pooranbat

· 44 runs in 1 innings in 2026 at an average of 44, striking at 137.5 (1 inns, 32 balls)
· 4 sixes per innings (4 total) (1 inns, 32 balls)
· Strikes at 138.8 against Saint Lucia Kings in the CPL, 11.3% above the league average, averaging 25.79 (353 balls faced)

Kieron Adrian Pollardbat

· 44 runs in 1 innings in 2026 at an average of 44, striking at 200 (1 inns, 22 balls)
· 4 sixes per innings (4 total) (1 inns, 22 balls)
· Strikes at 158.8 against Saint Lucia Kings in the CPL, 27.3% above the league average, averaging 46.5 (410 balls faced)

Akeal Jerome Hoseinbowl

· 0 wickets in 1 innings in 2026 at 9.8 runs per over (1 inns, 24 balls)

Sunil Philip Narinebowl

· 0 wickets in 1 innings in 2026 at 5.3 runs per over (1 inns, 24 balls)

Saint Lucia Kings

Andries Gustav Stephanus Gousbat

· 113 runs in 4 innings in 2026 at an average of 28.25, striking at 132.9 (4 inns, 85 balls)
· Low score of 4, best of 82 (4 inns, 85 balls)
· 1.5 sixes per innings (6 total) (4 inns, 85 balls)
· Strikes at 121 against Trinbago Knight Riders in the CPL, 3% below the league average, averaging 37.5 (62 balls faced)

Ackeem Wayne Jarrell Augustebat

· 100 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 20, striking at 140.8 (5 inns, 71 balls)
· Low score of 0, best of 63 (5 inns, 71 balls)
· 1.4 sixes per innings (7 total) (5 inns, 71 balls)
· Strikes at 151.3 against Trinbago Knight Riders in the CPL, 21.3% above the league average, averaging 19.67 (39 balls faced)

Morawakage Maheesh Theekshanabowl

· 6 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 6.6 runs per over (5 inns, 115 balls)
· 1.2 wickets per innings (5 inns, 115 balls)

Roston Lamar Chasebowl

· 7 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 5.5 runs per over (5 inns, 114 balls)
· 1.4 wickets per innings (5 inns, 114 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.