Match Summary

Venue: Providence Stadium, Guyana

Result:Guyana Amazon Warriors 168/7 (19.5 ov) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 167/5 by 3 wickets

Player of the Match:Dwaine Pretorius (GAW) — 26* (14) & 1/36.

TKR 167/5: Pollard 54 (18), Darren Bravo 33 (35); Moeen Ali 1/11, Pretorius 1/36.

GAW 168/7:Shai Hope 53 (46), Shimron Hetmyer 49 (30), Pretorius 26 (14); Sunil Narine 2/12, Akeal Hosein 2/35.

How the game unfolded

TKR stutter, then Pollard explodes: After being 100/4 in 16 overs, TKR surged thanks to Pollard’s blitz, who smashed a 17-ball fifty — the quickest of CPL 2025 — including 21 off the final over; one strike off Tahir flew 103 metres.

Hope & Hetmyer set up the chase: Despite Hosein removing Moeen Ali and Keemo Paul early, Hope and Hetmyer counter-punched to take GAW to 66/2 in the powerplay before Narine’s spell (2/12) dragged it back.

Pretorius’ finishing act: With 38 needed off 18, Pretorius hit back-to-back sixes off Andre Russell to bring the ask down, then launched Pollard over wide long-on in the last over; GAW won with one ball left.

Turning Points

Pollard’s 17-ball fifty: flipped a par total into a competitive 167/5.

Narine’s squeeze (2/12): stalled GAW after a blazing start.

Pretorius vs Russell (18th over): two sixes swung the chase back.

Numbers that mattered

Winning partnership runs after 16 overs: Pretorius controlled the final exchanges; GAW reached 168/7 in 19.5 overs.

Partnership of the chase:Hope–Hetmyer 83 for the third wicket steadied GAW.

Fall of wickets (snapshot): 1-4, 2-14, 3-97 … (full list in scorecard).

Table impact

GAW climb to 4th (8 pts from 6; NRR +0.613), just one point behind Antigua & Barbuda Falcons with three games in hand.

TKR remain 2nd and are already through to the playoffs.