The biggest party in sport is back! As the 2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League bowled off last night, with the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots defeating the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons by six wickets in the opening match.
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00:09The St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots and the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons got the 2025 edition of the Caribbean Premier League
00:15on the way on Thursday night at Warner Park in St. Kitts.
00:19Jason Holder won his first toss as the captain of the Patriots and elected to bowl first.
00:23The Patriots got the start they were looking for when all-rounder Kyle Mayers got the wickets of rising star Joel Andrew with the third ball of the match.
00:32Rakim Cornwall and New Zealander Bevan Jacobs were also dismissed in the power play as the Falcons slumped to 39 for three.
00:42While wickets were falling regularly at the other end, Karima Gore tried keeping the Falcons innings together.
00:47The all-rounder played a lone hand, hitting eight fours and two sixes in his knock of 61 of just 34 balls.
00:56Spinner wacker Salem Kidd was the destroyer-in-chief for the St. Kitts franchise,
01:00running through the Falcons' middle order to claim figures of four for 22 in his four overs.
01:09Chasing 122 for victory, the home side made light work of the task at hand.
01:13An Evan Lewis cameo got the Patriots off to a flying start before he was dismissed in the fourth over.
01:24Fan-favorite Rakim Cornwall struck twice just after the power play,
01:28removing Kyle Mayers and South African Riley Russo for 13 and Duck, respectively.
01:32That double blow didn't do much to help the Falcons, however, as Alec Athanese kept his composure,
01:43scoring a measured 37 of 28 deliveries, which included three fours and a couple of sixes.
01:49Skipper Jason Holder struck a towering six before looking on from the other end
01:53as the Southpaw Athanese sealed the deal with a boundary.
01:56The St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots victorious by six wickets with five overs to score.
02:05Dominic Ramroop, TV6 Sports.
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