RESULT
17th Match (N), Tarouba, August 30, 2025, Caribbean Premier League
(17.2/20 ov, T:164) 169/4

Trinbago won by 6 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
3/27
akeal-hosein
Cricinfo's MVP
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Hosein, Hales, Munro help Knight Riders consolidate CPL top spot

Tahir tried to stage a fightback with a triple-wicket over but failed to get support from his Amazon Warriors team-mates

Akeal Hosein dented Guyana Amazon Warriors from the start, Trinbago Knight Riders vs Guyana Amazon Warriors, CPL 2025, Tarouba, August 30, 2025

Akeal Hosein dented Guyana Amazon Warriors from the start  •  Getty Images

Trinbago Knight Riders 169 for 4 (Hales 74, Munro 52, Tahir 4-27) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors 163 for 9 (Hope 39, Hosein 3-27, Hinds 2-35) by six wickets
A dominating, all-round show from Trinbago Knight Riders took down an abject Guyana Amazon Warriors to consolidate their position at the top of the points table with their fourth straight win in CPL 2025.
Akeal Hosein started the damage with the new ball early on to help restrict the Amazon Warriors to 163 before openers Colin Munro and Alex Hales put on a century opening stand, and Andre Russell put in the finishing touches. Imran Tahir's four-for caused a flutter or two but in the end the win was almost academic.
Amazon Warriors would have given a stronger fight had they not put down three catches and if Tahir got a little support from his bowlers who all failed to contain TKR's batting might. They are fourth on the points table with just four points, but with at least two games in hand compared to the teams above.
TKR cashed in on their decision to bowl by landing three blows in the powerplay which reduced the opposition to 37 for 3. Shai Hope led Amazon Warriors through these troubled waters but saw Hosein strike twice more at the other end, to remove Hassan Khan and Shimron Hetmyer in the space of three balls. That left the score on 70 for 5 after nine overs. Soon Romario Shepherd lost his stumps to Sunil Narine and Hope was out, hit wicket, for 39 off 29, and Amazon Warriors were 109 for 7. They managed a late surge through 21 runs from Dwaine Pretorius and three sixes from Quentin Sampson which led them past 150 and to a competitive score.
Hales and Munro, though, were hardly troubled by that. They took the bowlers downtown, swept away the spinners for boundaries and cut and pulled with freedom to bring up a century stand in just nine overs. Munro's fifty came off 25 balls and Hales' off 26 even though Hales was clearing the ropes more regularly.
TKR's brief wobble came after the halfway mark when Tahir struck three times in an over, accounting for Munro for 52, and Nicholas Pooran and Keacy Carty for ducks. Amazon Warriors had already put down catches of Munro and Hales by then, and they would have effected a run out immediately after Tahir's triple-wicket over when there was a mix-up between Hales and Pollard and Hales slipped in the middle of the pitch, but Hassan Khan missed the stumps at the striker's end and the back-up fielder at midwicket failed to collect the ball cleanly.
Hales also went past 14,000 T20 runs and since TKR's asking rate after those wickets was just over five an over, they got to the target with 16 balls to spare, thanks to three sixes from Russell.

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Over 18 • TKR 169/4

Trinbago won by 6 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
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TeamMWLPTNRR
TKR651100.776
SLK741100.628
ABF8347-1.075
GAW42240.791
STKNP7254-0.117
BR4031-0.599